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Since being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits. and now theyve just handed down a ruling on his request to be married at the prison. >> they denied getting married at this time due to conduct history. >> how can they deny me? >> its just what they did. all im doing is just relaying the message. i dont know the reason. he wrote down here that safety and security of the facility. >> i got caught with a charger. >> i was told that you had a lot of r...

>> do you believe if we put him back into general population he will hurt another member or staff member? >> yes, i do. >> do you believe in that? >> i do. >> based on the seriousness of him and his continuing disruptive behavior, this committee finds his conduct poses a serious threat to the security and staff of this facility. therefore, this committee is going to recommend ad seg placement. >> this is what ive been trying to do since september. and then i went to five different prisons and la...

Since being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits. and now theyve just handed down a ruling on his request to be married at the prison. >> they denied getting married at this time due to conduct history. >> how can they deny me? >> its just what they did. all im doing is just relaying the message. i dont know the reason. he wrote down here that safety and security of the facility. >> i got caught with a charger. >> from what i read and what i was to...

Be drama up here all night. >> did you just tell me today that you wanted to go home? >> i do. but shes going to write me up for petty [ bleep ]. >> you cant be in here destroying property. >> if you dont write me up, im going to rip it out. [ bleep ]. >> wouldnt it be easier to beat the write-up if -- >> im another going to beat it when she says i ripped up my wall. thats not my -- >> harrison, youre not the only one in here with the problems. we both know that you want your cable fixed. and we...

>> sorry, what? >> when it comes to inmates feelings about correctional staff, our producers have heard a wide range of opinions. we met christopher carrillo inside a heavily graded cell at san quentin. >> you give respect, you get respect. a lot of people say these guys dont treat us right. at times they dont, but its hard when youve got a lot of people in here. cant be happy too much in prison. its not disney land. >> but an inmate at another california prison had a much harsher view of the co...

Im veronica de la cruz, now back to "lockup." and theres miss rivera. smile. >> kenneth morgan, also known as peaches, was one of the more memorable inmates we met at the penitentiary of new mexico. his life in prison is marked by a clear duality. >> hi, boys! >> he was an open, if not flamboyantly gay, inmate living in general population. but when it came to adhering to the inmates code of conduct, he made it clear that he was no different than anyone else. during our shoot he had received on...

Prisons we visited is the existence of an underground tattoo market, whether used to identify themselves as members of a gang or deal with the boredom of incarceration, there are always inmates willing to pay for new tattoos and others willing to risk punishment to provide them. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. theres eleven in the last ten years. eleven convictions for tattooing. which aint bad. >> richard sampson is one of the more prolific tattoo artists a...

>> well, i thought, i mean, i should be brought out and given a chance. i mean i wasnt involved at all. all i was doing was helping people. thats all i was doing, with their write-ups. >> whether it was intentionally or not intentionally, you still got caught up in it because you were in the vicinity, right? i know you think you are doing your job. youre talking to the inmate. but this is how things happen that get you caught up and get you locked up, so -- >> yeah. i learned the hard way. >> ye...

When we get to the gate, the majority of them probably will. >> finding contraband such as food or non-prison approved merchandise can lead to write-ups. the less severe have few consequences. the more severe get you back to camp j. random searches are the norm. the odd tip or simply good police work are most effective. >> tips are good. we get tips, a lot of tips. the majority of times we find stuff out of luck. you just kind of come across it, right time, right place. >> once upon a time, weap...

>> i didnt make the rules. they made the rules. they cant go by the rules, but they want me to go by their rules. you cant just bend the rules to your advantage. youve got to go by the rules. my visits is down the drain. ive been working so hard to get them. thats the worst thing they could do to me right now. >> the ruling against roca moreno also means his visitation ban will continue until he is at least a year freer of write-ups. he will serve his 15 days of disciplinary confinement in solit...