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Personal needs. the challenge is just as big for women as it is for men. when we arrived at the tennessee prison for women, we found that meeting personal needs had led to a dilemma for mary beth. >> they done wrote me up. >> what? >> what for? >> look, it says that they found a glove in two trash cans and a tampon. theyre trying to say i had -- >> sexual activity of any sort is against prison rules. and even though shes allowed to have the individual items she was caught with, she was written u...

Myself and a lieutenant. and it progressed towards then. >> why you got handcuffs on me. huh? >> nobody hit you. >> you did hit me on my mother i swear to god [ bleep ] you hit me now. you hit me again. when they leave youre going to hit me again, man. dont touch me, man. [ bleep ] >> as captain morgan processes the paperwork -- >> he severely hit me in the back of my hand, after he handcuffed me and twist my ankle. >> the inmate continues his tirade against him. >> turn the feds on you. on my m...

Rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates lives. >> for the most part youre separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and things like that. its a territorial thing. so we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so we can give ourselves distance so we wont cross paths in the wrong fashion. >> the rules are merciless. and ignoring rac...

Rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates lives. >> for the most part youre separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and things like that. its a territorial thing. so we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so we can give ourselves distance so we wont cross paths in the wrong fashion. >> the rules are merciless. and ignoring rac...

He started talking [ bleep ], i talked [ bleep ] to him. i dont know, i was talking to him. hes a bench. i told him hes a bench. [ bleep ]. >> with his months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught with possession of marijuana. >> whats been going on since last time we saw you? >> just sitting here drawing, watching the time go by, thinking about what im going to do with the rest of my life. >> smith hopes to som...

While but, you know, you kind of get over it a little bit. its been pretty rough. i really miss him. she did, too. >> after being locked up two years, adam will now be free of prison rules. lucky for him, his grandparents have never wavered in their support. for 24 months, they visited every two weeks. >> hope it does some good for him up here, you know. it got to where we couldnt do nothing with him. weve had him ever since he was 8 months old. >> its been difficult, but its worth it. >> i know...

On any given day at the limon correctional facility, inmates are caught violating prison rules. >> bring your two officers over, please, to unit two. >> most of these violations never disrupt the daily routine. but today, one has not only rocked the prison, it sent shockwaves through the states entire department of corrections. >> yesterday morning, the segregation staff did a strip search on the segregation corridor and found a large quantity of heroin and cocaine that the inmate was apparently...

I draw that one real quick with a pen. thats like an hour and a half right there. ill do that for five bucks, six, seven bucks, something like that. i could do much better than this. its just people dont want to pay, you know what i mean? so the lowest prices ill give them, ill give them low quality. not that im a [ bleep ] but, you know, you get what you pay for in here. >> but tattooing is strictly against prison rules. >> tattooing is always a big deal at prisons. the inmates use it as a way ...

Thats like an hour and a half right there. ill do that for five bucks, six, seven bucks, something like that. i could do much better than this. its just people dont want to pay, you know what i mean? so the lowest prices ill give them, ill give them low quality. not that im a [ bleep ] but, you know, you get what you pay for in here. >> but tattooing is strictly against prison rules. >> tattooing is always a big deal at prisons. the inmates use it as a way to make money. it causes us big problem...

>> the politics of race creates rigid demands which control the smallest details of the inmates lives. >> for the most part its just separated and broke off. you really pretty much can walk around in the yard but theres certain areas you cant hang and sit. same way it is on the street, whether its when we have neighborhoods and things like that. its a territorial thing, so, we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so wuk give ourselves distance so we wont cross paths in the wrong ...