[music playing]
Oh, [bleep].
You really are living with these people, you know?
We really are.
We're sharing the same toilets.
You know what I mean?
Definitely the same TV.
That's really all we got in here.
Like, just TV and those phones.
JAVIS: If that TV wasn't in there,
there's no telling what would be going on in that pod.
If we do something wrong, they might
just turn the TV off on us.
SARAH: If one girl gets in trouble,
it's like we all get in trouble.
The TV gets cut off.
INAMTE: Push it.
Push it.
[shouting]
Yeah!
INMATE: I can't see which one is which.
We don't know what it what.
Oh, my god.
Press it.
- Almost got that [bleep]. - Hit it!
Hit it! No!
INMATE: Yay!
You got 60 people in this one pod.
Everybody got their own taste of the TV.
I'm a sports guy, and I'm just used
to going in jails or prison.
Like, sports overrule everything.
And these guys don't like sports at all.
It's shocking, to be honest.
It's really shocking.
CO: I'll get it done for you, but the way you acting,
doesn't want me to do it.
There's ways to talk.
I said thank you.
OK.
Well, there ain't but one TV in there.
Come on, y'all got to compromise a little.
Nobody's watching the basketball
game, so I told the CO--
I was like, nobody's watching it.
Hey.
Hey!
The basketball game, man.
32.
Once he changes it, that's when
everybody wants to watch TV.
Quiz, what is it, Quiz?
I got a soup for your tray.
I find it in my best interest to take that role
and be the store.
Just give me a bag of Cheetos.
I'm going to cover your end, but I want something to cover
that end, with interest.
Order a jalapeno popper and a chili soup and just
have it on standby.
And I weaseled my way there, and you
know now I got people coming to me for the store items.
When I make the trades, it's some of them--
some people pay me on the spot, or some people--
you know, some people don't got it like that.
So they be like, I'll pay you Friday.
Bursur, let's go!
INMATE: Where are we going?
INMATE: You need a cart to come back.
CO: Out of C1.
CO: Hey, y'all do me a favor.
Push this stuff out here.
Last night, I was sleeping, and somebody
woke me up out of my sleep.
Yo, Future, can I get a honey bun, a iced honey bun?
I was like, yeah, here. He was like, what you want back?
I was like, two honey buns.
All these people are moved.
They moved, like, six people last night.
Eight.
What'd you say? Eight people?
Yeah.
Eight people last night.
Plus Tyree.
Yeah, so, like, nine people.
It's nerve wracking at times because you can give somebody
something, and then you mark them down for the items
they owe you.
And then next you know, they getting
packed up to a different dorm.
Damn it.
Damn it, you know.
It sucks because I'm losing money.
AUTOMATED VOICE: This call is not private.
It will be recorded and may be monitored.
Thank you for using Securus.
You may start the conversation now.
Bye.
I love you.
CARLOS' WIFE (ON PHONE): All right, love you, too.
All right, bye.
CARLOS' WIFE (ON PHONE): Bye.
[laughter]
Pretty [bleep] excited.
INMATE: I counted her.
I don't know what to do with myself.
Me either.
I'm waiting on my pupils to get adjusted.
Every time you go outside after being in here
so long, it's like all your senses just get flooded.
It's weird.
You feel so blinded by the light.
It's so awesome. I love it, yeah.
I miss outside more than anything.
Sunlight is awesome.
You take things for granted when you don't get it.
I just like to look in the trees and look at the birds.
I just picture myself flying away
from this [bleep] awful place.
It's good for your body, your mind, and your soul, you know?
You're not meant to be caged up in a box.
In here, it's like you're buried alive.
When you go outside, you see the sun.
You see the sky.
You see the trees, the birds, the plants.
Spending time in a green space every day
is good for your mental health.
CO: All right, ladies, y'all come on.
I feel like I'm in dadgum high school.
CO: Turn right.
I know I feel like I'm in high school.
[laughter]
Are you taking your socks off?
INMATE: Yes.
I always go out in the barefoot.
[birds chirping]
[music playing]
Sun?
It's so beautiful.
INMATE: Ah, this hurts.
Can I go back?
INMATE: Oh, my god!
INMATE: It's so pretty.
ROSE (VOICEOVER): Being in for a minute
and just having to walk out in fresh air was surreal.
Just walking around, being able to take in the sun--
just something that you take for granted being out.
It's amazing.
You're just going to lay on the grass?
