downstairs. those are the shock collars out there. get them out there, stuff calms down for a while. these inmates have either committed violent acts in the jail or have been identified as gang members. like all inmates at maricopa, some are awaiting trial while others have been convicted and are appealing their verdicts or sentences. they are isolated in very stark cells, 23 hours a day, and get one hour of rec time in an empty concrete room with a skylight located right next door to their cells. our rec pen is the same size of our cell, so you re basically going from one cell to another to walk in circles. it s life in solitary confinement. no cellmates, no card games, no pinochle, no chess. but that s life. without the distraction of television, radio or cellmates, even the most hardened criminals can break under the pressure.
coming up he made a statement that we don t have to speak. we re just two inmates in a cell. so you are not talking to each other? no. two cellmates have a falling out. and you just told all over on yourself. i am in jail anyway. danielle benefield comes clean about the skirmish that landed her in segregation.
prostitution with hiv/aids relations because i tested positive on one of my arrest cases. this building is medical, but it s for hiv, and it s been open for integration with non-hiv inmates on the yard. we first met terry while shooting the lockup: return to corcoran episode in 2005. you re surviving here because you re going to get a job when you get out, you re going to reform yourself, or you re going to stay in the same pattern and you don t get out. in the three years since, terry s been involved in many fights with cellmates. it takes a stronger person on the yard to be my cellie because of who i am. just days before this interview, terry had another fight. i had a fight in my cell with my cellmate because i was tired
we real close. i wouldn t let nothing happen to terry. i wouldn t let nothing happen to terry. my friends, the ones i m close with that i know from the streets, they know me and terry are homies. we just friends, that s as far as it goes. you re the homey, man, you know you re the homey. i would like be known as more than a homey or a friend. someone who is sincere and nice, that can be there to talk to them, you know, just as a person, instead of the situation as it was. talk about putting somebody on the spot. what? talk about putting somebody on the spot. wow. with terry s future possibly hanging in the balance, terry and clarence will have to wait to find out if their request to live together is granted. coming up on lockup: extended stay will these potential cellmates become soul mates? when you see somebody acting
nice to meet you. nice to meet you, man. aj. nice. the new cell is designed for 12 men. but is currently housing three. we re very respectful in here, we just want cool, peaceful environment. if you want the tv off early, we ll come to an agreement and make it so if it fits everybody s schedule and criteria. you have to be respectful in here. otherwise we ll get trouble your way. in case there s any forgoting, sobel s cellmates have the rules taped to the wall with special emphasis on the last one. 20 miles away. it s sacramento county s downtown jail. inmates make their way to and from the adjoining courthouse. a few days earlier, sobel was