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Was very vocal about advocating violence. >> i come to prison when i was 21 years old. im 21 years old, maximum security prison. ive been locked up 30 years and he said he liked me in a gay way. if i let him tell me stuff like that, aint no telling what probably would have happened. so i took a ten-pound weight and i bust his head. you know what im saying? thats what im talking about in situations like that. like the guys that broke in my box. all he had to do was leave my stuff alone. they brok...

Protective custody, more than likely slammed down the entire time. >> while his public confession may have put gaines life in danger, it also generated some welcome attention from the outside world. >> apparently, im writing my fiancee. >> you have a fiancee? >> yeah. >> is this someone you knew before you were incarcerated? >> no. i met her since i was in here. the interview i did with southern poverty law center. she read that and dropped me a couple postcards of encouragement commending the c...

The cancer will spread and kill me faster. >> so what does this mean for you? >> a death sentence. >> even with death looming over him, maxi found comfort in the support and camaraderie of his fellow inmate. >> him being around us, i feel like this is what gives him hope. even if he knows hes dying, he knows that theres not much the medical people can do. >> more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special bond with maxi. like maxi hes also serving 60 years for murder and when the prison h...

Was serving a 20-year sentence for assault and robbery and had been at the center of numerous conflicts at holman. though his violent behavior had tapered off, he had just been assigned to anger management after a disciplinary write-up for arguing with another inmate. >> how many disciplinaries? >> 57. >> how did that happen? >> its a [ bleep ] jungle. its a jungle. its been a jungle my whole 11 years. know what im saying. so, people say, you cant blame other people for what you do, cant blame o...

Crying spell for, like, a couple weeks, nothing but crying, crying, crying. >> with we met rose six months later, she was serving a four-year sentence for theft and forgery, but when she first got to prison, she didnt even know she was pregnant. >> while i was in classification which is where you have to be for 30 days when you first get here, i found out i was pregnant. and so, ive been here since then through my whole pregnancy. >> one of the saddest things i think we film in "lockup" is the c...

Thats the hardest part. you just have to hand the baby over and you go straight back to prison. then i went through the whole crying spell for, like, a couple weeks, nothing but crying, crying, crying. >> with we met rose six months later, she was serving a four-year sentence for theft and forgery, but when she first got to prison, she didnt even know she was pregnant. >> while i was in classification which is where you have to be for 30 days when you first get here, i found out i was pregnant. ...

Now backed by allstate. click or call. when jennifer rose described her worst day at the tennessee prison for women to us, she left no doubt about how bad it really was. >> i was sick, literally sick -- physically, emotionally, crying, devastated. theres no way to explain it. its the worst thing ive ever had to go through in my life. >> technically, though, rose wasnt in prison that day. she was in a nearby hospital giving birth. >> i dont wish it on nobody. it was awful. they treat you pretty...

Perceived by other people. when percy got moved back into the general population dorm, he almost acted as though it was his choice, but i think he knew it was a demotion, and i think he felt bad about it, so he had to put on this front for the other guys. >> ive been over here before, it aint like i been over here. all these [ bleep ] know me. i been in prison 11 years. this is just another part of prison. im talking about i dont need to worry about this [ bleep ] redneck, that cracker man. this...

Seven years ago inside pelican bay, californias toughest maximum security prison. >> i dont care if you the peace officer, if you are the governor, if you are the president, if you do something to me, its on. >> hes bucking right now, hes struggling. >> hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. >> turn around. turn around. >> nope. you all use that force on me. >> officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on ...

Are brought to isp have previously served time. >> ive been in this business 26 years. and ive had offenders tell me boss, ill never be back. or this is the last time im doing time. and unfortunately, theyve said it to themselves many times. but when they get out of an institutional setting like the maximum security prison that were in today, there is a true barrier in front of them. >> to cut down on the number of offenders who end up back behind bars, the state of indiana has mandated an inten...