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End of the process, for his wife, its just beginning. because conjugal visits are sometimes used as opportuniies to smuggle contraband into corcoran, officers must do a thorough search of everything the family brings in. >> they put all the containers in clear plastic so its visible. we look through it, especially if theyve been opened, to make sure theres nothing inside. >> its almost time to go. i almost feel like an inmate myself being here. you cant come outside after dark. and then when we ...

We left, went to my trailer, grabbed a 20-gauge shotgun, a machete, went back out there and thats where it went down. i shot three people. he cut up two. >> one guys got, like, partial brain damage and the other one just got his arm -- >> hell never be able to use his right hand again. >> although both men faced life sentences for murder, michael pled guilty so that brad could plea bargain down to lesser time. >> brad didnt kill anybody. im the one that shot and killed the guy. so i didnt think ...

Serious offense and also that she has had multiple write-ups. to recommend parole at this time would have an verse effect on the institution. 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 d...

Light fixture. >> brandon siverly would craft knives out of nearly any object he found on prison grounds. >> if it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. usually i would just keep it on me because its no good if its hidden somewhere. if somebody comes on to you and [ bleep ], you aint got it on you, you cant tell him, hold on, let me go get my knife. thankfully, ive never had to use one. usually if somebody sees one, its enoug...

A lapse of judgment. a crime is committed. it can result in years behind bars, and regaining freedom can seem impossible. >> we have a lot of freedom out here, you know. we have everything that a person would have at home. >> golden barnett, and nine fellow inmates share creature comforts that dont exist inside the castle. theyve become minimum-security inmates who live in a house on the prison grounds. >> trust is what i lost to society. to trust me in society. so this is a start, and its a gre...

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 fence and a citizen passing by thought it was worth calling us, probably better safe than so...

Brain damage and the other one just got his arm -- >> hell never be able to use his right hand again. >> although both men faced life sentences for murder, michael pled guilty so brad could plea bargain down to lesser time. >> brad didnt kill anybody. im the one that shot and killed the guy. so i didnt think it fair for him to spend the rest of his life in prison, which i didnt want that anyway. he gets to go home, where ill probably end up dying in prison. >> the brothers live in separate cell ...

Jumped in the car. >> that doggie -- >> i dont know if theyre going to leave. >> it was really unusual to see dogs. any time dogs and kids are around on a normal day shooting "lockup" its kind of a good day. >> it turns out the dogs lived nearby. and were frequent visitors to the prison grounds. >> who are you looking for? >> junior! >> staff releasing gate three and gate two at this time. clear. >> when jones finally exited the prisons main gate, our camera teams met up and we said good-bye to ...

Relationship. we literally have inmates here that have been here for 30 years or more, the entire career of some of our staff. they came in here together. >> whats up, old guy? how you doing? >> 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...

>> 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 like a real nice -- just a good neighborhood. everybody is a correctional officer. so, if somebody escapes, theyre really not going to run here. theyre going to run somewhere else. >> yay. look at that big smil...