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Time in administrative segregation. once their treatment in the infirmary was completed. next on "lockup: raw" -- >> my crime is serial rapist. >> they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994. >> sex offenders. the pariahs of the prison yard. >> as far as i'm concerned they can die.
The pariahs of the prison yard. >> as far as i'm concerned they can die. when they get around me and they start talking and they think it's okay to reveal they're child molesters, every time they say that, i'm going to smash them. >> most sex offenders choose between a life of constant threats or to serve their time in highly restrictive, protective custody units but mark higgins takes a different approach. >> my crime is a serial rapist. i was convicted of several different charges, rape, attempted rape, nine asserted counts in all for a total of 35 years. >> we met higgins at the river bend ...
Turned out. >> what does turning out mean? >> turning out means they get a woman, they get lonely. as soon as they do the damn thing, they -- it's all she wrote. i mean for real. and then they get -- >> you wasn't gay before you came in here, though, was you? >> nope. >> other women at north carolina build committed, monogamous relationships, but those relationships still clash with prison policy. >> we have situations where inmates begin to value one another more than they do following the directives of the authorities here. they are a security issue. >> the first time "lockup" cameras rolled...
Fountain. and i was a little shocked, to turn my head and see peacocks on the yord. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those. they aren't wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect...
And i was a little shocked to turn my head and saw peacocks. on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prison grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you walk through there. >> chickens, peacocks, all these birds that you would never think would be living here. how are they here? >> translator: we breed those. they aren't wild birds. >> does it have a positive effect on the pr...