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It's an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> there's right now, i have six staff members. >> [ bleep ]. >> this is life. >> yeah, you're doing a good job of it too, huh? >> breaking all my rights. >> the another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, they've been out on pa row, couldn't hack it. got picked up for something, they sent them back in here, they generally do six months, a year. something of that nature. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released back out on parole. prison system severely overcrowded. beds are at a prem...

Section. >> when we first met co cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in administrative segregation. now he interacts with level one inmates in a dorm setting. >> i have 200 inmates in here 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...

I lost the trial again and they hung on the death penalty. so they decided after about several months not to refile the death penalty. so they sent me back to san quentin. it feels good to be off death row, but it hasn't sunk in yet. you know, it will in time, but it hasn't yet. they've removed me from death row and put me in the reception center. the reception center is the most disgusting place in san quentin. i don't know how i ended up over there, but they removed my a 1 a status which means i was receiving ought the benefits of programming, contact visits, packages, you know, yard. but th...

Then i got a violation here. so i was never out to make it over there. i figured they would take care of it. i guess apparently they didn't. >> it looks like it's going to be a ride home. $20,000 bail. they're misdemeanors. you're not going to get any more prison time for them. but we are making some pickup arrangements for you. so sonoma county is going to drive you up and pick you up. we never tell you exactly when it's going to happen. do you have any questions? >> no, i guess that's plain as day. you know what i'm saying? >> we didn't know. we thought you were on the way out the door, too....

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 that's kind of hard learning cell etiquette. you know, i don't know celletquette. 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. man, you spend 20 years on death row, you're going to have some issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lucky and they put me in a cell with an older bla...