when i came here i thought, oh, wow, this is going to be a world of hell. sure enough. it s been a world of hell. our cameras return to the shoe, corcoran s maximum security housing unit. and experience a cadillac for yourself. take advantage of our summer offers. lease select cts models in stock the longest for around 399 per month.
i have seen occasions where staff have been injured to point of broken arms. i have seen staff received feces thrown in their face. i have seen staff where they actually had their headgear broken into pieces because they was hit so hard when they entered the cell. after extracting him from a shower cell in the crisis unit, officers are transporting this inmate to the shoe for destroying prison property. he beat out a window with a handle. we had to go inside the cell, take him out. this is a spit mask. it is required by our institution, so the inmate does not spit on us. this inmate will have to pay for the broken window and will have up to 90 days shoe time added to his sentence. while three months in the shoe may seem like a long time, some prisoners spend years within these walls. when i first got here, i thought, oh, wow this is going to be a world of hell. and sure enough.
it has been a world of hell. chris samuelson, originally convicted of weapons possession has spent two of his four years at corcoran in the shoe. you got to have a strong mind to be become here for a number of years like i have done, you know? but it s broken people back here. but, hey, you know, all i can do is just keep going. the stress of working in this environment is mandated that officers never work the hole for more than two months at a time. this is a shoe housing unit exercise yard. this is where the inmates come out to get their prescribed exercise daily. and of course, at times that their favorite exercise is probably fighting. these shoe yards were the site of the notorious gladiator fights of the mid 1990s. when we first filmed here in 2000, the unit was still
weekly basis. we do wear protective gear in a cell extraction or use of force, calculated-type use of force. but on some occasions, staff do get injured. i have seen occasions where staff have been injured to point of broken arms. i have seen staff receive feces thrown in their face. i have seen staff where they actually had their headgear broken into pieces because they was hit so hard when they entered the cell. after extracting him from a shower cell in the crisis unit, officers are transporting this inmate to the shoe for destroying prison property. he beat out a window with a handle. we had to go inside the cell, take him out. this is a spit mask. it s required by our institution so the inmate does not spit on us. this inmate will have to pay for the broken window and will have up to 90 days shoe time added to his sentence. while three months in the shoe may seem like a long time, some prisoners spend years within these walls. when i first got here, i thought, oh, wow, t