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Yeah, not really looking to get lost in here. >> stan robinson. >> kamau bell. >> nice to meet you. >> i hear they call you the mayor of san quentin. >> well they call me a lot of things but officially im the public officers of san quentin. >> thanks for bringing me in here. >> im glad you guys could come in and experience this world. now i know when you step into prison it is a different feeling than on the other side of the walls. >> this feels like a community college. >> it does. this is the...

Has the highest number of rehab programs by far, and its also a level 2 prison. see, prison security levels range from level 1, think like martha stewart prison, to level 4, like a really froggy episode of "oz." while san quentin used to be a level 4, in 1999, it was changed to a level 2. >> our inmate population is down below there. >> its not what i was expecting. i thought we would turn this corner and there would be several gates and i would be strip-searched. you know what i mean? >> why wo...

>> well they call me a lot of things but officially im the public information officer of san quentin. >> thanks for bringing me in here. >> im glad you guys could come in and experience this world. now i know when you step into prison, it is a different feeling than on the other side of the walls. >> this feels like a community college. >> it does. this is the adjustment center. this is where we say we house the worst of the worst in the state of california. >> this is the worst inmates in the s...