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Come to my aide. that's against the convict code. other prisons inmates say they will protect me. i have been told they are watching me to make sure nobody hurts me. >> in certain high-security housing units lockup field teams are required by the prison to wear stab-proof vests before entering. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was in indiana at wabash valley. it was definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit an that the potential to be stabbed was higher here. it definitely makes you a little more on your toes and a lot more alert of your environment. ...

The convict code but was also open about being gay, and that's a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nickname, peaches. >> you going to get a tattoo on your back? >> it says peaches all the way across the back. >> it better not. >> peaches is one of those inmates that stands out in your mind...

Because i didn't know life. i'm 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, i'm doing it. i'm learning it. there's a lot of girls in here that don't know how. and i'm going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. that's what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. he's very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmate's independence is put to the test by the convict code. . choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep numb...

Up here. child molesters, rapers, they're down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them are sex offenders, you know. i don't like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >> they normally mark the sexual predators by cutting them across the face with a razor blade or a knife. and the other inmates know hey this guy is no good. they call him trash. >> we even met a pair of brothers who wouldn't hesitate to extend the convict code to their own father. >> my father was in here for -- i don't know the exact charge. but he was in here for messing with kids. a...

Brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. for convicts with a death sentence, rules of any kind might seem irrelevant. but a chapter of the convict code even extends to death row. a place "lockup" has visited many times. >> there's an unmistakable feeling when you walk on to a death row at a prison. everywhere else in the prison is