Page 11 - Prison Yard News Today

Many people knowing me. i think its a circumstance caused by my taking up the legal trade that i have. >> brook has spent years helping inmates get out of prison legally. but not so long ago, he was interested in a faster way out. >> now, this was a stupid thing to do. and im still paying for it today. but at the time, i didnt see as if i had anything to lose. i was young. i didnt want to grow old in prison. i met this guy in solidad. and we were sitting on the yard, and this guy says, "are you ...

Continue. >> i think that he shut back down. it was not okay to be seen in the hole. i dont think he wanted to be witnessed there, and i dont think that he wanted to be seen by us. >> he learns that the fight on the yard was not related to the sexual nature of inmate brooks crime. he claims that he was defending an inmate being forced to show his crime papers on the yard. with the groups integrity intact, marcia and diane must push on without him. the success of this therapy group depends on the...

Many people knowing me. i think its a circumstance caused by my taking up the legal trade that i have. >> brook has spent years helping inmates get out of prison legally. but not so long ago, he was interested in a faster way out. >> now, this was a stupid thing to do. and im still paying for it today. but at the time, i didnt see as if i had anything to lose. i was young. i didnt want to grow old in prison. i met this guy in solidad. and we were sitting on the yard, and this guy says, "are you ...

I ordered the driver to start the car and drive around. i felt numb and cold but i didnt stop. coming up -- a shocking twist in the murder of susan worthen is finally revealed. >> ron, what was your intent when you picked them up? what were you going to do? >> probably to humiliate her. i had power over her. >> and later, an incident on the yard puts ron brook and the therapy group in jeopardy. >> first theres concern, concern for ron and honestly, concern for the group, because this group cou...

To have power over her. >> and the guy was just along because he was there? >> he was there, yeah. and i had power over him, too, with the gun. but she was the one that i had been put down by, the look at me, and so when i seen her again, i decided to show her. >> on december 7th, 1975, ronald brook was arrested in connection with the death of susan worthen. he was convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder and sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. >> i am not a bank robber, and im...

A way to become someone else. every chance i got, i took. >> after years of taking classes, brook finally found a skill that could make him money. >> this is a certificate from the blackstone career institute as a paralegal and legal assistant. >> brook is a jailhouse lawyer. a position like this can be very lucrative behind bars, but success is based entirely on how many inmates you work with. >> hes pretty good at it. ive known him for about four years. hes pretty sharp. i pick his brain whene...

Assaulting and murdering his victim. the sexual nature of his crime may be the reason brook was so hesitant to show his papers. if his story leaks onto the yard, he could be a target for violence. suddenly, a small riot erupts in the yard, and inmate brook is involved. >> all i really know is that it appears that somehow or another it got out into the yard that he was a sex offender, and was confronted by a group of inmates and got into a fight around that. >> the brawl sends brook and the other...

Crime, but admitting to sexually assaulting his victim is risky. the members in the group have agreed to total confidentiality, but with a crime this taboo, he still runs the risk of having his story make its way to the yard. >> he was really armored. he was very apprehensive that his crime was -- especially the sexual aspect of it, in here is a touchy subject. guys who do that kind of thing, that was -- he showed a lot of trust in the group to have shared that with us. >> its been three weeks s...

They have never been before. >> i think sometimes they try to protect us, and we dont see the reality of what it is here, and, yeah, this is a really hard place to be. >> administrative segregation is a prison within the prison. this area houses inmates who are under investigation, as well as inmates in protective custody who cant live with the general population. >> its different than what i thought, in some ways, and its also -- i dont know, it feels very -- its a very oppressive feeling atmos...

>> gloves is the biggest thing, you know. everybody carries gloves on them, and any time youve got to put your hands on an inmate, youre going to have some medical gloves on. >> these officers are trained to be prepared to handle any situation. its not only accidental contact with infected blood that poses a threat. at any moment the peaceful prison yard can turn into a killing field. >> ever heard of the calm before the storm? thats what it is. if it gets quiet out there, start looking around. ...