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Robert hill is also facing an uncertain future as he awaits trial for first-degree murder and robbery. lately, he has seemed confused about his charges. >> i feel like thats not me. like im thinking theyre confusing -- like theres a lot of people with my name. >> hes also been cutting his arms for what he describes as medicinal bloodletting. >> hes going through some heavy things right now. hes got a lot on his plate. but -- i just dont -- i dont get it. i dont. >> will flowers, another tulsa co...

Earned him a 147-year prison term, crimes which included two murders, battery, and criminal confinement, bailey was only open to a point. >> man, it was kind of gruesome, man. bodies all around and everything like that. so -- for this area, man, its not really easy to walk through. were not having a typical conversation now. now were dealing with something more personal. and it touches me in different ways because the people that were getting executed, you know, it was not something that i reall...

. im going to take you back to 2008. 22-year-old louise santos was stabbed by nunez. he pleaded guilty in exchange for a 16 year prison term. but in early 2011 outgoing california governor arld schwarzenegger commuted the sentence to just seven years. he happens to be the son of the former assembly speaker and political ally of schwarzenegger. first of all, mr. santos i know its been some time but that pain never goes away. im so sorry for the loss of your son. >> thank you. thank you for havi...

Tulsa county jail has done for her. >> i came in here three months pregnant strung out and ive been here eight months. i had a healthy, nine-pound baby. and i wouldnt have had that had i not been in here. >> six weeks earlier, she was transported to a nearby hospital to give birth to her son. she was with him for three days before giving him up to her brother and returning to jail. >> my brother is all the family that i have. and he came and picked my son, david, i named my son after my brother,...

>> hes also been cutting his arms for what he describes as medicinal bloodletting. >> hes going through some heavy things right now. hes got a lot on his plate. but -- i just dont -- i dont get it. i dont. >> will flowers, another tulsa county inmate who served prior prison term with hill, has noticed changes in his old friend. >> i seen his picture in the paper on the case he had i didnt recognize him. man, i hate it for him, i do. i pray for him. my heart goes out to him. he needs to quit all ...

Contact with. my only regret, i wish i never, ever in my life seen it for the hundred good stories i could tell you i can tell you three times the bad stories. it made me feel the greatest at times and made me hate myself most of the time. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totaled about six years for theft and burglary. but when he was then caught with 114 grams of meth, the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years which means i have t...

Is really good at cooking. we get together. have a slam. big nacho slam, make a cake. you know, we say a celebration. i say its basically to realize we just wasted another month in here. its something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> kamikaze, my buddy kamikaze, he makes the cake. >> patrick "kamikaze" gaskill, who is serving 30 years for dealing methamphetamine is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates, hes a culinary genius. turning commissary snack food into something special. bu...

>> kirkpatrick says he relished gang life right from the day he was jumped in, an initiation rite where a group of current gang members fight the wannabe. >> four of my homeboys from my hood jumped me. they told me whatever you do, dont just curl up in a ball and lay down, you know what im saying? then youre going to look like a coward or a punk. you know what i mean? so i did the best that i could. and i slung with the best that i could. you know? i still got my butt whooped. i was still busted...

Someone who has put in work for peni, some one who has proven their right to be there. >> a lot of years in those tattoos, a lot of work, too. >> many, many man hours. many man hours. >> james first went to prison at age 18 on a robbery charge and then became initiated in the gang. >> i always wanted to do well and succeed to make my home boys proud of me, because theyre like family. >> after being released from prison on the robbery charge, james was back in, a year and a half later for assault...

And i knew that he was not breathing at that point. and it was just a matter of time before he would succumb. when i was doing this, i asked the people standing there, i said, hey. if you want to help, give me a hand. >> after more than a minute into taping, the woman capturing all this calls 911. >> im in the city of boston and theres a cop fighting a guy and he could sure use some backup. >> by that time, the eyewitnesss from the street grab all four limbs, while the sergeant handcuffs the man...