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>> obviously this has been tampered with. i can tell that the inmates have restitched it back up to try to evade detection, any type of detection. >> sorry. we're just going in to see what we got. and actually it's not anything they -- it's like they can't have, you know. i don't know why they have it in their mattress. >> sometimes, unfortunately, we come up empty-handed, and it doesn't look like there's anything in here now. emotionally, i feel distraught because, you know, i mean, i don't live like that. now i have to go back in there and clean it up. this destruction right here is infringi...

Some are here because the prison doesn't know where else to place them inside the facility. dennis hamilton is in ad seg for refusing to be housed with a cellmate. he's serving a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon. >> for one, there's no rule that says i have to take a cellie. and, two, i don't want to live with another man for the rest of my life, you know? to me, the cells are too small. i think the cell in itself breeds an environment for homosexuality. >> hamilton is going before the disciplinary board to plead his case. >> mr. hamilton was placed in...

Left. if you can be clean in a place like, there you can be clean outside. i'm 42 now. i've been in all my life. and all of a sudden i'm 42. 42. so i want to try and, you know, get out and stay out. >> but an adulthood in prison doesn't always prepare one for life on the outside. >> for me to go out there and get a flat on my own, i'd just be lost. i can't cook, i can't do nothing, you know. you got to have life skills down here because everything's done for you in this place. you got no bills or, you know, nothing, nothing. >> how do you manage your cell here? >> have you seen my cell? >> i w...

Area of the prison knew something was up because they could tell that when he mentioned to his cellblock, hey, i'll be back in an hour, i think they knew that he was working the system. >> during the long walk to sny, washington finally cleared up the mystery and admitted that he had, in fact, requested the transfer but he had no intention of following through. he had another motive. >> when they was trying to send me to a prison way up north about 1,000 miles away from where i live in l.a. county i told them that i needed protective housing because the only purpose of me staying there was tha...

Each week we want to talk to someone directly involved in a case and let them make it for themselves. >> this week we're talking to boxer mike tyson who went from brooklyn street kid to heavyweight champion to hollywood husband and wrongfully convicted rapist. >> but he served three years in prison for that crime. >> just because he served three years in prison doesn't make it a rightful conviction. full disclosure he is not only a client of mine but i consider him a friend as well. he sat down with us recently. >> you know what i want to ask you about. you and i have talked about this.