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They become available to officers in need of cheaper rent and a shorter commute. >> i hear a lot of people say they dont want to move here because they never leave the prison. well, i come home and im home. >> not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary. in fact, the whole idea makes marthas son, chris, pretty nervous. >> its kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. >> actually, its very safe. its lik...

Up not just into the prison not just into "el chapo"s cell, but in the one area of that cell that, two by two foot area of his cell where there was a little wall by the toilet to protect his, quote unquote privacy. so the tunnel goes down three stories, a mile long, up into the prison grounds into "el chapo"s cell. not just his cell but into his little bathroom area right by the toilet. it was a magnificent feat of engineering and everybody in mexico is outraged and humiliated by it heather. >> ...

Thats the place where theyll drop it and hide it and kick it with their foot right into the grass. this is what i dont like to see. this right here. those are razor blades. thats not something you want to step on. really not something i like picking up. i dont care if you think thats a harmless piece of plastic, but they can literally melt that into here, and then youve got a slashing tool. toothbrush handles and stuff like that. theyre quite good at that. >> one inmate in particular at wabash h...

>> as long standing as some of these relationships may be, theres always a steady flow of newcomers. among inmates and staff alike. michele ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. >> ive always had a passion for law enforcement. thats just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a c...

An adverse effect on the institutional discipline. im going to recommend that you do the balance on your sentence. thank you, have a good day. >> culbertsons parole has been denied. >> so in other words, you got to serve two more years? >> um-hum. >> basically, wheres -- >> im sorry, its okay. >> it aint. i need to talk to the warden about them not -- >> stop, stop. >> please. please. >> you dont have to do anything. >> okay. >> go. >> parole hearings are not considered opportunities to visit. o...

And i was a little shocked, to turn my head and see peacocks on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here...

On one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaws volatile past, mokotow prison. >> been to over 20 american prisons. theyre usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so were on these busy warsaw streets and we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment buildings surrounding us, businesses. >> the prison was built in 1904. it used to be ...

Trying to get me committed and i refused to go to a mental health place because i was afraid they would take away my guns because im a gun collector and i had a lot of guns and i knew once they found me mentally incompetent i wouldnt be able to have guns in a minute and developed to the point where i got delusional and i hallucinated and i imagined my wife had been kidnapped, raped, and tourtured and killed by these guys at work and i thought id take vengeance and take matters into my own hands ...

Wife, its just beginning. because conjugal visits are sometimes used as opportunities to smuggle contraband into corcoran officer must do a thorough search of everything the family brings in. >> put all of the containers in sheer plastic so its visible. we look through it, especially if theyve been opened, make sure there is nothing secreted inside. >> almost time to go. i almost feel like an inmate myself being here. you cant come outside after dark. and then when we do come outside were still ...

After a phone call from a local citizen about a possible escaped inmate, the c.o.s of san quentin have snapped into action. >> take your ass upstairs. >> inside the prison, all inmates have been locked up and the officers have done a prison-wide recount. prison officials have also been dispatched to canvass the area around san quentin. >> its possible that the citizen saw what they saw, could have maybe been two teenagers or something that live on grounds, prison grounds that were hopping the fe...