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Were on the rec pad. >> they had socks with batteries in them in one hand and they had the homemade shanks made up inside the other. >> and we came off the rec pad and tried to stab a lot of police. tried to stab four or five police on the range. >> they came behind the stairwell just swinging and slinging. we backed off. the other two officers that got out of range door, i didnt make it. they had me pinned at that time inside of this corner. they were just beating me on top of the head with a s...

To apply for future grants. cliff stearns of florida a. powerful subcommittee chairman, brinker said quote, we will amend the grants criteria to make clear this investigation must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. she concluded by saying we urge everyone who has participated in this conversation across the country over the last few days to help us move past this issue. planned parenthood had responded to the cutoff of funds, 700 grand a year by condemning political pressure...

After the rec? at the height of the panic? water rushing into the stricken vessel, and the ill fated captain demanded he and a young blond female companion be served his dinner. >> the captain wanted us to cook for him at 10:00 or 10:30 and i asked the cook what the captain was thinking and at that time everything was falling apart including our cooking. i couldnt believe what was happening. i asked myself, what was he still there, waiting for his companions dessert with what was happening. >> g...

>> he was trying to stuff it up his toilet, so we turned his water off. >> its this kind of stuff. they actually turned his water off. >> the first thing you got to keep in mind is they are in prison. and theyre not in, you know, for jaywalking or anything. they are violent. so we do have dangerous kids. but in all, theyre still teenagers. you got to understand that they are teenagers. >> can you please turn my water back on? >> why are you trying to stop up the commode? >> hell have it off for ...

After the rec? at the height of the panic? water rushing into the stricken vessel, and the ill fated captain demanded he and a young blond female companion be served his dinner. >> the captain wanted us to cook for him at 10:00 or 10:30 and i asked the cook what the captain was thinking and at that time everything was falling apart including our cooking. i couldnt believe what was happening. i asked myself, what was he still there, waiting for his companions dessert with what was happening. >> g...

Might just find yourself re-evaluating your waistline and your commitment to the gym. when we visited san quentin state prison, we discovered how committed some of the 5,000 inmates were to their workouts. the state of california banned free weights from the rec yard for security reasons, but that didnt deter anyone from lifting. >> its weights. >> yeah? >> thats how we work out. we got water bags. >> how much does it weigh? >> about 30 pounds. >> not very much. >> there it is. >> some of the ch...

You got to understand that they are teenagers. >> can you please turn my water back on? >> why are you trying to stop up the commode? >> hell have it off for the rest of the day. probably on a 24 to 48-hour restriction. >> im not going to go in his room and rip it out. because then hell start cutting on himself, tearing up everything, tearing up everything else. this is just a recurring thing. so if he is getting rid of it thats fine. hell go out for rec tomorrow or today. as soon as he does, il...

>> we have high school, vocational skills, job skills. theres drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. what were trying to do is catch these kids when theyre young and turn them around. >> because of the young ages, these inmates are considered more vulnerable to attack. they are, therefore, housed apart from the general population. >> they call it the upper mod, which is really the youth offenders program. they kind of see us as being the smallest group inside the prison. as far as you have re...

Those gates im fearful. anyone in this business for quite a bit of time who tells you they have no fear is not being genuine. >> the corporal has been at riverbend for six years. he works in maximum security unit one. >> inmates here are basically lockdown 23 out of 24 hours. they come out one hour daily for rec. and they come out 15 minutes every other day for a shower. >> under such tight supervision, the relationship between officer and inmate can be violent. >> ive been in two riots and mayb...

The state of california banned free weights from the rec yard for security reasons, but that didnt deter anyone from lifting. >> its weights. >> yeah? >> thats how we work out. we got water bags. >> how much does it weigh? >> about 30 pounds. >> not very much. >> there it is. >> some of the challenges of working out in prison arent only about the access to the equipment you have or dont have, but its also the kind of restrictions you have. oftentimes these prisons go on lockdown and people are k...