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Strong, you have to be put down as far as you can go. you have to pushed to the limit that you can be pushed and to see if thats going to destroy or if youre going to rise above that and become better because of it. that is the true test of a man. >> serving time for drug dealing may not be what you expect for a battle-tested marine with a seemingly bright future. but inside the jail, hes not the only inmate who appeared to live a dual life. >> they want to kill me. if i was to go to prison, i h...

What are you going to do with the pickles, may i ask? too hot for me. caliente. >> morgan also earned the respect of other inmates as well as compensation in the form of commissary goods by providing skilled services not often found in prison. among other things, hes a tailor. >> now stand up here on the chair. i aint getting on my knees, honey. you got me twisted. im not getting on my knees. >> you do it any other time. >> [ bleep ] >> none of the straight inmates were embarrassed to be seen wi...

>> morgan also held a prison job as an inmate advocate. a sort of amateur lawyer for inmates facing sanctions for rule violations. >> on this im going to try to get you suspended sanctions. >> while morgan lived in the minimum security level two section of the penitentiary of new mexico, he was awaiting transfer to an even less restrictive level one prison, commonly known as the farm. >> i told them, its like disney land. oh, im going to disney land. go find a ride. >> the farm is a lot more fre...

>> i am still learning life because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is p...

>> we also met his father, william jones sr., who had turned him in to authorities after he burglarized his home. >> we had a lot of problems with him as a child. and i had just had enough. i mean literally had had enough. >> i know me going to prison messed him up a lot. because he feels like its his fault. and its not. if i wasnt doing the things i was doing i would have never went. >> i lived for two years blaming myself for it, because of the amount of time that he got for stealing stuff tha...

Forgot to invite me. >> morgan says openness and honesty has served him well in an environment where homophobia can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. i wasnt going to hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasnt considered a liar like somebody who is hiding it. its the distrust there. its all about trust being in prison. its an open house. thank you. >> but honestly alone wasnt always enough. >> ive had to fight quite a few times. im not going to have anythin...

For murillo as she had hoped. shortly after our shoot at maricopa she was sentenced to four years in prison and was transferred from the maricopa county jail to the arizona state prison system. coming up -- >> my dads an emotional subject. he done what was right. >> a young inmate goes home to the father who turned him in. but on the way, one of our producers has her hands full. >> any time dogs and kids are around on a normal day shooting "lockup" its kind of a good day. ah, dinner.

Prison he had wanted to go to. >> i think youve worn out your welcome, and ive given you several chances, and i think a change of environment would do you good. >> peaches was very disappointed to find out his transfer was going to be to another penitentiary and not the one he hoped for. but in prison you have so little control of your own lives, that most of these guys become very accepting of their fate. they know they only have so much leeway and once a decision is made, they have to go with ...

>> morgan also earned the respect of other inmates as well as compensation in the form of commissary goods by providing skilled services not often found in prison. among other things, hes a tailor. >> now stand up here on the chair. i aint getting on my knees, honey. you got me twisted. im not getting on my knees. >> you do it any other time. >> i would not >> [ bleep ] >> none of the straight inmates were embarrassed to be seen with peaches. and that was also unusual in a general population set...

That cant necessarily get it together out in the real world come in here and function very well in a controlled environment. many people do in here. >> hey there, handsome. thank you. >> i am still learning life because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, bo...