Yes, I'm gonna lay right here.
I'm gonna enjoy this [bleep].
Because god knows next time we'll come out.
One more time.
[laughter]
Woo!
ROSE (VOICEOVER): Just being able to walk around
and just move, seeing something different.
Although it's the back of the facility,
I didn't care about that.
I can hear the birds chirping.
I can feel the air, the breeze.
Everyone is so intrigued with the color and the difference
that it is being in versus out.
Come on.
I hope my jumpsuit don't rip.
OK, it's definitely gonna rip.
[music playing]
Giddy up!
[laughs]
Yay!
It's an outlet.
You know, you don't feel so confined.
You don't feel so secluded.
You don't feel like it's boring, there's nothing to do.
It also helps the risk of people going out being
catty and extra to one another.
So you take it for granted when you're out
and you're able to mobilize and, you know, get around.
But when you're stuck and secluded in an environment,
it's like euphoria running out the doors.
[music playing]
My mission, when it comes to helping people, trying
to help as many people as I can, I think
I'm still on track with that.
This morning, I helped G slash Nick.
Although Nick is a gangbanger, he's
really not that bad of a guy.
At the same time, he does have that understanding,
like, that isn't the life for him in the long run.
He's trying to put himself in a better position,
and I can do nothing but respect that.
So I'm gonna teach him how to learn the board
system because he may be going to prison,
and he's gonna need some kind of hustle
because he talks about how he doesn't have any money.
I like Darius, because he's got prison experience too.
We were talking this morning.
And as soon as I came back from court.
I said, hey, man, I need you to help me
get a little hustle going on.
I see you run the score sheets for the basketball
and the gambling stuff.
Help me get some money or whatever.
And I appreciate that man for anything.
My mission will never be over.
Every single day that I'm here, I
feel like I'm going to try to do something
positive for somebody else.
[music playing]
Y'all ready? Y'all ready?
Y'all ready to make some noise?
[cheering]
[laughter]
BOTH: (RAPPING) Catch a charge, you can slip on that.
[bleep] that [bleep]. I got your back.
[applause]
I met you one very special day, so in my heart
is where you will stay.
[applause] ALL: B group!
B group!
[cheering]
For me, first coming here, it was a madhouse.
But now that we've all been able to come together--
Like, from the get go, I said watch--
this either gonna bring everybody together,
or it's gonna get messy, and it's gonna get bad.
--everything's so calm.
It went on the good hand.
It brought everybody together.
And I know, for me, it honestly made me face a fear.
And that was coming in with everybody's eyes on me.
Just to have someone to come in and embrace
each one's uniqueness.
And so I want to thank Trinity for pushing me
and not letting me back out of it.
Because I was about to say, let me go in the shower.
I'm not here.
[laughter]
But she made me-- she was like, nah,
don't do that [bleep], bruh.
Don't do it.
Honor your commitment.
INMATE: Honor my commitment.
It really, really touches my soul.
That's how I deal with some of the heartache
that I've been through, is by making people laugh.
So I appreciate you all letting me express that.
You did a great job.
I wish there was more programs like this,
encouraged or facilitated.
Something else I liked about it, it being an open-mic night,
and we wasn't competing.
We have all these inmate workers.
What if we had an inmate worker that
was in charge of activities and programs within the jail?
I mean, that would be really phenomenal.
Now I realize it was a whole lot better not competing
for that prize, just to tell our stories
and enjoy each other's stories.
I think the prize was us coming together
and us being able to show them that we can do it.
And to bring pods together, you know.
We're not worthless.
We're worth it to somebody.
Even if it's just us or ourselves,
we're still worth it.
You all hear that?
We are all still worth it.
INMATE: Hell yeah, we are!
And we ain't bad people.
We just made bad decisions.
You know?
And we can change.
I mean, you could have an inmate
worker do that within each pod.
You know, do the crime, do the time.
I get that. Cool.
But sending us somewhere with no classes, no nothing, especially
for addicts.
INMATE: How are we supposed to change?
OK, all we know is, OK, if you do something, you come in here.
He he, ha ha.
OK, for six months, you get back out there.
We had nothing.
We had no constructive criticism.
So, I mean, we go back to what we know.
We don't learn nothing--
like, meetings, anything in here, life skills--
INMATE: There's nothing in here.
--any classes in here.
We don't get [bleep] except for sitting in this box all day
long.
Why not?
Why don't we have something like that?