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Destroyed by wildfire in northern california east of san francisco. it's one of several wildfires burning in california, which is still reeling from record setting drought. the taliban has taken responsibili responsibility on an attack of oil trucks. the taliban said the trucks were carrying fuel for u.s.-led nato forces. now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. most prisons have units designed for protective custody. they're for inmates who have become targets. child molesters or gang dropouts. one thing we learned about prison, doesn't matter wh...

>> then de la cruz told us there's another reason to stop gang life. >> i stopped for my son. that's my little boy. everybody says after they seen him, that's your junior right there. he's got his hair spiked up there, too. that's the day we're at the hospital right when he was born. >> the thing about joseph that stood out for me was the fact that here was this young man who is obviously gang affiliated in a pretty tough prison who had made a very huge transformation because of his child.

Several million dollars tax on that. >> after donating $70,000 out of the $3.5 million raised, tiano was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. >> it is one of those things in the beginning it seems surreal and as you go through it you start to devise ways to cope or go crazy, you know? i've -- it's no secret. i'm not ashamed to say, i've thought of killing myself, you know, in the beginning. i didn't know if i could get through this. when i was arrested they took me down to my jail, you know, where i worked. i have guys that were working for me putting handcuffs on me and...

In prison, nicknames are as much a part of the culture as complaining about the food or fantasizing about life on the outside. so when we first meet an inmate, finding out his nickname is part of our routine. >> i need your first and last name. >> okay. it's douglas. i go by doug. >> what is your nickname? >> bozo. bozo the clown. yeah. >> why? >> why? i don't know. i think it is because i didn't have any hair. >> one day i was having a conversation with whitlow. he had told me he had one time worked in a circus and that was his favorite job which was kind of ironic considering his nickname is...

>> i stopped for my son. that's my little boy. everybody says after they seen him, that's your junior right there. he's got his hair spiked up there, too. that's the day we're at the hospital right when he was born. >> the thing about joseph that stood out for me was the fact that here was this young man who is obviously gang affiliated in a pretty tough prison who had made a very huge transformation because of his child. i rarely see people in his situation be moved to change because of children. his love for his son was so great he made some pretty monumental changes in order to try to get o...