Relationship with his daughter and her children. So now when am i going to get some pictures of the kids . Approximately 10 00 inmate gomes urinated out of his cell door. And deputies take steps to contend with an inmate. Theyre going to transfer me out of here or take me out in a body bag. One way or the other. Inmate gomes, are you going to comply . Theres a certain anonymity among most people in big cities, but boston is a city of traditionally tightknit neighborhoods where it really does seem like everyone knows your name. Even behind the walls of the citys primary detention facility, the Suffolk County jail. I grew up in the south end, part of the city of boston, which is our neighborhood, not far from the facility. Within seven years of this job i found i knew most people that i should know from childhood, from high school, and just from the neighborhood itself. Inmates, too, often find themselves among friends and relatives. Were brothers, thats right. Though not all inmates are
child pornography on my computer. that s my charge. shipps, who has pled not guilty to charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, is in protective custody, not only because of the nature of his charges, but the notoriety. the day that i walked into the jail, there was a television on and i was on the tv, that s why i ve been the shu, special housing unit. protective custody. according to news reports of his arrest, shipps allegedly had thousands of files of child pornography on his computer. authorities called it one of the largest collections ever confiscated. i never dreamed that i would be sitting here facing charges like this. i just thought it was harmless voyeurism. shipps does admit to having some child porn on his computer. he says he stumbled upon it
opportunity to get a lot of excess property items they weren t entitled to or authorized to have in their cells. you got a [ bleep ] outlet. fire hazard. guiliano says he wasn t surprised to be at the top of the deputies list. they target the ones they think know something first. why they would think me i really don t know, honestly, maybe before they had a reason to but i ve been staying out of trouble so i don t know why they, you know. still, giuliano has no regrets about his past. i m not ashamed of anything. i have the word tattooed on my back, shameless. george shipps says he has plenty of regrets about downloading and according to him unknowingly distributing thousands of images of child pornography on his computer. he is innocent until proven guilty, but as an accused sex offender, he must spend his time in protective custody while he
restaurant for dinner. but this will have to do for now. hi, how are you? christine has two young children and shipps biggest concern is whether his charges might affect their relationship. it bothers me that she ll feel uncomfortable my being around my grandchildren. it s something i m worried about. i have to reassure her that anything i did was all done on the internet and that s all i wanted her to know, is she doesn t have to worry. lockers are over there, straight ahead. are you nervous to see him? yeah. it s been a long time. what kind of relationship do you have? he s my father. he forgets my birthday all the time. but i don t know his either. so i guess we re even. face me, left hand. when you go inside he did it a lot. i don t remember how many times but a lot. shipps s past convictions were for disorderly conduct and assault tied to his drug and
christmas doesn t come just once a year. it comes once a week, on wednesdays when the weekly canteen orders are delivered. i told you, sweetheart, you got to send me more money. for the ten months george shipps has been held in the protective custody unit, charged with downloading and distributing a huge collection of child pornography. canteen is one of his few pleasures. that s the only thing i look forward to. i get trail mix, soups. i try to keep it very simple. i don t spend that much money. i don t want to call my children and say, can you send me some money? shipps five children are all grown. today one of them has come for a visit. i m going to see my daughter, who i haven t seen for over a year. i m excited. it will be the first time shipps has seen his daughter, christine, since his arrest. not how you want to see your children. i d much rather be meeting in a