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it s hard to make a get-away even after work. america tonight s michael okwu brings us a look into california s high desert state prison, what happens when prisoners come to rural america. reporter: it s 10:00 a.m. in northeast california, a near winter white out in the middle of nowhere. we re entering one of the most troubled prisons in america. calling a prison troubled usually means the inmates are abused, the situation here is so bad some of the guards are even killing themselves. cameras are rarely allowed in california s prisons but officials here at high desert state prison gave america tonight access because they want to plead their case. a recent inspector-general special report called the situation here an entrenched culture of racism and violence made worse by coverups and abuse. we re going to go here and head over here to delta 8. the people that run this institution say that s not true, that high desert prison is open and transparent. these ar ....
so many years you get to the point you get numb. they going to do what they going to do. some are thinking you re prisoner you re a criminal, why should i believe what you re saying? that s why they do what they do, get away with it. people are biased towards inmates. even though we re in here we re still humans you know? jerry hawkins has done time in two other prisons before being sent here. to me it s the worst prison. how so? it is a 180 prison, highest security level, far up north, most of the inmates are from southern california. you are far away from your family, you see it snowing, it s got the lowest number of visits, it s far. the nearest city is nearly 100 miles away. and high desert is a 12-hour drive from los angeles. inmates say when nobody from the yowrts comes to visit outside comes to visit, it s hard to get out the abuse that is an every day fact of life. it s nothing new, all type of stuff, i just feel like this is the worst prison ....
prison, what happens when prisoners come to rural america. reporter: it s 10:00 a.m. in northeast california, a near winter white out in the middle of nowhere. we re entering one of the most troubled prisons in america. calling a prison troubled usually means the inmates are abused, the situation here is so bad some of the guards are even killing themselves. cameras are rarely allowed in california s prisons but officials here at high desert state prison gave america tonight access because they want to plead their case. a recent inspector-general special report called the situation here an entrenched culture of racism and violence made worse by coverups and abuse. we re going to go here and head over here to delta 8. the people that run this institution say that s not true, that high desert prison is open and transparent. these are all inmates? they are inmates, not on the yards, part of the yard crews who come out and make the pathways clear. lieutenant g ....
their votes right at midnight and have done since 1960, welcome to your world this morning i m stephanie sy. i m del walters. and new hampshire officials say they expect a record number of ballots to be cast today and likely cast the mark set in 2008 and al jazeera is live in manchester, new hampshire and mike several candidates there say they need a strong show just to stay in the race today. reporter: that is right and if the polls are believed to come in the race and the first ballot is being cast already in new hampshire donald trump will wake away and this is new hampshire and the polls are unreliable and a lot of last-minute politicking going on and undivided voters up to the eve of the election especially on the republican side this will be make or break. lost momentums from saturday. reporter: rubio needs new hampshire and he seemed to be on the rise here after a third strong place finish in iowa. then came saturday night and blistering attack at the l ....
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