All prisoners have the right to marry, but there are lots of restrictions. You can't exchange rings or request a special ceremony, there's thick glass separating the couple and even applying for the marriage license itself can be complicated. I

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Lost weekends

Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center, 50 miles from the inner city neighborhoods where police make many arrests. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The closest bus stop is a mile

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Bail: How to buy your freedom [Explicit]

If you have the money, getting out of jail can be straightforward. If you don't, you're going to need some help.

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Life on a million dollar block [Explicit]

One small neighborhood in Los Angeles accounted for hundreds of bookings into county jail over a five year period - and more than a million dollars in incarceration costs.

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Romaine Chip Fitzgerald Returns To His Ancestors (3:17) Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Parole Denied (9:59) Christopher Trotter

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Weapon Planted by Prison Guard (2:43) Zohnpierre D Perkins

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Investigation of Abuse at PADOC (1:54) Derrick Gibson