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You sit in the cell for 24 hours a day. seven days a week, two days out of a week you get yard for three hours and the rest of the time you're stuck in a small cell with a cellie. i haven't had a cellie in 20 years, so it's hard learning cell etiquette. i'm a fish out of water. >> he still hasn't learned yet. they should have gave him medical attention before they brought him in the cell. mental attention. >> mental attention. >> yeah. >> dude has issues still. >> yeah, got issues. you spend 20 years on death row, you're going to have issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lu...

Creating dangerous environments for its inmates and officers. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. >> i'm left-handed. >> it's an open environment. >> gentleman! >> there's, right now i have six staff members. [ bleep ], this is like -- >> yeah, you're doing a good job, too. >> you're breaking all my rights. >> another day on the job. >> almost all my individuals down here are parole violators. they've been out on parole, couldn't hack it, got picked up for something, got sent back in here. they generally do six months, under a year, something of that nature. they either go mainline to a...

Before i was working in counter section. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in level one desegregation. >> i have 200 inmates and it's only me. it's like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you're always watching, you can tell when something's starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here, partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about two days ago. you got the ...

For its inmates and officers. >> right now. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. i'm left-handed. it's an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> there's right now, i have six staff members. >> [ muted ]. >> you're doing a good job. >> breaking all my rights. >> another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldn't hack it. got picked up for something, sent them back here, generally do six months, a year. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released out on parole. prison systems are overcrowded. beds are at ...

They're broken down by race in the gym. they self-segregate. we do not tell them where to go. the shower closest to the left that is all white. the middle shower will be only your blacks, the far right showers, your hispanics and others. the tables along the day room right here are broken up into races. >> table for others. we're not gang members. >> other than black, other than white. this guy's an american indian right here, a native american. >> we're all from different counties and different cities but this brings us all together as one. >> it's a show of unity. everybody eats. you don't h...