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>> whats going on, boss. >> come on in, lets do it. all right. in the chair. how you doing? >> how you doing? >> all right. we thought you were going home too, but you know how before you go home, the analyst sees if anybodys interested in you and the sonoma county sheriffs office is interested in you. looks like he had a little health and safety code violation and contempt of court. >> you know why? because they said i have to -- i had to be there -- i had to i was in custody. they said i had t...

Dont mess with marco, right? thats what they tell you. thats what they told me because they knew i was willing to fight for nothing. on site, lets go. you think you can whip me, then lets whip. this is why i tell you this. that fighting, eventually it got tiring. because i was literally fighting every day, every single day of my life i was fighting. the homies already knew, romeo, he throw down. i thought let me start carrying this knife. let me start carrying this pistol. and it took one day an...

>> [ muted ]. >> youre doing a good job. >> breaking all my rights. >> another job be. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldnt hack it. got picked up for something, sent them back here, generally do six months, a year. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released out on parole. beds are at a premium. this is the rc overflow. we house 384 individuals. its an open dorm. we have tvs, considered pretty much the luxury suites....

I havent had a cellie in 20 years, so its hard learning cell etiquette. im a fish out of water. >> he still hasnt learned yet. they should have gave him medical attention before they brought him in the cell. mental attention. >> mental attention. >> yeah. >> dude has issues still. >> yeah, got issues. you spend 20 years on death row, youre going to have issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lucky and they put me in a cell with elder black gentleman whos been around and you kno...

The shower closest to the left is all white. middle shower will be only your black, the far right shower is your hispanics and others. the tables along the day room right here are broken up into races. >> table for others. were not gang members. >> other than black, other than white. >> american indian right here, a native american. >> different counties and different cities but this brings us all together as one. >> its a show of unity. everybody its. we dont have to eat, but thats how you show...

Its like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if youre always watching, you can tell when somethings starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here, partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about two days ago. you got the drugs, the inmate manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. ...

Several months not to refile the death penalty. so they sent me back to san quentin. it feels good to be off death row, but it hasnt sunk in yet. you know, it will in time but it hasnt yet. they remove me from death row and put me in the reception center. the reception center is the most disgusting place in san quentin. i dont know how i ended up over there, but they re moved by a 1 a status. that means i was receiving all the benefits of programming, contact visits, packages, you know, yard. bu...

Hung on the death penalty. so they decided after about several months not to refile the death penalty. so they sent me back to san quentin. it feels good to be off death row, but it hasnt sunk in yet. you know, it will in time but it hasnt yet. they remove me from death row and put me in the reception center. the reception center is the most disgusting place in san quentin. i dont know how i ended up over there, but they re moved by a 1 a status. that means i was receiving all the benefits of pr...

From the court date. and i never got released because i got four days time served and got a violation here. so i was never out to make it over there. i figured they would take care of it. i guess they didnt. >> it looks like its going to be a ride home. $20,000 bail. theyre misdemeanors. youre not going to get any more prison time for them. so know county is going to pick you up. we never tell you exactly when its going to happen. do you have any questions? >> no, i guess thats plain as day. you...

For its inmates and officers. >> right now. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. im left-handed. its an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> theres right now, i have six staff members. >> [ muted ]. >> youre doing a good job. >> breaking all my rights. >> another job be. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldnt hack it. got picked up for something, sent them back here, generally do six months, a year. they go main line to another institution t...