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Dormitory with exercise yard at north facility. this is where he will spend the rest of his 180-day sentence. >> well, i have been here since wednesday. you come out here for two hours, i think it's about two hours every day except saturday and sunday. it's pretty cool. you get to see the sun and the warm heat. you don't get to see any green, but the only green you see is the deputy's suits. they're a little stricter, you know, they're a lot stricter but, you know, it's a lot better over here. >> trying to survive and make the best of his situation, inmate castillo searches for ways to cope wi...

Politics of staying alive on the exercise yard. but first, a provocative and personal look at how inmates remain sane in the six by nine foot world of a prison cell. they share how they cook, wash clothes, and even fish. [ stella ] here's me. and here's my depression. before i started taking abilify, i was taking an antidepressant alone. most days i could get out from under and carry on. but other days i still struggled with my depression. i was handling it...

Because he has the right to refuse medication. >> this is -- this is a crime against civilization. those bars on that window. coming up, what is considered the most dangerous place at san quentin, the exercise yard. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8.

That and so you can't let your guard down. >> warden diana butler knows the importance of communicating with inmates. she's only 1 of 11 female wardens in california, and, with 20 years of service, she knows what to look for. >> one thing you develop when you work here is how to read the inmates. if you go on to an exercise yard, a lot of times they will have magazines inside of their jackets, and, of course, that is to stop any potential violence such as stab wounds or something. and if they appear nervous, then you know you'd better bring some other officers over and kind of find out what's ...

Trouble. >> they'll use toothpaste. they'll use any type of ceramic putty or cement, anything that's in the institution to conceal things or sometimes even hidden compartments. >> when inmates are released to the exercise yard, they never know if officer berrago is looking in their cell. but when they return, there will be no doubt he was there. nothing is overlooked. >> tubes of toothpaste. try to see the integrity has not been broken. a lot of times they'll stick stuff down in and retrieve it later. you got these speed sticks, stuff like that. usually what we'll have to do is go all the way ...