this is their communication to the outside when that they are not using the telephones or have visitation. this is what they've got. >> but not everyone is lucky enough to receive mail. kenneth jackson says he rarely hears from his family or anyone else. >> it would be nice to get mail coming in. it doesn't have to be every day or even once a month. it can just be every now and again. just get a letter from someone say be, look, how you doing? everything going great? >> kenneth jackson, year i've been back here, he's got one letter sense i've been back here. >> when jackson got a love letter it is a welcome surprise. >> i see a sweet person inside you. you must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. at least you have got me on your side if that means anything. i hope you write me back soon
murdered and set on fire. he is also in confinement. for him buying canteen is not an option. >> my family doesn't want anything to do with me and i don't get money. and the jail food kind of sucks so -- >> during a prior stay in prison he hustled canteen money by putting ads on a website for gay men looking for prison pen pals. >> i wrote the letter. i started receiving letters back. i started to ask for money here and there and i started to build up money in my account. >> jackson says he isn't gay but doesn't find it difficult to write the letters. >> treat them like my girlfriend even though they ain't. but treat them like that. you want to keep them writing you. so you write sexual stuff to them to keep it coming. >> think how fun it will be to be at your house and in your bed with you.
give someone $20 to get what i want? >> jackson was arrested on murder, sexual battery and arson charges only two months after finishing a prison sentence for grand theft of a motor vehicle. he has pled not guilty for the charges and has been at the jail three years awaiting trial. >> when i first met inmate jackson, he gave me that back of my neck hair standing up kind of vibe. >> after 17 years in law enforcement, master deputy stephen gray has learned to trust his instincts. his first impression was supported when he looked at inmate jackson's paperwork. >> he has a rap sheet of everything from insolence to staff members physically and verbally. kicking on the door, violent behavior. if you add all that up, 15, 16 papers worth, it spells out
that it unlikely in jackson's case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in general pop with other inmates with a roommate and cell mate. we've tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didn't last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jackson's coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement. >> the best way to relieve the pressure. i cut on myself. i cut my arm. when i bleed and got the pain it relaxes me. it's like having the most orgasm you can ever have. my blood pressure is 147/104 and i cut and 20 minutes later it's down to 110/70. i relax.
good and you would love to let me have it. >> jackson is once again looking for a canteen benefactor. he's placed a personal ad. if he gets a response he will send his letter off in the mail. >> $30 per pen pal with 10 to 15 pen pals, i'm banking. i'm banking. coming up -- >> this is your daily visit. >> don't mess with it. >> kenneth jackson takes pleasure in cutting. >> like the best orgasm that you ever had. >> knowing that my mom is still there, everything is fine. >> hey, honey. >> and kendrick morris meets with one person who believes in him. >> i'm proud of you. either way i'm proud of you. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person.
i have dealt with you before. you seem to stay in trouble. okay? and because you stay in trouble it's like, this stuff just seems to follow you around. i don't think it's coincidence. i will take you down to 6 charlie lockdown. they will deal with that tomorrow or in the next couple days anyway. okay? we'll head down there now. >> he is well known because he tends to stay in trouble. it's not fighting but things like the stealing. >> what's up? >> not much. >> he will stay for the next 21 days unless his appeal goes to the captain. >> in this case he was out of luck. the captain upheld the 21-day confinement sanction for allegedly stealing the candy bar. kenneth jackson is awaiting trial for a brutal crime in which a woman was raped,
and keep your sexy ass out of trouble. love always. and on the back it says, p.s., i want to be the girl in your dreams tonight. only god can judge us in big bold letters. >> the letter is from a female inmate that jackson says he met at court. he says she was in a holding cell and they communicated using jail house sign language. >> i signed my name and booking number and she got a letter to me. actually when i got it i was shocked by it. the personal stuff she put in there and don't know what i did or my charges or nothing. >> if she had known his charges jackson's pen pal may have thought twice about writing. >> i was accused of raping and killing and burning a woman inside her vehicle. but i did not do this. why rape someone when you can
highest bonds that i have. >> barnes' bail was reduced from $26,000 to $3,250. a bondsman can get him out for 10% of that amount. >> it's a blessing. from $2,500 to get out and now $300, $400 to get out. >> barnes is hopeful his family will be able to come up with the money. >> i have an 80% chance of getting out. i ain't gonna say no 90s because there ain't nothing guarantee or whatever. but 80% chance i get out. >> kenneth jackson is also hoping for a change in environment. he spent most of the last three years in the jail's confinement unit and he would like to move to general population. >> i'm trying to go back to population. they're supposed to talk to me about it today. today is the confinement meeting. >> each week a team of deputies discusses the possibility of moving confinement inmates back to general population. but sarah herman thinks that is
unlikely in jackson's case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in general pop with other inmates with a roommate and cell mate. we've tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didn't last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jackson's coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement. >> the best way to relieve the pressure. i cut on myself. i cut my arm. when i bleed and got the pain it relaxes me. it's like having the most orgasm you can ever have. my blood pressure is 147/104 and i cut and 20 minutes later it's down to 110/70. i relax. straight up.
lockdown for the duration of his time or his stay here at hillsborough county. >> in the meantime jackson can write to his pen pal. >> it says what is up my true love. i would be [ bleep ] without you. i would be willing to kill anyone who talks to you or looks at you. anyways, why don't you tell me you loved me before you left? if it is a crime to be in love then i'm guilty because i'm in love with you. so don't play with my heart, okay? >> scary's not the word but gives you the creeps. >> [ laughter ] coming up -- >> first i make the barbecued chicken. >> esteban merchan whips up a snack. >> the pickle juice gives you the hot sauce. >> and kenneth jackson turns his attention from women to men. >> treat them like they're my girlfriend even though they ain't. fund economic and environmental recovery.