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Oh, man, that looked good. i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. >> for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. >> but whites elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. >> and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted and got sent back to the shu. so it just shows how fast things can fall apart even when th...

To see the words come to life. make you want to continue to do it. like art imitates life. oh, man, that looked good. i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. >> for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. >> but whites elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. >> and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted...

Im not that 15-year-old kid anymore. im 41 years old now. >> as he walked across the yard, first time in years with other inmates, we had no idea what to expect. >> we missed you. >> one time. one time only. >> go ahead. >> hey, im not good at this. ill tell you right now. are you good? >> not really. >> not really? >> hit a ringer. >> ill try. >> i think it astounded him to be out on the yard and working out with somebody else, being in contact with another inmate that he could talk to without ...

While he is here so when he comes home he knows right from wrong and knows what to do and what not to do. >> as a mother i would like to just touch him and say, are you okay? i want to give him a hug. i havent been able to do that. i know one day i will. >> coming up on lockup raw: prison love. >> i love him to death. i will do anything for brad. anything. short of killing somebody again. >> the family bonds that lead to murder. and later -- >> one of the first things i noticed something i never...

The social center of almost every prison is the yard. its the rare space where inmates socialize, exercise and occasionally fight to the death. but lockup crews have found that on some yards even at dangerous maximum security institutions, inmates have found something to fill their hearts with love and nurturing. just not for each other. >> this is bain. >> nobodys family home cat could be happier than these cats in here. >> one of the first things i noticed walking in the yard in kentucky was s...

>> you walk out into this courtyard that was beautiful. they had this very large fountain. 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 prizren 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, ...

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. >> thomas pleads not guilty to the felony assault charge. hes awaiting trial. officer whit sustains minor injuries. hes back at work on his n...

>> well, were rape crisis counselors. thats our job. so that entails working with survivors on a daily basis and helping them through their healing process. >> marcia and dianes background helps them deal with inmates who have the most taboo of crimes, but for brook, his secret may be keeping him safe. >> on the yard, everybody wears a mask and they hide most of their life from everybody else because there are so many predators out there. emotional predators, physical predators. if they see a we...

Some of the inmates choose to participate in activities they would not consider on the yard. ron brook may be under pressure to blend in with the other white inmates. the order of the day is military style calisthenics. the privacy of this intense physical training is fiercely guarded, so we watch using the prisons closed-circuit camera system. brook is worried our cameras might attract unnecessary attention from the other inmates. he refuses to see marcia and diane, but agrees to speak with gro...

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 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 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 white inmates involved ...