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Field. what's your name? stanwick! he changed over time. i don't know if it was he came to the realization where he was at and accepted it or he got used to the environment as used as these guys can get. >> the biggest thing i tried to learn in here is how to stay out of trouble, you know, because i already come in with enough trouble and i don't need any more, and i'm trying to make the best of a bad situation. but there are some days it's not too bad. >> today is one of those days. stanwick just had a visit from his wife. he is hoping to salvage his eight-year marriage, despite having rammed...

I do puzzles. it's an easy one that keeps me up on the words because i started losing my vocabulary after a while. and i don't want to get into it too much of that you know stuff. >> as one of the oldest inmates at the maricopa county jail in phoenix, 68-year-old patrick stanwick has found his own way to fit in. >> i can't say i have got an enemy. i don't feel i've got an enemy in maybe 72 guys in here. we listen to each other's stories. and a lot of them are really sad. i used to think my dad was hard on me growing up.

Him a new identity on the cell block. >> my actual nickname here is rambo. and that's from ramming my wife's condo with my truck. i'm nothing like rambo, but he is one of my heroes. that kind of makes me feel like a bigger guy. >> normally your older inmates are treated with a little bit more respect. they -- i guess it doesn't even really matter what race they are. they just come in here and they kind of have that respect given to them due to their age. the other inmates look out after them. take care of them. make sure they know the rules and the regs they have here in the jail and kind of f...

On the ground! get on the ground now! >> okay, they're opening lower tier. once they're strip searched they're going into the rec yard. straight down the middle. straight down the middle. >> though the goal of these raids is to neutralize threats, some inmates are less threatening than others. >> we go through this about once a month. and usually they're looking for things we're not supposed to have. >> 68-year-old patrick stanwick has been at the 4th avenue jail for the past eight months and is one of maricopa's oldest inmates. >> i was born five days before pearl harbor. that makes me an old...

I'm nothing like rambo, but he is one of my heroes. that kind of makes me feel like a bigger guy. >> normally your older inmates are treated with a little bit more respect. they -- i guess it doesn't even really matter what race they are. they just come in here and they kind of have that respect given to them due to their age. the other inmates look out after them. take care of them. make sure they know the rules and the regs they have here in the jail and kind of follow them along. >> we take care -- we look out for him. he is a good old guy. we look out for the older dude, you know what i me...