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Sharpened staple, one dot at a time. so it took forever to do and it hurt really bad. >> other inmates craft sophisticated but illegal tattoo guns from parts of other items they are allowed to possess. >> any small wire can be straightened out and made into a needle. you can get motors out of appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> when we see tattoo guns in prison, it's usually after they have been confiscated by authorities. >> i got the ink, i've got the tattoo needles, i've got the motor, the tattoo gun, the barrel. it's all right here. >> but we met a pair of cellmates who were so eager t...

Right there. you know what it is. >> i like the tattoos. i like the whole -- i like the whole process. i like the whole ritual of it, especially in prison. you know, sitting down, hanging out, you've got the little radio going, you've got your butt man, you know, watching out for you and you're sticking it to the man. >> there's more than one way to get prison tattoos. some methods are cruder than others. >> i got this tattoo done right here in the county. that was picked in with a staple. took ten hours. >> i had a guy from california do it, and it was pretty excruciating the way it had to go...

Do it, and it was pretty excruciating the way it had to go down. normal tattoos are done with surgical instruments. they're done in here with a sharpened staple, one dot at a time. so it took forever to do and it hurt really bad. >> other inmates craft sophisticated but illegal tattoo guns from parts of other items they are allowed to possess. >> any small wire can be straightened out and made into a needle. you can get motors out of appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> when we see tattoo guns in prison, it's usually after they have been confiscated by authorities. >> i got the ink, i've go...

>> what was that, three months ago? >> four months ago, something like that. got a lot done. >> started the other night, you know what i mean. right there. you know what it is. >> i like the tattoos. i like the whole -- i like the whole process. i like the whole ritual of it, especially in prison. you know, sitting down, hanging out, you've got the little radio going, you've got your butt man, you know, watching out for you and you're sticking it to the man. >> there's more than one way to get prison tattoos. some methods are cruder than others. >> i got this tattoo done right here in the coun...

Want to judge mitt romney by our standards of today. we don't want to go back 50 years and impose those standards. >> how is our standard different from then? >> i think we are more cognizant of the damage that bullying does, and particularly anti-gay bullying. so i'm not going to give him a pass for it, but i kind of agree with michael. you want to give a younger person compassion. but what you can judge by the standards of today is his response, and since we live in a culture where we have the "it gets better" videos where prominent people are telling young, gay teenagers, it gets better, an...