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They self-segregate. we do not tell them where to go. the shower closest to the left is all whites. the middle shower will be only your blacks. the far right shower is your hispanics and others. the tables along the day room right here are broken up into races. >> this is the others. the table for others. >> others, others. >> were not gang members. >> other than black, other than white. >> this guys an american indian right here, a native american. >> were all from different counties and differ...

Respect, right? whats your name. >> marco. >> what do they say in the hood? marco throw down. 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 thoug...

Im left-handed. its an open environment. >> theres -- right now, i have six staff members. >> [ bleep ]. >> yeah, youre doing a good job of it too, huh? >> breaking all my rights. >> another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, theyve been out on parole, couldnt hack it. got picked up for something, they sent them back in here. they generally do six months, under a year, something of that nature. they go mainline to another institution and do the rest of ...

So i was sent back to the county jail to have a new trial. i lost the trial again and they 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 feel good to get off death row, but it hasnt sunk in yet. you know, it will in time but it hasnt yet. they removed 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...

Before, i was working in donner section. >> when we first met c.o. cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in level one desegregation. now he works in a dorm setting. >> i have 200 inmates and its only me. 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 a...

Inmates behavior could earn him permanent residence. >> he keeps getting in trouble. he batters the officers. hes resistant. he uses alcohol in custody. >> dont matter. ♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! vo: in the nation, we know how it feels when you arent treated like a priority. we do things differently. well take care of it. vo: we put members first... join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side have 8 layers...

I have three sets of showers broken down by race in the gym. they self-segregate. we do not tell them where to go. the shower closest to the left is all whites. the middle shower will be only your blacks. the far right shower is your hispanics and others. the tables along the day room right here are broken up into races. >> this is the others. the table for others. >> others, others. >> were not gang members. >> other than black, other than white. >> this guys an american indian right here, a na...

You sit in the cell for 24 hours a day. seven days a week, two days out of a week you get yard for three hours and the rest of the time youre stuck in a cell, in a small cell with a celly. 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. hes kind of off. 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 is...

And i never got released because i got four days time served and then i got a violation here. so i was never out to make it over there. i figured they would take care of it. you know but i guess apparently they didnt. >> it looks like its going to be a ride home. its $20,000 bail. theyre misdemeanors. youre not going to get any more prison time for them. but we are making some pickup arrangements for you. so sonoma countys going to drive down and pick you up the next couple of days. we never tel...

Seven days a week, two days out of a week you get yard for three hours and the rest of the time youre stuck in a cell, in a small cell with a celly. 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. hes kind of off. 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, y...