>> if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there ain't no elevator. the fall doesn't hurt them. it's the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because they're scared of me but because i've done a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he's been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery and burglary. >> murderers, robbers, they're up here. child molesters, rapos, they're down here. it's a food chain, you know? everything is about respect in this place. how you carry yourself determines how you live. this joint here ain't like the it used to be. when i first got here in '84, convicts used to run this joint. the man runs this joint now.