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>> this place does have a psychological effect over a period of time. being locked up 23 hours a day in the windowless cell. makes or breaks you. its hard. its real hard, you forget how to communicate. 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 chris tore trotter. he has served the better part of the last ten years on ...

In a general population setting to see if he can maintain. >> hey, sir, how you doing? >> we follow trotter to his review and two days later we were with him again when after almost ten years he was released from segregation and placed in a temporary housing unit that would transition him back to general population. >> that was some of the most torturous time ive ever did in my life back there. and it took everything i had to keep it from dehumanizing me, demoralizing me and institutionalizing m...

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 with peaches. and that was also unusual in a general pop...

Functioning gang members. in a general population setting. that is what they do. the nature of the beast. give them a couple days, there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you have to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into cor kron 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 they are actually functioning gang members. in a general population setting, so this is what they do. the nature of the beast. well give them a couple of days, there will be another one back here. >> obviously, this is the place to hide your stuff. >> 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.

They dont fit in with the general population setting. >> kelsey, you got one hour. >> all right. >> each of the women is allowed out of their cells one at a time for one hour per day. >> dont be mad because youre not out. >> kelsey erwin uses her time to make daily rounds with nearly all the other women in segregation. >> ebony, youre coming out next, bud. >> kelsey think she runs this house. she thinks she runs ad-seg. >> i love you. >> shes the hottest. >> lift your shirt up. she has a really ...

>> because those piercings, 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 go...

Site to load up to get high. >> you have to keep in your mind they are actually functioning gang members. in a general population setting, so this is what they do. the nature of the beast. well give them a couple of days, there will be another one back here. >> obviously, this is the place to hide your stuff. >> 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 cam...

You he will do good and his behavior is good right now, but not so long ago, he came out and assaulted an officer. hes a big man, hes hard to control, hes a dangerous man, and he is appropriately assigned in that segregation cell at this point. >> he is dangerous. as far as my vote, i dont think he never need to be in a population setting. >> segregation is a place of confinement for men who you must separate from the general population. and steven parker is one of those guys that must be separa...

And six-month drug program. im in ad seg because i left from the hole last time like a year and a half ago, they gave me assault on staff. 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. a...