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>> 88% of our cadets do not come back to prison. 88% of them do make a turnaround. 88% of them do go on to be productive citizens of society. >> didnt think i could go as far as the instructors at this program perceive that we can go. >> youre not going to make a difference in everyone. we have platoons that roll in and out of here. 38 cadets to a platoon. youre not going to change 38 people. but you have to rejoice when you change just one. >> boot camp saved me. boot camp has saved plenty othe...

>> chris is currently in our transition unit. he also has the opportunity to go home within the next six months. so far hes been maintaining a decent conduct behavior. but, believe me, we are monitoring him and will continue until the very day that he goes home. >> even with the aryan brotherhood as the major threat in the institution, the gang rarely engages in racial violence. >> i wouldnt say that we have a lot of black on white or white on black conflict. most of the time our incidents that ...

In boot camp graduate from the program. and very few ever return to jail. >> 88% of our cadets do not come back to prison. 88% of them do make a turnaround. 88% of them do go on to be productive citizens of society. >> didnt think i could go as far as the instructors at this program perceive that we can go. >> youre not going to make a difference in everyone. we have platoons that roll in and out of here. 38 cadets to a platoon. youre not going to change 38 people. but you have to rejoice when y...

Inmates, they continued to be disruptive and started forming gangs within the prison. >> the prison gangs really started after the prison riot. >> the people have divided themselves up because of that riot. no one wants to get caught alone in stuff like that, and there was a lot of hate still, a lot of anger, resentment, a lot of racism. >> major dean lopez started working in the prison in 1982 two years after the riot. >> we were being scrutinized left and right, and the facility itself promulg...

Its no wonder that this is a popular vacation spot. but miami is also a hotbed of illicit drug activity that generates a constant flow of men and women into what has become the sixth largest jail in america. miami-dade corrections is made up of five separate facilities located throughout the city. housing nearly 7,000 inmates. every year, approximately 100,000 men and women are processed into miami-dade. many of them arrive here at the main jail, also known as the pretrial detention center. >> t...

Were going to go on fighting. we can only fight for what we are and we are white. >> chris is currently in our transition unit. he also has the opportunity to go home within the next six months. so far hes been maintaining a decent conduct behavior. but, believe me, we are monitoring him and will continue until the very day that he goes home. >> even with the aryan brotherhood as the major threat in the institution, the gang rarely engages in racial violence. >> i wouldnt say that we have a lot ...

Active become life-threatening in a moment. >> if youre running and theres a man walking out in front of you you want to yell out track. because hes liable to proceed behind you and nail you, either with a weapon or a fist. >> somebody want to control this basketball court or that basketball court or this weight bench or that weight bench. the cos have nothing to do with that, that is amongst the inmates, the convicts. sometimes you be able to talk it out and get it settled without violence. som...

But instead of creating a peaceful environment for inmates, they continued to be disruptive and started forming gangs within the prison. >> the prison gangs really started after the prison riot. >> the people have divided themselves up because of that riot. no one wants to get caught alone in stuff like that, and there was a lot of hate still, a lot of anger, resentment, a lot of racism. >> major dean lopez started working in the prison in 1982 two years after the riot. >> we were being scrutini...

It just happens, you know. living in the gangsters life, you know. >> with only one hour per week outside the cell, inmates find creative ways to occupy their time spent in jail. >> man and woman conceiving a child. a latin male hispanic. teardrop. a tattoo for murder. hes doing life. ♪ mama dont you cry ♪ mama dont you worry ♪ mama just stay strong ♪ even though your son is gone ♪ i was locked in the county jail when i heard the news ♪ ♪ i was mad as hell mama just

I used to be a banger but now i talk to the enemy in isolation, where walls become memories, memories become pain. pain becomes thunder soaked in the grief let it rain. life is death yet livable and continual. i was resenting, photographic reflections of lost times and psyche and imagination, ejaculating with passions of all kind. bound by concrete and steel. totally detached, i lost my -- thats called "concrete and steel." >> in an effort to give inmates a chance to restore faith in themselves,...