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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 small cell with a cellie. 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...

Creating dangerous environments for its inmates and officers. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. >> im left-handed. >> its an open environment. >> gentleman! >> theres, right now i have six staff members. [ bleep ], this is like -- >> yeah, youre doing a good job, too. >> youre breaking all my rights. >> another day on the job. >> almost all my individuals down here are parole violators. theyve been out on parole, couldnt hack it, got picked up for something, got sent back in here. they ...

Before i was working in counter section. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in level one desegregation. >> 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 all the time. you have a lot of dru...

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 day on the job. >> 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 insti...

Theyre broken down by race in the gym. they self-segregate. we do not tell them where to go. the shower closest to the left that is all white. the middle shower will be only your blacks, the far right showers, 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. this guys an american indian right here, a native american. >> were all from different counties and different cit...

Its an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> theres right now, i have six staff members. >> [ bleep ]. >> this is life. >> yeah, youre doing a good job of it too, huh? >> breaking all my rights. >> the another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, theyve been out on pa row, couldnt hack it. got picked up for something, they sent them back in here, they generally do six months, a year. something of that nature. they go main line to another institution to do th...

Section. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in administrative segregation. now he interacts with level one inmates in a dorm setting. >> i have 200 inmates in here 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 he...

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 feels good to be off death row, but it hasnt sunk in yet. you know, it will in time, but it hasnt yet. theyve 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 there, but they removed my a 1 a status which means i w...

Then i got a violation here. so i was never out to make it over there. i figured they would take care of it. i guess apparently 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. but we are making some pickup arrangements for you. so sonoma county is going to drive you up and 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. ...

Hours, and the rest of the time youre stuck in a small cell with a cellie. i havent had a cellie in 20 years. so thats kind of hard learning cell etiquette. you know, i dont know celletquette. 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. man, you spend 20 years on death row, youre going to have some issues. >> he...