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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. once he got here he just stopped taking cellies. >> 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 ad seg cell, hamilton is optimistic hell win his battle and return to general population without a cellmate. >> im happy. i dont have to --...

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. >> what we do is we call the blocks one at...

Gang-banging, shooting at people just because theyre from across town and all that. i havent done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones im going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? >> duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. >> what do you want for your future? >> money, power, respect. top of the food chain. >> everybodys like ...

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. >> what we do...

Town and all that. i havent done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones im going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? >> duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. >> what do you want for your future? >> money, power, respect. top of the food chain. >> everybodys like that when theyre young. they dont see the big picture. they cant ...

Appreciate you guys coming. i want to recognize that we have over 50 people dedicated for this mission today. its good to see everybody coming together, working toward a common goal, several institutions, okaloosa, walton, century, the igs canine. what were doing this morning, mass search. our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> todays search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa...

>> two. >> all right, yall, hold it down. hey, if you stop talking and get up here, well go to chow. we structure everything like the military. and we like to have everybody do the same thing all together and they stay in compliance when they do that. if youve got your hands in your pockets, youre wrong. if youve got your hands in your jacket, youre wrong. >> we make them walk on the line so we do have consistency. and if everybodys walking in a straight line, it makes our job a whole lot easier...

Governor jerry brown and called for a realignment of where criminals serve time, low level offenders and especially parole violators would no longer come to state prisons. they would instead go to county jails. but the jail is under a court order to relief its overcrowding according to the sheriff, the state dumped its problem on the county and the county is now dumping criminals on the streets. so no matter what the state or governor says are the countys duties in terms of handling these parole...

Just because theyre from across town and all that. i havent done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones im going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? >> duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. >> what do you want for your future? >> money, power, respect. top of the food chain. >> everybodys like that when theyre young. they dont...

>> im serious. 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. o...