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Like that and you ask them their name. hey, good morning, officer 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 i...

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. >> my wife and i hadn't been getting along for quite a while. i wanted her to go to the bedroom to -- to have some sex, and i hadn't had any sex for seven months. and so it was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back when she told me to get out because i was drinking. and i loaded my 9 millimeter glock and went back in to the living room. and i said, i'm not going to lay a hand on you, but i'm going to get your attention. i aimed it at her. and aimed it over, higher, not to harm her. fired off a shot. and in my frame of mind, in my insanity, that ...

>> [ bleep ]. >> get down! 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 h...

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 follow them along. >> we take care -- we look out for him. he is a good old ...

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've 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 when i was growing up, but, you knows, he used to whip me with a belt. these guys have...