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Able to see when we were actually filming. >> whats the first thing youre going to do when you see him? >> as releases inevitably move slowly, the segment producer tracy found herself outside the prison with a new responsibility. >> i was entertaining the children by sort of running around the car with alexi and having her chase me around. >> but powell soon got some unexpected help. >> two dogs appeared out of nowhere. they came up to the vehicle where we were standing by. they let us pet them ...

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 jones and his family. >> see you later! >> but it wouldnt be the last we saw of him. we asked jones if we could foll...

The family brings in. >> put all of the containers in clear 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 enclosed within more gates on the prison grounds, so thats kind of weird. at least i do get to leave. its appreciated, though. i mean, just think, we werent even getting ...

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...

Standoff that then ended in gunfire. >> reporter: tonight, a louisiana family in shock. 19-year-old amanda carney stabbed to death. authorities say an inmate abducting the stepdaughter of a warden on the prison grounds, where the entire family lived. the kidnapping setting off a tense gunfight, a heavily armed s.w.a.t. team responding to the emergency, fatally shooting the escaped prisoner. the inmate, 39-year-old deltra henderson, a prisoner with special privileges, assigned to work on the ward...

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. its just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. thats kind of cool to them. but i dont think they really understand everything thats going on. you have to remember to stay firm, ...

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...

Parole at this time would have 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 consi...

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 ...

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? >> translator: we breed those. they arent wild birds. >> does ...