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You see these stabbings occur around you. and some of them die. the code requires that you act like you didn't see it. >> i can recall those days vividly. we average anywhere from four to six gunshots a day at this prison. and you are constantly carrying a gurney with a wounded man on it, and many times the man was dead. >> lieutenant tom ayers, a former marine, has been a correctional officer at folsom for 21 years. >> when staff come in here, especially our uniformed officers, they are taught the history of this prison and the great sacrifice of people who have died here in the line of duty,...

>> when staff come in here, especially our uniformed officers, they are taught the history of this prison and the great sacrifice of people who have died here in the line of duty, and they are constantly reminded of that. >> another reminder of folsom's grim past is the execution room. >> the hanging area was right here. in the old days what they did was they did turns. down below us there are more cells. then you got these cells up here. you worked your way up to the very last cell. that was the death row cell. >> over a period of 40 years, 93 men were hanged at folsom, and the stay on death ...

>> another reminder of folsom's grim past is the execution room. >> the hanging area was right here. in the old days what they did was they did turns. down below us there are more cells. then you got these cells up here. you worked your way up to the very last cell. that was the death row cell. >> over a period of 40 years, 93 men were hanged at folsom, and the stay on death row was brief. each condemned man waited for his turn at the gallows in tiny cells only a few feet away. >> at the very last cell, your day of the execution, they would come in, they would basically put metal over the door...

I think we're in good shape. michele bachmann said she wants her three daughters to learn to shoot a gun. yeah, mostly so they can put her campaign out of its misery. >> celebrity birthday, hillary clinton, secretary of state, 64 years old today. happy birthday. today, donald trump demanded to see her birth certificate. >> doesn't rick perry in this picture look like he's undressing himself with his eyes? doesn't it look like he's looking in the mirror going, [ bleep ] that's me. one time we were executing this fella and i called the execution room right before midnight and i said, i said to t...

Today, donald trump demanded to see her birth certificate. >> doesn't rick perry in this picture look like he's undressing himself with his eyes? doesn't it look like he's looking in the mirror going, [ bleep ] that's me. one time we were executing this fella and i called the execution room right before midnight and i said, i said to the fella, why do they call it the death penalty. the truth is you are really getting thrown out of the whole game. any way, i found out later the fella was mentally disabled, so -- >> the republican candidate herman cain has a new campaign ad out that a lot of pe...