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It back to her. >> along with receiving mail, inmates also look forward to the limited time outside their cells. >> yummy. this is yummy. >> they are brought out to go to lunch, took back in and locked down again until that afternoon when we have the evening meal. then go to the yard for an hour and then they are locked back down for the rest of the day except for ten minutes while they take a shower. >> the cool air. its so hot, the air conditioning and the cold water, thats what i come down fo...

Coming up on "lockup raw: prison love" -- >> i love him to death. i would do anything for brad. anything. short of killing someone. >> the family bonds lead to murder. and later -- >> one of the first things i noticed something i never thought i would see in a million years in a prison yard. thats all the cats. >> when inmates adopt. >> especially when theyre little babies and you can raise them up, pet them, feed them, you watch them grow. thats your cat. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ mal...

And i was a little shocked, turned my head and saw peacocks. on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here...

Kick them, and, finally, they were able to get him handcuffed. >> anthony thomas is finally subdued and cuffed and taken to the lorain county jail. >> mr. thomas came into the department on a contempt-of- court charge, which is a low-grade misdemeanor. he left our department with a felony assaulting an officer charge. all when he was going to be released on a summons for the first one. sneemplts. >> thomas pleads guilty to salt on a officer. >> thomas pleads not guilty to the felony assault char...

Methods he took to fight for democracy eventually saw him and others tried for treason and sabotage. acts punishable by death. but they got life ill prisonment instead. banished to one of the most brutal and isolated prisons. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> mandela was released 27 years later. >> i have spoken ab...

Brand, defined burning his passbook, a document the authorities use to control the movement of south africas black population. >> the africans require want to franchise on the basis of one man, one vote. they want political independence. >> reporter: that simple demand and the methods he took to fight for come mock see he and others tried for treegen and sabotage, acts punishment by day. he got life in prison anyway. one of the most countries and isolated prisons. another political prisoner re...

He was militant and a fire brand and burning his passbook a dreaded boumt the apartheid authorities used to control the movements of south africas black population. >> the africans require the franchise on the ages of one man, one vote. >> reporter: that simple demand and methods mandela took to fight for democracy saw him and others tried for treason. but they got life in prison instead and to robben island. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the prison yard. ...

They want political independence. >> reporter: that simple demand and the methods mandela took to fight for democracy eventually saw him and others tried for treason and sabotage by the apartheid government. punishable by death. they were banished to life instead. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in a prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> reporter: mandela w...

Others tried for treason and sabotage, acts punishable by death. life imprison. is dead, banished to robin island one of the countrys most brutal and isolated prisons. another prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in a prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> mandela was released 27 years later. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime your commitment and your discipline has rel...

Another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in a prison yard. >> i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. >> reporter: mandela was released 27 years later. >> i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. >> and his lack of bitterness towards the apartheid authorities helped him to lead one of the most remarkable p...