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For its inmates and officers. >> right now. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. i'm left-handed. it's an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> there's right now, i have six staff members. >> [ muted ]. >> you're doing a good job. >> breaking all my rights. >> another job be. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldn't hack it. got picked up for something, sent them back here, generally do six months, a year. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released out on parole. beds are at a premium. this is the rc overflow. we h...

Seven days a week, two days out of a week you get yard for three 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 it's hard learning cell etiquette. 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. you spend 20 years on death row, you're going to have issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lucky and they put me in a cell with elder...

>> breaking all my rights. >> another day on the job. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldn't hack it. got picked up for something, sent them back here, generally do six months, a year. they go main line to another institution to do their time or released out on parole. beds are at a premium. this is the rc overflow. we house 384 individuals. it's an open dorm. we have tvs, considered pretty much the luxury suites in the reception center. i have three sets of showers broke down by race in the gym. they self-segregate. we do not tell them where...

>> 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. you spend 20 years on death row, you're going to have issues. >> he has big issues. >> i was lucky, i was very lucky and they put me in a cell with elder black gentleman who's been around and you know, he's open to teaching me so he's teaching me about cell etiquette and prison etiquette again because i don't know about prison etiquette any longer. i only know about death row etiquette whi...

Originally designed to house just over 3,000 inmates, san quentin is now home to more than 5,000. the overcrowding has forced the prison to convert every extra square foot into living space, creating dangerous environments for its inmates and officers. >> right now. >> down here, the dangers are pretty good. i'm left-handed. it's an open environment. >> gentlemen. >> there's right now, i have six staff members. >> [ muted ]. >> you're doing a good job. >> breaking all my rights. >> another job be. >> almost all the individuals down here are parole violators, been out on parole, couldn't hack i...