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Mcgyver. hes good at cooking his celly is really good at cooking. we have a nacho slam and make a cake. we say its a celebration. i say its to realize we wasted another month in here. its something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> my buddy kamikaze makes the cake. >> he is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates hes a culinary genius, turning snack food into something special. but doing a prior prison term he learned to be a different sort of cook. >> i went around to other people wh...

Day in, day out. >> methamphetamine is the worst thing i have ever come in 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 totalled six years for theft and burglary but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth the judge threw the b...

Expect that reward. but its going to be bad things. do unto others as you would have them do unto youre and youre going to reap what you sow. >> now serving his fourth prison term, alvin mchellon understands the meaning of reap what you sow as well as anyone. he currently has a 12-year sentence for drug possession. even though on most days hes woken up at dawn and shackled at the ankles for his job on the restricted labor squad, mchellon says its better than the alternative. >> my father told me...

Though, of manslaughter could lead to a 15-year prison term and much, much more serious. news conference today, champions mother pamela champion said she applauded the efforts of the state attorney generals office to raise the charges and approved of that and in atlanta today she spent sometime talking about her son. lets listen to what she had to say. >> you had to know the kind of person robert was. he was a people person. he was a caregiver and a protector because that was his demeanor. so th...

12 former members of the florida a&m marching band now face severe new charges for the hazing death of a drum major. he was beaten during what police called a hazing ritual in 2011. if convicted, all of the suspects could get up to 15 years in prison. nbcs mark potter is live in miami. so mark, these upgraded charges, at least according to one report, may be an attempt to get a plea deal or something in the works there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: thats what the defense attorneys are sayi...

Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> surviving a long prison term can often mean joining a gang. but this one yard at california state prison corcoran thats supposed to be gang-free. >> its called the sensitive needs yard, sny. its where gang dropouts or sex offenders or high-risk inmates go for their own safety. but even here gangs can spring up, and we found one of the most unorthodox gangs. they call themselves gbg, the gay boy gangsters. >> its a group of men that a...

>> 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, who is later identified as ruben delgado. sergeant colombo, unharmed, then realizes the brawls been caught on tape. the tape is invaluable. its more than enough evidence for a judge to sentence delgado to a two-year prison term. as weve just seen, some people resist arrest by trying to fight of...

Middle name is dawn. and im just heavy. so they just call me heavy d. they call me the weight lover heavy d. so i just stuck with it. >> heavy d is 37-year-old pamela braswell. when we met her, she was serving her seventh prison term, this time for dui. >> im not very good at obeying rules. i try. but i have a very smart mouth on me. what are they going to do, lock me up? this is the activity we have on the weekends besides bulldagging. we call bulldagging. what we call women relationships here ...

And im just heavy. so they just call me heavy d. they call me the weight lover heavy d. so i just stuck with it. >> heavy d is 37-year-old pamela braswell. when we met her, she was serving her seventh prison term, this time for dui. >> im not very good at obeying rules. i try. but i have a very smart mouth on me. what are they going to do, lock me up? this is the activity we have on the weekends besides bulldagging. we call bulldagging. what we call women relationships here is a slang word for b...

>> this was not hymers first time in prison. nor his first sex offense. >> my wife deemed it necessary that i be arrested for attempted rape of your wife, as weird as that sounds. you come home drunk and try and take it, and she doesnt want it. thats still a criminal offense. >> hymer lives in the prisons protective custody wing. ironically during his first prison term, he was one of the inmates who targeted sex offenders. >> you know, ive participated in helping hunt for child molesters, you kn...