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ironworker but his criminal career is rooted in drug addiction. >> meth monster, a crankster gangster. when i get high, i go until the wheels fall off and i can't get high no more. addiction is like a sickness, it's an illness. i'm realizing i'm sick as hell. >> addiction has made it impossible for taylor to be a father to his five children. all of whom have different mothers. >> i'm a stay home dad, i cook, i clean and all that. i'm sitting here laying in the bed with them watching elmo on the laptop and i see my eyes, i start tearing up, i'll never leave them. i didn't want to. but i got bored. things get boring at home. being legit is boring. i know that sounds [ bleep ] terrible. but my idea of fun is running the streets. it gets me in here.
>> love you too. >> love you. >> i don't like coming here to visit him. i'd rather him be out there with me and the family. so it's painful, it's sad. i want to take him home with me. i want him to come home. >> coming up -- >> your jacket. ruined. >> dog ate my shoes. >> ezekiel taylor leaves santa rita with a reminder to steer clear of police dogs. and eugene protsman discusses the killings he says he got away with. >> these are all true stories, huh? >> yep. rnard puppy, and my lack of impulse control,
>> when i was 18 or 19 i was put in maximum security unit and there was a question mark on my head that i had something to do with one of our so-called homies being deceased. i didn't kill the guy, but they had a question mark over my head. i honestly now believe at the time i'm 18, wet behind the ears, i'm like i'm going to obligate myself with the northerners, which is one of the biggest mistakes i ever made. >> taylor is currently charged with burglary and vehicle theft while on parole. he's pled not guilty but his life is riddled with arrests and convictions for robbery, gun violations, drug possession and evading police. >> i just did the math the other day. so far i've been in jail over 20 times. from juvenile hall time as well. first time i was in juvenile hall was 12 years old. i have not been out a whole year since then. >> he once held a job as an
>> protsman is now awaiting transfer back to prison. >> hands out your pockets. >> every day a large number of inmates leave santa rita, either for prison or back to the streets. >> hey come on. if you guys want to go home, let's go. >> and every day, new arrivals take their place. >> all right. taylor. >> one of the newest is ezekiel taylor. previously convicted of home burglary, he was just arrested for a probation violation. >> i got in a car with a guy who i wasn't supposed to be in a car with. he didn't want to pull over. police got behind us. ♪ >> a chase, a high speed chase took place. it was either stay in the car and go to jail or run for your freedom and maybe get away. so i ran.
like most large county jails, santa rita has a revolving door of dozens of inmates entering and leaving the facility every day. many are familiar faces. >> the offenders come in and out constantly. we deal with the same inmates over and over and over again. we typically hear the same story, i'm never coming back as they're leaving. it's usually someone that we've already seen a dozen times come in and out, in and out. it's usually the same people in and out. >> i'll get your clothes for you. stand by. >> one of those repeat offenders is ezekiel taylor. today he's bound for the exit after having served 60 days for a probation violation. >> back at work tomorrow? >> no, not tomorrow. monday. >> taylor will now exchange his jail scrubs for the clothes he was arrested in. >> don't wear any of our stuff. if the release deputy catches you with any of our stuff on,
deodorant and shampoo. i need to be clean. >> one of silva's customers is gabriel taylor. both are housed in protective custody because they're gang dropouts. >> courtesy of the skinny. >> he will be reunited with another gang dropout, his younger brother ezekiel. >> let me see the dog bite. yes. good one. yes. good one. next time don't run. >> i didn't run. i was laying down. >> under the house, huh? >> that's what you get. after interviewing both brothers to assure they will not cause any problems together, jail officials decided to approve their request to house in the same unit. they will have separate cells with different cell mates. >> world series of chess is going on. >> but now ezekiel and gabriel can spend time together in the unit's day room.
>> 11s? >> those are fly right there. >> dude, they go perfect with your ripped up jacket. >> man, bro. >> look at this. >> are you ready? >> sure. >> you don't want to stay? >> no. >> a short time later, taylor steps outside and is once again on his way to freedom. >> it's been fun. but i got to run. >> left behind is his older brother gabriel who feels more anxiety than joy over ezekiel's release. they've both been in protective custody for being gang dropouts. >> i hate that he's leaving. i worry about my brother. not even him just getting in the [ bleep ]. just being identified as a dropout. they don't play games in oakland. that's the taliban. we live in al qaeda. you see my brother and try to make an example out of him. i see his name plastered. i don't know what i'd do.
>> you asked me if it gets old, that's the oldest part. >> what? >> that right there. strip bare ass naked in front of another man. >> taylor is not alone and spent most of his life in jail and a good deal at santa rita. his older brother gabriel is here as well on charges of burglary and auto theft. >> let me think of a word for ezekiel. i can't say he's my everything. he's more than that. but he's everything that i got in this world. we grew up together side by side. >> the brothers share something else in common, their red jail uniforms, signifying they're in protective custody. >> i am in red because i'm no longer an active gang member. i'm a dropout. i'm over here in red because if i was out in the general population, i'd be forced to defend myself. >> both brothers dropped out of the notorious gang based in northern california.
you know how it is. >> there's no shoes in there? >> the dog ate my shoes. >> taylor's clothes bear reminders of his encounter with the police canine the night he was arrested. >> look at this. grass stains everywhere. >> why? >> i was running from the police. i was trying to go home. look at the jacket, though. dig this. $250 jacket ruined. ruined. dog ate my shoes. >> when an inmate is arrested without shoes, officers give them unclaimed shoes to wear out of the facility. with a size 13, taylor's choices are limited. >> so i got these right here. these are fly right here. these are the new ones. [ bleep ]. >> i think i'll walk barefooted. >> wear them out of here, throw them away and you can wear whatever you want.