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Consequences like a man. >> the inmates use tools that could easily turn into deadly weapons and lead to escape. so security measures are designed to prevent that in no uncertain terms. >> it's always very controlled. the officers are armed with shotguns and stay on the outskirts, 20 yards away from them. they're 12-gauge shotguns and they have buckshot in them. if they do breach that distance, they'll be told to stop. if they keep on going, we can use deadly force. >> all the inmates in the restricted labor squad have been in confinement for disciplinary violations but are now nearing release...

About 18 months. i get tired of being in that cell all the time. it was nice to come out. it's got its ups and downs. i was nervous coming to prison. first time, 19 years old. i wasn't scared but i was nervous. didn't know what to do, how to act. >> he's a young inmate, and it seems like he's still trying to find his way. he does act out a little bit on occasion to other inmates. he doesn't want to be bullied around. you know. being a little bit smaller guy he's trying to establish where he is, i guess, in the group. >> you don't expect to come to prison and not get tried. people are going to ...

Gives a day-to-day routine thing. you would think that it becomes monotonous, but you always find yourself walking around checking locks, looking for tools. it's almost like a installed paranoia. you're never completely safe in prison on either side. i grew this facial hair on my face first off because inmates are not allowed to in florida department of corrections. and if ever i was to be taken hostage and swapped out with a uniform i would hope the snipers would know not to shoot me. >> at florida's santa rosa correctional institution, security threat group coordinators knight and demerey ar...

Reacquainted with sheldred bernie, a 35-year-old who transferred to santa rosa from another prison. the two men met 18 years earlier when bernie was first incarcerated. >> jack always been there for me. been like a big uncle. >> and here all we have is each other. we're family. we're family. as far as race, black, white, you know i got a natural life sentence. i got too much on my mind to worry about hating a whole race of people. if i'm going to hate, i'm going to hate one son of a bitch at a time, not a whole race. >> coming up. >> he lost a lot of blood. that's why they had to airlift him o...

The oldest inmates to work in the fields. his 20-year-old cell mate scott parker is one of the youngest. he's serving five years for armed robbery, burglary, and drug possession. >> i been in that cell for 14 months, you know what i'm saying? now 18 months. i get tired of being in that cell all the time. it was nice to come out. it's got its ups and downs. i was nervous coming to prison. first time, 19 years old. it's scary, but i was nervous. didn't know what to do, how to act. >> he's a young inmate, and it seems like he's still trying to find his way. he does act out a little bit on occasio...