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Fundamentally, we made it crystal clear that we're not going to tolerate prisoner abuse. violence in the jails is unacceptable on any level by any person. >> mcdonald wants a new story to be told, one that puts the scandal in the past and the jail's enormous challenges in the spotlight. like managing seven separate facilities across 4,000 square miles. and then there's the crumbling infrastructure. built in 1963, men's central jail is the oldest building and most run down. deputies must rely on an outdated system of levers anne pulleys to open and close cells. keys date back to the same manufa...

Fee of $25. $4 fine. recommended job drop. you want to appeal this? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir, i don't think the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> okay. >> and ritchie would like a little time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> no. everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement and he recommended a job drop. which means i'll probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> but ziggy's first stop is the segregation unit better known as the hole wh...

Crime. well, i'm giving you excessive violence as a result of my anger. so i decided to just rage. >> bailey had only recently been released from indiana's segregation unit where he had spent five months for violent acts committed in prison. now he was finding new ways to quell his impulsive behavior, including meditation. >> the truth is, man's greatest challenge is to conquer himself. so i'm working on conquering myself right now. i don't want to deal with the violence because the violence has been dealing with me for way too long. i sought mental health. mental health didn't come to me, i w...

Out a different way to do his time in prison. and so he talked with me when he was up on the segregation unit and he said, you know, i really want a chance at the rtu unit, i want to start making changes in my life. you know, we're pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this unit is that there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is the vehicle that i've been waiting for. i think that i'm ready for it because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to capitalize off this moment. >> remember, you're trying to change your path. you've been go...

>> and prison officials believe racial pride might have contributed to a recent assault that landed ritchie in the secured confinement unit. >> what you see here is you'll see ritchie, and there's another guy, a guy out here, and basically they're just hanging out. they already know what's playing. i mean it was premeditated. >> the men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. >> he's immediately met by ritchie. he was actually standing at his door waiting for the door to be opened. and he assaults him and chases him around with another -- this guy here is just kind of being a spectato...