You have to keep your eyes open in the back of your head. The hairs are constantly up on the back of your neck. Because theyre violent places, and violence can and does break out at any time. [ bleep ]. Our cameras have been there to capture these dramatic lifeanddeath conflicts. Now we take an even closer look at them through the experiences of our field crews and their raw encounters with violence behind bars. California state prison, corcoran, home to hundreds of the states most violent and infamous offenders. Hosted lockup crews in both 2000 and 2005. Right before i walked in, i had to sign a document that kind of really made me think twice. And it basically said that in an event that there is a hostage situation inside the prison walls, they will not negotiate for your life because you know the risk that you are taking when you walk in. While at corcoran, you constantly hear these alarms going off. Youre never sure whats going to happen in this place. But then when you hear those
i start to think to myself, here i am about to interview this guy. i m knee to knee with the most dangerous man in the state of kentucky. and he s not chained to anything. all of a sudden all of my questions, everything i prepared for the interview, went completely out of my head. victor, tell me what, originally what your crime was that brought you to kentucky state penitentiary, how long that sentence is, and then how long of that sentence you have served? i m in for murder. life sentence. convicted in 2001. are you proud of that notoriety? i mean, we ve heard you are one of the most dangerous guys here. how does that that s what i hear. i m actually one of the most laid-back guys here. as all officers, i ve received threats from different inmates for bodily harm. he s the only one that s actually ever tried to follow through with it.
i can t say i m sane. i m pretty off balance, but i keep it in a certain amount of control. another inmate at kentucky state penitentiary who is no stranger to cell extractions is victor hiatt. prior to interviewing him, our producer was duly warned. victor hiatt is a very, very dangerous individual. probably the most dangerous individual in this institution. i remember watching victor being led to the interview. and he had such an intense security detail that it almost felt like i was about to interview hannibal lecter, quite frankly. he was cuffed behind his back. but i ll never forget, it was like a normal, fiberglass and metal cafeteria chair. there was nothing special about that chair. and he wasn t chained to the chair itself. the chair was not secured to the ground in any way.
slow down with their poor behavior. they learn that arguing with authority figures is not the way to go. here s my rap sheet. like you can see, armed robbery, 74. these is all the charges, wanton endangerment in the first degree, assault, first degree. assault in the third degree, assault in the third degree, another assault in the third degree. another assault in third degree. them is all the charges i picked up in the prison system. so now things are different. see, i done growed up. while fleece johnson s violent acts are in his past open number 20. there is one inmate at ksp who is considered the most menacing. victor hiatt is serving a life sentence for murder. he has the reputation of being the most violent inmate in the state and had to wear restraints for this interview. i ve accepted my own death so i don t worry about dying.
i ve accepted my own death so i don t worry about dying. so i don t really have a whole lot of respect for life in general, my own or anybody s. victor hiatt has clearly made it known to staff and inmates that he would like to kill a staff member. in 2003, hiatt threw books and spit at officers. a use-of-force team was called in to extract him from his cell. he s got some, appears to be water or urine in his hands. solitude can make you climb the walls, especially long term like i do. i have until 2017 on that walk. it messes with my head. i ll be honest about that. that s probably why i m so violent. i take it out in anger.