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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 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...

>> you have to keep in your mind that they are actual functioning gang members. in a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. well give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.

Since i was in the shoe when i left, they brought me back in the hole, thats how they do it. now im waiting to go to icc to find out when theyre going to let me get out. >> matthew usually returns to prison for petty crimes. he has a history of committing more serious offenses behind bars. >> hes capable of a lot of violence in custody in the prison system. and in fact, he hasnt been in a general population setting since i think maybe 2003. and thats because he keeps getting in trouble. he batte...

Of the 3,000 inmates at the santa rita jail near oakland, about 10% are women. most of them live in general population units where theyre free to be out of their cells and socialize several hours per day. but approximately 20 other female inmates live a far more confined life in the jail segregation unit. >> those are the people housed separately. theres one person per cell. never allowed to be two people in a cell. it can be anybody from a high-profile case, can be a safety issue, it could be s...

According to him, are irremovable, we dont know that and we dont know what those piercings are capable, once theyre taken out they could contain contraband. they could be used as a weapon, could be against himself, against staff or even fellow inmates. >> i have another one on the back of my neck. its called a surface staple. as you can see, theres a bar through my neck and theres two flat head screwdriver parts to it. >> basically, for mr. ruiz, for him its been a good thing being isolated beca...

In a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. well give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.

>> you have to keep in your mind that they are actual functioning gang members. in a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. well give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.

Being locked up 23 hours a day in the windowless cell makes or breaks you. its hard. its -- its real hard. you forget how to communicate. you know, how to social interact. i refuse to lose touch with humanity. when you lose that, thats it. youre transformed from a human being to a prison being. and i refuse to be a prison being. >> today were going to interview inmate christopher trotter. he has served the better part of the last ten years on administrative segregation. and there is some staff m...

In a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. well give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.