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Hey there, im veronica de la cruz. mitt romney blamed president obama for the tepid economic recovery. meanwhile house republicans passed their version of a bill to keep student loan rates from rising, despite a veto threat from the white house. its also bound for defeat in the senate because it seeks to pay for the measure with obamacare funds. now, its back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> surviving a long prison term can often mean joining a gang. ...

Going to change. i dont know what else to say. >> i like you, too. >> i like you more. >> i like you more. better. >> i love you.ç >> we had been filming in another part of the prison, and when we came back to the sensitive needs yard, first thing we heard was wicked filling us in on some gossip that had to do with demon. >> so everybody is doing good. demon is doing good. no, he doesnt have his teeth yet. poor demon. i know he wants those, really. he has this new boyfriend that is an older ma...

>> i cut my wrist with a razor blade. >> washington went on to explain that he cut his wrist to prevent the prison to transferring him to the sensitive needs yard or sny. its a place most inmates want nothing to do with. >> sensitive needs yards is basically for inmates that meet certain criteria, mostly your rapists, molesters, dropout gang members. it used to be pt yard, protective housing unit. >> washingtons neighbor and fishing partner told us how a move to sny makes an inmate damaged goods...

Ways to keep in shape. thats our weights. thats how we work out. we make water bags. we dont get weights no more. arnold schwarzenegger took those away from us. >> why is everybody looking at us, man? find you some business. >> while recreational options are limited on the sensitive needs yard, back in ad seg theyre even more restricted. angel gets his first real human contact for the day when an officer escorts him out for his one hour yard time. >> i thought you was coming with me. >> you got ...

Pick somebody else, man. god. >> thats game. >> good game. >> im the king of the court. i run that court. that court was mine for about an hour. >> since weights have been banned from san quentin, inmates like speedy have found other ways to keep in shape. thats our weights. thats how we work out. we make water bags. we dont get weights no more. arnold schwarzenegger took those away from us. >> why is everybody looking at us, man? find you some business. >> while recreational options are limited...

>> it is a sensitive needs yard, used to be called protective custody. its an area where inmates can be housed because of safety concerns. they are called gang dropouts, identified by the inmate population as informants, have sex crimes in their past, things they still have that predatory mentality, being a protective sensitive needs type guy doesnt make them a good guy. theres gangs in sny. theres first fights going on, guys getting beat up pretty good. >> i have sufficient grounds keep you in ...

Inmate a 15-month cshu term. but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds. and i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i dont even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, its just a whole change of scenario. a whole change of lifestyle. its better. honestly, its a lot ...

A handle on it. and i just started stabbing him. stabbed him over 100 times, in the back, sides, neck, he was crying, telling me to stop, begging for me to stop. and he was still alive through all of it. that was one of my favorite ones right there, because he was a rapist, and i despise rapists, i cannot stand them. child molesters, rapists, the worst. >> in spite of his love of violence, robert eventually grew tired of the gang politics, and decided to drop out. he was transferred to the sensi...

>> the assault has earned this inmate a 15-month cshu term. but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds. and i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i dont even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, its just a whole change of scenario. a whole change of lifestyle. i...

Considered, you know, like mafiawise -- we dont control the outside, money laundering and things like that, you know what i mean? they cant validate us. >> what do you want to do with the bulldogs? >> whatever it takes. this is my life now, theres no chance for me to get out. im going to have to die sometime. i might as well go out with a bang, you know? coming up, even in the shu, roberts always ready for battle. >> this is my shoe, i dont mess with my hands. i count, its as close as were goi...