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Formed by years of outside influences or mental health issues, officers are not trained to grapple with problems best treated by psychiatrists. and mental health units are often underfunded and understaffed. at kent county jail in grand rapids, michigan, lansing hodges spent most of his stay in segregation, locked in a one-man cell 23 hours per day. >> ive been in administration segregation unit for four months now. theres not much to do, write, read, do a couple of push-ups and sleep most of th...

Fight in the yard, push-ups on the conduit, tampering with a camera. fight and another fight. he is well rounded. he gets in trouble all over the place. he just keeps on catching them. before his lock time is up he will catch another one. >> it started off it was supposed to be 40 days, ended up with 160 on top of it, another who and plus another eight, eight and a half months. >> eight and a half months in the box? >> eight and a half months in one cell. you workout here and get a sweat and don...

Segregation to prevent an inmate intent on harming himself or others. and while the behavior might be formed by years of outside influences or mental health issues, officers are not trained to grapple with problems best treated by psychiatrists. and mental health units are often underfunded and understaffed. at kent county jail in grand rapids, michigan, lansing hodges spent most of his stay in segregation, locked in a one-man cell 23 hours per day. >> ive been in administration segregation unit...

We got tuna today for lunch. got no choice but to eat it. back to our cells after this. every day in here is a living hell. every day. aint no sunshine in this jail. >> there is some sunshine in boston suffolk county jail at least on the open air recreation decks. depending on their security level, inmates are allowed out for an hour or more of rec each day. during bad weather, recreation is taken in housing unit day rooms where inmates work out any way they can. >> got to do pull-ups every day....

I do my push-ups, squats. i work on the legs. >> now raise your left arm up. >> over on the womens side, some inmates aim for a mind/body connection for a more contemplative breakfast. >> reach, reach, reach with your left arm and bring the hand onto the chair. >> from time to time the jail allows a volunteer yoga instructor to conduct a class. >> grow like the tree. >> i like it. its really relaxing and makes your day go by easier. takes away all your stress. >> 23-year-old valerie minacapelli ...

Some type of victimization type of issues, we place them on independent yard all by themselves to ensure the safety of them and the rest of our population. and many times, guys who have issues with other guys inside the prison, either they would stay in their cells themselves until those issues resolve themselves. >> okay. >> or they would go out and there would be drama out within the prison. >> so, is there anything in there with the inmate? >> what we generally do is our mental health team --...

Gave me was more or less a death sentence anyway. back in the old days, wintertime came around, those windows were bolted open. the heat was shut off. everyone stayed in shape because theyd jog in place and do push-ups or whatever just to stay warm. now these guys have hot water in the showers. didnt have it back then. you have to think about sexuality sometimes because when you take a shower when its only in the teens, its like, damn, where did it go? >> the kids are more -- the inmates, the ol...

>> officers. >> ready. >> once back in the privacy of his own cell, angel begins his daily workout. >> i was standing on the toilet. its easy to do like this. if you dont work out, you going to go crazy in here, you know what i mean? its like -- >> how long do you work out? >> maybe two hours. i start with 1,000 push-ups, right? after i do that, i come and do these. >> fights inside the prison can initiate a lockdown at any time, revoking yard privileges for all inmates, making the in-cell worko...

Kill him or i myself kill him. i chose to kill myself. if i didnt kill this guy, or if i didnt have this guy killed, then i myself would be killed. thats how the prison gang system works. so me and two friends of mine, fellow gang members, went into his cell to play cards with him. the plan was for his partner in pinochle lose on purpose and to get him down to do push-ups. and when he got down to do push-ups, i got down on his back and applied a little pressure. that was my excuse to get up next...

Gang at that time, it fell to me to either make another inmate kill him or i myself kill him. i chose to kill myself. if i didnt kill this guy, or if i didnt have this guy killed, then i myself would be killed. thats how the prison gang system works. so me and two friends of mine, fellow gang members, went into his cell to play cards with him. the plan was for his partner in pinochle lose on purpose and to get him down to do push-ups. and when he got down to do push-ups, i got down on his back a...