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Walked inside of a prison, what does that feel like? >> its funny. it feels like im walking into a neighborhood im unfamiliar with. >> nice comedy, brother. >> thank you, sir. now it feels great. >> now you know. >> im looking around, i see different groups of people in different areas. are the areas broken up in any way? >> the areas are broken up in a way. just beyond the tennis court are primary where the white guys are. couple different areas for those guys. basketball court. primarily where...

>> and one of the jails most powerful inmates must choose between his crime family and his real family. stretching across the eastern half of long island, new york, suffolk county is best known for the exclusive beachfront villages known as the hamptons. ordering these gateways for the wealthy is the more working class town of riverhead, and the one destination nobody flocks to voluntarily, the suffolk county jail.

I have been caught for like ten. >> figueroa acknowledges anger led to the arrest that brought her here. >> they said i demanded money from the gas station attendant, and then i shot at him. it was not that. i did shoot at him, though. allegedly. >> originally charged with robbery, she reesemently pled guilty to attempted robbery and criminal possession of a firearm. her plea deal resulted in a four-year sentence, and figueroa is now awaiting transfer to the state prison. >> any bullet hit him? ...

In the little prison issued shorts. and he was decked out in this professional looking fitness gear. so i kind of made a joke with him. and i said youre going to get a lot of letters from female american television viewers. "lockup" viewers. which just delighted him. >> but he was clear about the one american woman who interested him the most. shes one of the stars of his favorite tv show. >> translator: wilma flintstone is my ideal woman. >> is fred the ideal man? >> translator: no, no, fred is...

Inmates are one that would tell in a minute. theyre rats. im a straight convict. im not an inmate. >> robert spears was your typical convict. he had done a lot of time. he had lived very distinctly by the convict code and he was very accepting of his situation. he didnt complain. he didnt blame anybody. he was a tough guy. >> when i came to prison, i was a kid. i had to do what i had to do to survive and im not proud of the things sometimes that i had to do. some people has to be hurt, ive been ...

Where the guys exercise. and at first, you know, i saw weights. but im used to seeing that in every prison. and then theres this beautiful pool. this olympic size pool that the inmates swim in. >> have you been in any other prisons? >> translator: yes, yes. >> do they all have pools? >> translator: no, no. >> just here? >> translator: yes. >> you would never see this in an american prison. it is too easy for an inmate to drown another inmate or hurt a staff member. youre not going to see it. i w...

But she wants to take my son. and she wants to move with the son to germany. >> schaeffer, a korean adopted by a dutch family, said he had outstanding charges in germany, that could have led to a two-year sentence if he followed his wife into the country. after arguing, he stabbed her numerous times. >> three times in the neck. two times in the back. two, three, the total was ten stabs with a big knife. >> how big? >> kitchen knife. >> in the middle of the interview, something unusual happened. ...

And so on, et cetera. but i guess at that time, its not about you. its about me. and what i want to do. yeah, its sick, i know its sick. im not normal. i know im not normal. the average man is not normal. because we wouldnt be sitting in here if we were normal. coming up -- >> i killed her with a big knife. >> why? >> because i had no gun with me. >> in belgium, a bizarre interview about murder is interrupted by a jewelry delivery. >> an officer is bringing shawn a watch. and everything had to...

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Supposed to for me to learn. i still -- i think i learned this time, because i know the seriousness of my situation. i think i learned. i feel im going to pray tonight and hopefully god gives me this chance to get out maybe on one of those little house arrest things. then i can work my way from there. i know i can. >> with less than 12 hours to go before court, the kids at lake county juvenile invent their own ways to relieve the stress. ♪ i hope i go home >> dude! >> what up? >> the night bef...