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The convict code is something we've seen in most of the prisons we've visited. it comes down to you hear nothing, you see nothing, you say nothing. you do your time and mind your business. we met one inmate who observed the convict code but was also open about being gay, and that's a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known ...

You can go. you have to be pushed to the absolute limit that you can be pushed, and to see if that's going to destroy you, or if you're going to rise above that and become better because of it. and that is the true test of a man. >> serving time for drug dealing and facing a murder charge, may not be what you would expect for a battle tested marine with a seemingly bright future, but inside the orange county jail, carney wasn't the only inmate who appeared to live a dual life. >> they want to kill me. if i was going to go prison, i have to go to administrative segregation because if i went gen...

Mind years after you leave a prison. he's very flamboyant, very forthright, very honest. >> like a poker party. you get around all five of them, oh, one, two, three, four, five. and you forgot to invite me. >> morgan says openness and honesty has served him well in an environment where homophobia can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. that's the way i live my life and i wasn't going to hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasn't considered a liar like somebody that's hiding it. you know, it's the distrust there. it's all about trust being in prison. it's l...

For murillo as she had hoped. shortly after our shoot at maricopa she was sentenced to four years in prison and was transferred from the maricopa county jail to the arizona state prison system. coming up -- >> my dad's an emotional subject. he done what was right. >> a young inmate goes home to the father who turned him in. but on the way, one of our producers has her hands full. >> any time dogs and kids are around on a normal day shooting "lockup" it's kind of a good day. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically pr...

>> morgan also earned the respect of other inmates as well as compensation in the form of commissary goods by providing skilled services not often found in prison. among other things, he's a tailor. >> now stand up here on the chair. i ain't getting on my knees, honey. you got me twisted. i'm not getting on my knees. >> you do it any other time. >> [ bleep ] >> none of the straight inmates were embarrassed to be seen with peaches. and that was also unusual in a general population setting. >> for a gay man in prison. it's like disney land. you just don't know what ride to get on. my family goes...