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Basically smuggle tobacco in here or drugs. they can light it off of that. >> disciplinary action is given to the inmates that are caught with illegal items. >> what well do is like these guys that have razor blades on their bunk, ask somebody, yeah, it was mine. okay. we write an incident form out and we send them to our adjustment center down in the 900 building. >> for 37-year-old inmate terry scranton the dorm search is just part of being a prisoner. >> well, actually, it dont feel too well ...

Scranton the dorm search is just part of being a prisoner. >> well, actually, it dont feel too well because nobody likes people going through their personal property. but its stuff that has to be done. its their job. you know, theyve got to make sure that everything is right. >> after the search inmates return to their cells to clean up the mess. next -- "lockup" takes you inside old max, l.a. countys 50-year-old maximum security facility. and well see how two new inmates are dealing with thei...

Maximum security facility. until its torn down, statevilles death chamber remains fully operational as an emergency backup system. with such a high concentration of violent criminals in the prison population, it was only natural that the violence would continue within the walls of stateville. over the years, a number of incidents occurred that still reverberate among the old-timers today. >> in the old days we had quite a bit of violence here. you got up in the morning, youd take a couple of mag...

Incredibly heavy rain. in the next several days were talking as much as 3 to 6 inches of rain here. this could be moving over flood areas. thats something were concerned about watching the next couple of days as well. fredricka, well keep you up to date. especially that minneapolis tornado right now. very dangerous. >> its never ending. thanks so much, jacqui. now to the flooding in mississippi and a place called the alcatraz of the south. the louisiana state penitentiary known as angola. the ...

>> by definition, it means that the parties themselves, israelis and palestinians, will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on june 4th, 1967. thats what mutually agreed upon swaps means. it is a well known formula to all who have worked on this issue for a generation. it allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years. >> cnns senior u.s. state department producer elyse labben is in washington right now. ...

In the morganza spillway. about 2500 people, 2,000 structures are in the path of these floodwaters. louisiana governor bobby jindal mobilizing 1100 national guard members to get ahead of the worst of the flooding an at the angola state prison the countrys largest maximum security facility, 3500 inmates are being evacuated, many helping with sandbagging efforts to keep the water out if they can. thats the hope. its unclear whether they will be able to keep it back. >> rob marciano is in melville,...

of l.a. this morning. >> it was unbelievable to even hear this morning, but yes, according to the los angeles times, quite a bombshell this morning theyre breaking a story out of california that the former governor, arnold schwarzenegger, admitted fathering a child with a former member of his household staff and that is why the marriage broke up. schwarzenegger says it happened over a decade ago, but that he only told his wife maria shriver, after he left office earlier this year. >> t...

>> heather: time for the headlines, more evacuations are underway in memphis as floodwaters spread more than a mile from the mississippi river. the river is expected to crest tuesday at 48 feet. >> gregg: president obama saying in an interview with cbs that osama bin laden had, quote, some sort of support network inside pakistan but the president says it doesnt know whether it might have come from inside or outside the government. >> heather: and 17 people are dead after an attempted prison brea...

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