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Baghdad. 40 prisoners, 40 of them some facing terrorism charges, escaped after a riot broke out with prison guards. 30 other prisoners and five police officers are dead. lets bring in cnn military analyst major general james spider marks, is this indicative of a larger security prison in iraqs jails or is this an isolated incident in. >> i think theres a fundamental breakdown of how the iraqi government is getting its hands around its requirements to provide for overall security this prison brea...

After adapting to life in a single person cell here, he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there, but also had to share a cell. thats when things began to go very wrong. >> im not going to live with child molesters. im not going to live with punks. im not going to live with rats. i need my privacy and thats the most important thing to me. and i was determined to get that, and i got it. >> after his request to return to a single maximum security cell at ken...

Majority of their inmates programmed to do what theyre told when theyre told to do it. and so, they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, theres still a few old dogs around, who like to do things their own way. >> bennetts way of doing things, however, has had horrifying results. after adapting to life in a single-person cell here, he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there, but also had to share a cell. thats when things began to ...

Five years. whatever the number was. and theres a bumpl of other cases like that. listen, im not saying i didnt make mistakes. im just saying i think it could have been handled differently. >> mike? >> a lot of people when they see someone like you and see the sentence that you got and they see that you go to a minimum security prison they resent it, theyre saying. well, he did this and he should do hard time. minimum security prison they have in their minds that its -- youre going to the four s...

Programmed to do what theyre told when theyre told to do it. and so, they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, theres still a few old dogs around, who like to do things their own way. >> bennetts way of doing things, however, has had horrifying results. after adapting to life in a single-person cell here, he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there, but also had to share a cell. thats when things began to go very wrong. >> im not g...

Majority of their inmates programmed to do what they are told when they are told to do it. they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, there is a few old dogs around who like to do things their own way. >> bennetts way of doing things had horrifying results. after adapting to in a single person cell, he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there, but also had to share a cell. thats when things began to go very wrong. >> im not going to...

>> hell be back. [ bleep ]. you know, hey, its one good thing about prison. aint nobody going nowhere. >> sometimes its good to be by yourself to get you that alone time that you need. but on the other time will the be boring because i have nobody to talk to. this is it, though. >> new home for a while. >> whats your first impression? >> ive been in the hole before. different scenery, you know, still locked up doing time. >> though carr and harper have come to depend on each other in prison they...

>> how does it affect you? >> my friend is not here that i get to talk to a lot. he should be back by after 60 days. i dont really talk to nobody now that peaches is gone. >> i woke up. i needed a cigarette. me and a few other people, we were smoking and the lieutenant walks through and says can i have a drag and i said, sure, turned around and handed it to him. boom, its the lieutenant. lo and behold, theres the lieutenant. so, i got in trouble. one cigarette [ bleep ] and im here. >> with a se...

Results. after adapting to life 18 single person cell here he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there, but also had to share a cell. thats when things began to go very wrong. >> im not going to live with child molesters, im not going to live with punks, im not going to live with rats. i need my privacy. thats the most important thing to me and i was determined to get that and i got it. >> after his request to return to his single maximum security cell at ...

This facility? >> yes. >> why? >> thats a good question. my understanding and i did ask, was that this is a medium security -- minimum medium security prison. >> maximum farther down recommendation the next one. 2 is minimum security. its a more relaxed environment, there is less overcrowding, a lot more space to move around in. while at la mesa, its a very crowded facility. >> safer? >> safer. >> okay. >> very much. >> and now, when you see him, does he seem paranoid to you at all? does he seem...