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Its monday at californias kern valley state prison. for inmate marcus armstrong, that means its laundry day. >> a lot of guys dont trust the laundry. we do the laundry ourselves. some do it in the sink. me, i do it in the shower so i can really get it clean. soap it up, rinse it out, wring it out. get a little workout in the meantime. good as new after two hours. just like mamma taught me. >> its also the best night for television. >> monday night, primetime tv come on and i watch the primetime ...

Correctional officers think they run the prison. but everybody gangs up by race and you have to know where youre going. you dont want to go walking in the wrong area of the prison yard because youre on somebody elses turf. >> while inmates can segregate themselves in prison, its not always that way in county jail. the first stop on the often long road of incarceration for gang members. >> every gang in los angeles county ends up coming here. and we just dont have enough places to segregate every...

Car. thats how it all began. start out stealing bubble gum at the stores all the way to snatching purses, stealing car stereos, stealing bikes, stealing the whole car, breaking in houses, robberies, escape, just graduate all the way to murder. it seemed like it was a never-ending chain. >> and estrada added even more links to that chain. when he returned to prison on the murder charge, he was involved in another killing. >> another inmate came up behind a friend of mine and stabbed him in the ey...

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Davon lymons expression of individuality has started a trend among the level ii inmates. but it has also raised concern with the staff. >> i did his hair a couple of days ago. the captain told him, i guess, this morning if he doesnt take it off hes going to the hole. and im not allowed to do it no more to my hair. >> okay. you guys wait here for a minute. i have a question. >> sure. >> on the barber, on the haircuts. >> right. >> theyre standing at my door

We do the laundry ourselves.

There are nearly 5,000 inmates at california state prison corcoran. they represent one of the highest concentrations of dangerous felons found anywhere. its rare that inmates and correctional staff on this yard ever unite in a common goal. but when a busload of teenagers arrive during our shoot there, we witnessed one of those times. >> come on out. >> line them up. line them up. lets go. lets go. come on now. come on now. >> all these kids they brought into corcoran for the day, there is an aur...

>> kimberly, is your boyfriend going to be upset? >> i dont think hed be happy. but -- people do things. we all make stupid mistakes. about going behind our boyfriends, girlfriends backs. nobodys perfect. >> swingers or not, kimberly and gregs flimsy charade is the evidence evidence of the sort of nonsense vice detectives encounter every day on the job. getting the straight story from pimps and the women they control can often seem like an impossible task. but its a task that polk county sheriff...

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