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You dont have to marry him. >> yeah, i mean, it seem that way. youre placing this inmate in the cell with me. i mean were not -- were not outside the cell all day. were inside that cell all day. >> yeah, but that should have been a consideration before you went to prison. >> the committee is baffled, not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other state prisons. >> you have been taking a cellie up until the time you got here. once you got her...

Because theres still a lot to be done, right? and so advocates have been pushing the president for years saying, look, theres still people not back in their homes and still need assistance, he said here is more help. >> some of the good stuff that has happened, when you talk about specific engagement -- >> you cant find more civic engagement. how did you get people employed? there was a refusal to hire people in the demolition of their own houses, as ironic as it is. and to get them hired to do ...

Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. officers of the brushy mountain correctional center in eastern tennessee know the importance of staying vigilant at all times. though the inmates lives are tightly controlled, even the most routine activities can suddenly turn deadly. >> make sure youve got everything out of your pockets. >> weve got 47 going out on chains and they have all got to be bagged and ready to go by 9:30. so usually the chain mornings are rush, rush. >> ever...

Eastern tennessee know the importance of staying vigilant at all times. though the inmates lives are tightly controlled, even the most routine activities can suddenly turn deadly. >> make sure youve got everything out of your pockets. >> weve got 47 going out on chains and they have all got to be bagged and ready to go by 9:30. so usually the chain mornings are rush, rush. >> every day a number of brushy mountain inmates are transported either to court or to other state prisons. correctional off...

At all times. though the inmates lives are tightly controlled, even the most routine activities can suddenly turn deadly. >> make sure youve got everything out of your pockets. >> weve got 47 going out on chains and they have all got to be bagged and ready to go by 9:30. so usually the chain mornings are rush, rush. >> every day a number of brushy mountain inmates are transported either to court or to other state prisons. correctional officers call this transportation process going out on chain....

Disco! [singing] say it and see it. the x1 voice remote, only from xfinity. after 15 hours in l.a. countys inmate reception center, these prisoners are sent to mens central jail. built in 1963, this maximum security facility can house up to 7,500 inmates. larger than most state prisons, the 900,000-square-foot facility is the first stop for 90% of the inmates. >> what youve got here is an entire population of the downtrodden. youve got the losers in

>> the committee is baffled. not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other state prisons. >> he has taken a cellie up until he got here. >> thats not a luxury of being in prison. he should have thought about that before went to prison. he has to have a cellie. >> escorted back to his cell, hamilton is optimistic hell win his battle and return to general population without a cellmate. >> im happy. i dont have to -- i get my tv, radio and my ...

Solved -- by security being less in touch with the prisoners. its a problem of people and not measures taken. because nothing that they did could have happened without joyce and without gene. nothing. they could have been nothing without the friendship and relationships that were involved. >> so to create a level of separation there. >> its a very hard thing to do. >> obviously running a prison like this is an incredibly hard thing to do. keisha the question a lot of people are asking this morni...

Likely to go to prison at some point in their lives despite black and white people using and selling drugs at similar rates. black and brown people kproiz 60% of those in state prisons for drug offenses during traffic stops. people of color, three times more likely to be searched. this all contribute to the 1.5 million black men missing from society. either dead or in prison. many of those folks are in connecticut. how much do you think your state has lost because of the disparate treatment of t...

That the commissioner dropped about 90 minutes ago. one, that there was this undisclosed stop of this van that was carrying freddie gray. why did the public not know about it? so he wouldnt comment on that. he also wouldnt comment on "the washington post" report that a source told "the post" that the other prisoner inside the van believes freddie gray was intentionally trying to injure himself. no comment there. the investigation now sitting today, one day ahead of schedule with the states attor...