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The cells are small, measuring 8 by 6 feet and there are no windows, only a narrow skylight. >> as you can see in here, this new cell is completely all concrete, which will eliminate the inmates from breaking the mattresses down, taking the wire, creating any kind of contraband. if you're inside and looking through the glass window, you're really only looking at a concrete wall. it's for isolation purposes. it will prevent them from communicating with other inmates and, therefore, it's more of a secured unit. they cannot have tvs, no radios. also when these inmates do leave their cell, at all ...

>> but that only tells part of the story. >> it's april 17th, 2005, in the middle of the night, and it's a chaotic scene outside police headquarters in providence, rhode island. >> beloved police detective jimmy allen has just been shot twice in the chest while questioning a suspect about the stabbing of an elderly woman. >> carpio had asked for water, and the two detectives that were in there with him, one left to go get the water and locked the door behind him. >> officers outside the room hear a violent struggle, but can't get in, because the door is locked from the inside. >> and they trag...

>> okay. >> inside here i only fight with the correctional officers. i call it their house. it should be our house. we sleep here 24/7. back in the old days, the inmates ran the jails. these new jails, it's their house. i disrespected their house. just by urinating on the floor and spitting on the glass window. i gave you my word, lieutenant. >> let's go in there. >> inmate gomes, no moving your legs around, no kicking your feet your understand? yes, or no, sir? >> yes, sir. >> okay. removed from the restraint chair cooperatively, medically evaluated, no treatment was provides, and now he is s...

24 hours a day. >> but while inmates enjoy their time spent in the yard, they value weekly visits with family and friends even more. >> hold your arms. >> today angela abrons is visiting her boyfriend, inmate bernard jones. >> i met him here and i've been dating him for four months now. my brother is locked up here, too. and he put him on the phone one day thinking we wasn't going to click but we did. >> for angela, it's an emotional time. after four months of visiting with bernard through a glass window, today they will finally be allowed to make physical contact. >> that's my first time bein...

Value weekly visits with family and friends even more. >> hold your arms. >> today angela abrons is visiting her boyfriend, inmate bernard jones. >> i met him here and i've been dating him for four months now. my brother is locked up here, too. and he put him on the phone one day thinking we wasn't going to click but we did. >> for angela, it's an emotional time. after four months of visiting with bernard through a glass window, today they will finally be allowed to make physical contact. >> that's my first time being able to touch him. >> hey. >> hey, babe.