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There are nearly 500 women incarcerated at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida. most live in dormitory style housing units. but another portion of the female population lives in cells with far more restrictive conditions. >> this is a lockdown unit. we deal with several types of inmates. we have high profile inmates. we have psych inmates. we have disciplinary. it is an inmate in the news recently because of their charges. >> rosanna dimauro's case is high profile. >> you are helpless. you can't fend for yourself or get a roll of toilet paper when you need it. anything you want done...

He has been confined to the prison's pre-seg lockdown unit located on the fifth floor of "d" cell house. and now he's in even more trouble. >> he's been asking about his cable all day. he has tv, but he doesn't have any cable. and he had mentioned that if he doesn't get his cable fixed by 5:30, he's going to burn the next officer down. meaning he's going to throw either urine or feces on the next officer or possibly the next worker that comes up there. while i was standing there trying to talk some common sense into him, he took his pipe from his light switch, and he went to pull it off the wa...

That's landed him not only in prison, but in a lockdown unit where he's separated from the population because of his assaultive history, you can't ever take anything that appears innocent at face value. >> the rope was taken away but aderibigbe was given permission to continue sculpting. >> lukuman has been very instrumental in controlling his anger. and it's so beautifully done. >> everything is made from newspaper, and water, and i mix them with the soap. so now, this is just the beginning. i'm still making pit i have to let it sit for like two days but i put a face on it. sculpting with soa...

My life. i'm a lover, not a fighter. >> because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell where there's no security camera coverage, jail officials cannot determine who started it. so both peppe and the other inmate have been sent to segregation, the 23-hour lockdown unit, for a period of five weeks. >> no one to play anything with, cards, checkers. isolation is not a nice place to be. they let you out for a shower, recreation a few times a week, that's it. otherwise everything comes right to the cell. your meals are delivered here. caseworker comes by. nurse comes by. everything is deliver...

I'm not rugged anymore. i don't want to fight no more. i just want to enjoy the rest of my life. i'm a lover, not a fighter. >> because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell where there's no security camera coverage, jail officials cannot determine who started it. so both peppe and the other inmate have been sent to segregation, the 23-hour lockdown unit, for a period of five weeks. >> no one to play anything with, cards, checkers. anything, you know? isolation is not a nice place to be. they let you out for a shower, recreation a few times a week, and that's it. otherwise everything co...