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There are nearly 500 women incarcerated at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida. most live in dormitory style housing units. but another portion of the female population lives in cells with far more restrictive conditions. >> this is a lockdown unit. we deal with several types of inmates. we have high profile inmates. we have psych inmates. we have disciplinary. it is an inmate in the news recently because of their charges. >> rosanna dimauros case is high profile. >> you are helpless....

He has been confined to the prisons pre-seg lockdown unit located on the fifth floor of "d" cell house. and now hes in even more trouble. >> hes been asking about his cable all day. he has tv, but he doesnt have any cable. and he had mentioned that if he doesnt get his cable fixed by 5:30, hes going to burn the next officer down. meaning hes going to throw either urine or feces on the next officer or possibly the next worker that comes up there. while i was standing there trying to talk some com...

Thats landed him not only in prison, but in a lockdown unit where hes separated from the population because of his assaultive history, you cant ever take anything that appears innocent at face value. >> the rope was taken away but aderibigbe was given permission to continue sculpting. >> lukuman has been very instrumental in controlling his anger. and its so beautifully done. >> everything is made from newspaper, and water, and i mix them with the soap. so now, this is just the beginning. im sti...

My life. im a lover, not a fighter. >> because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell where theres no security camera coverage, jail officials cannot determine who started it. so both peppe and the other inmate have been sent to segregation, the 23-hour lockdown unit, for a period of five weeks. >> no one to play anything with, cards, checkers. isolation is not a nice place to be. they let you out for a shower, recreation a few times a week, thats it. otherwise everything comes right to th...

Im not rugged anymore. i dont want to fight no more. i just want to enjoy the rest of my life. im a lover, not a fighter. >> because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell where theres no security camera coverage, jail officials cannot determine who started it. so both peppe and the other inmate have been sent to segregation, the 23-hour lockdown unit, for a period of five weeks. >> no one to play anything with, cards, checkers. anything, you know? isolation is not a nice place to be. they...

Makes it easier to cope in here. because when i do feel like im about ready to go and do something stupid or whatever, i just hold him in my lap, pat him, stroke him a few times, and you look at those big bette davis eyes and you think, hey, this guy depends on me. ive got to take care of him. you know? >> while stones cats might have helped to rein him in, its hard to say what, if anything, will help josh harrison. after being caught with a knife, he has been confined to the prisons pre-seg loc...

Over it. doing this interview. brothers dont normally get on camera. but i talked to a lot of my guys here. brothers that i respect. they gave me the green light. to be frank, i really got tired of seeing rats and dropouts speaking for the aryan brotherhood. they dont speak for us. theyre not real brothers or they wouldnt have dropped out. theyre marked men. theyre dead men walking. as well they should be. >> weavers role in the aryan brotherhood is one of the reasons he has been housed in admin...

Prisons pre-seg lockdown unit located on the fifth floor of "d" cell house. and now hes in even more trouble. >> hes been asking about his cable all day. he has tv, but he doesnt have any cable. and he had mentioned that if he doesnt get his cable fixed by 5:30, hes going to burn the next officer down. meaning hes going to throw either urine or feces on the next officer or possibly the next worker that comes up there. while i was standing there trying to talk some common sense into him, he took ...

They wouldnt have dropped out. theyre marked men. theyre dead men walking. as well they should be. >> weavers role in the aryan brotherhood is one of the reasons he has been housed in administrative segregation. a lockdown unit. its located on the east side of d cell house. >> a hit that he had put out on him. >> that was part of the reason why -- thats part of the reason why we sent him over there. >> thats part of the reason why we sent him over there. >> just his activity and his influence ov...

Evidence appears to support his story. >> but with his history of violence, thats landed him not only in prison but in a lockdown unit. he is separated from the population because of his assaultive history. you cant never take anything that appears innocent at face value. >> the rope was taken away. he was given permission to continue sculpting. >> his african art has been very instrumental in controlling his anger. and its so beautifully done. >> everything is made from newspaper and water. and...