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Come to my aide. thats against the convict code. other prisons inmates say they will protect me. i have been told they are watching me to make sure nobody hurts me. >> in certain high-security housing units lockup field teams are required by the prison to wear stab-proof vests before entering. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was in indiana at wabash valley. it was definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit an that the potential to be stabbed was higher ...

The convict code but was also open about being gay, and thats a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nickname, peaches. >> you going to get a tattoo on your back? >> it says peaches all the way...

Because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is put to the test by the convic...

Up here. child molesters, rapers, theyre down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them are sex offenders, you know. i dont like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >> they normally mark the sexual predators by cutting them across the face with a razor blade or a knife. and the other inmates know hey this guy is no good. they call him trash. >> we even met a pair of brothers who wouldnt hesitate to extend the convict code to their own father. >> my fat...

Brighter. bigger. its gotten thinner. even curvier. but whats next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. for convicts with a death sentence, rules of any kind might seem irrelevant. but a chapter of the convict code even extends to death row. a place "lockup" has visited many times. >> theres an unmistakable feeling when you walk on to a death row at a prison. everywhere else in the prison is

Be enemies. they are former gang members, gay men and accused sex offenders. >> they all sit together and its -- its very powerful. >> trust me this is not happening in other houses. but it is happening here. so you ought to be grateful to god he allowed you to be a part of whats happening here. >> they put aside race. they put aside what their crimes and classifications are. the things you just dont see in this institution. >> jimmy silva, known as jimbo is a gang dropout who in the past has fo...

>> youre only in here for assault and battery. it could be worse. you could be a murderer. >> i definitely got the impression that if those inmates found out the truth about jessica newell, jessica would be in jeopardy. they were going to uphold the convict code. >> coming up, jessica newells charges make her a target for violence.

>> i am still learning life because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is p...

Inmate attacks me they will not come to my aide. thats against the convict code. other prisons inmates say they will protect me. i have been told they are watching me to make sure nobody hurts me. >> in certain high-security housing units lockup field teams are required by the prison to wear stab-proof vests before entering. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was in indiana at wabash valley. it was definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit an that the pot...

The transfer hed been waiting for. after a fight in his dorm, surveillance video caught morgan trying to clean up the blood. >> you could be a firsthand witness to an actual crime, but if you live by the convict code, you see nothing, you hear nothing, and you say nothing, and that was the case unfortunately with peaches. he was witness to a crime. but he wouldnt cop to it. >> morgan was moved to the segregation unit pending an investigation into his role in the fight. but he denied any involvem...