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the victims were discovered together inside a tulsa apartment. all four women had their hands bound behind their backs. and each had been shot in the head. poore lives in the same complex and says he was friends with two of the victims. though he has yet to enter a formal plea, poore says he is completely innocent. >> people say you supposed to have faith in the system but it don't work like they say it's supposed to. they're going to kill me for something i didn't do? i don't want to die for something i didn't do. the part that got me so emotional is that these are our friends and now i'm being -- they saying i'm being charged with their deaths. >> poore recently completed a twelve year sentence for armed robbery of four convenience stores and has numerous jail stays on less serious convictions. >> for the first time in my life, i'm innocent and everybody thinks i'm guilty. >> tulsa homicide investigators believe poore is not only guilty, but he did not act alone. they say he was aided by another man booked into the jail a few days earlier on a
the victims were discovered together inside a tulsa apartment. all four women had their hands bound behind their backs. and each had been shot in the head. poore lives in the same complex and says he was friends with two of the victims. though he has yet to enter a formal plea, poore says he is completely innocent. >> people say you supposed to have faith in the system but it don't work like they say it's supposed to. they're going to kill me for something i didn't do? i don't want to die...
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but the tulsa county jail is a city within the city. along with numerous security concerns that come with temporarily housing some 1800 men and women, facing a huge array of criminal charges, it contains its own versions of the local post office, a hospital, and busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75 pounds. if that can kind of give you an idea. >> the various colored uniforms coincide with each inmate's classification. >> all county clothing is generally orange. they have blue for juvenile. red for federal. black and white for state. and white for the kitchen workers. >> along with regularly washing all uniforms and linens, the laundry staff has another task. whenever new shipments of underwear arrive they must be dyed orange. >> socks, boxers, bras, panties, all underwear is dyed. the reason that it's dyed so is we can get it back. >> when inmate
but the tulsa county jail is a city within the city. along with numerous security concerns that come with temporarily housing some 1800 men and women, facing a huge array of criminal charges, it contains its own versions of the local post office, a hospital, and busier restaurant than just about any other in the city. it also contains a gigantic laundry facility. >> we usually do anywhere from 10 to 12 loads. each load, each washer, the big washers are 125 pounds. the small washers are 75...
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a joy riding conviction. >> don't like tulsa, oklahoma, very much. come on vacation, leave on probation, come back on a citation. it's just an easy place to get in trouble. >> this time she's charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, but she also faces a more serious charge, strong-arm robbery in neighboring creek county. she has pled not guilty to all three charges. >> i allowed myself to be accustomed to the darker side of life very young. i learned how to do drugs at a very young age. the moment i hit 18, i started stripping. it will eat you up, it will consume you, that lifestyle. i'm just a lost child trying to get back to my adulthood, really, because i can't get back to my childhood because i have two children that i'm supposed to be being a mother to. >> you've really got to quit jumping your cuffs. you understand me? >> if lopez is struggling with the responsibilities of both adulthood and parenthood, the same might be true for the father of her two children, matthew west. he's currently incarcerated about 60 yards
a joy riding conviction. >> don't like tulsa, oklahoma, very much. come on vacation, leave on probation, come back on a citation. it's just an easy place to get in trouble. >> this time she's charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, but she also faces a more serious charge, strong-arm robbery in neighboring creek county. she has pled not guilty to all three charges. >> i allowed myself to be accustomed to the darker side of life very young. i learned...
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got them all over me. 38 of them. >> you live in tulsa, oklahoma. in the heart of the bible belt. >> uh-huh. and you walk around like this. >> oh, yeah. i like it. >> why? >> because it's different from everybody. it helps me to be myself. yeah, it's lonely. hard to be able to talk to people. you are like man, i want to talk to somebody today and you don't get to talk to him because no one wants to hang around you because of what you look like, yeah, i mean -- i will die for these tattoos if i have to. they are my religion. i have to be respectful for my religion. i have to stand up for it. and even if it takes my life. i'm going to do it. >> more than anything, he was kind of sad guy. i mean he had gone to such great lengths to have this scary looking exterior. when i sat down to talk to him about what he saw for his future, he wanted a house and a car and he wanted these typical things, but i said well don't you ever want to get married. >> children, marriage, anything? >> and his response was very sad to me. >> no. >> no. >> i'm not going to get
got them all over me. 38 of them. >> you live in tulsa, oklahoma. in the heart of the bible belt. >> uh-huh. and you walk around like this. >> oh, yeah. i like it. >> why? >> because it's different from everybody. it helps me to be myself. yeah, it's lonely. hard to be able to talk to people. you are like man, i want to talk to somebody today and you don't get to talk to him because no one wants to hang around you because of what you look like, yeah, i mean -- i...
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>> [ bleep ] tulsa county jail! >> segregation inmates at the tulsa county jail are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. their one hour out can be spent either in the shower or rec yard. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing pretty good. >> sergeant collette, who runs the unit, says he frequently checks in with the inmates and tries to help them adapt to the isolation. >> the brain is very powerful and you can fail to flourish and literally will yourself to death. i do not want that in here. it's like i tell these guys in the seg when i first meet them. i want you guys reading. i want you doing a little exercise in your cell. if i wanted mushrooms back here, i'd be a gardener. what i say to them is free your mind. your ass will follow. >> jacob england has been in segregation for nearly a year. he's followed sergeant collette's advice but has also participated in extracurricular activity with some of his neighbors. they call it cadillacing, and it involves using string to pass items between cells. >> what are you doin
>> [ bleep ] tulsa county jail! >> segregation inmates at the tulsa county jail are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. their one hour out can be spent either in the shower or rec yard. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing pretty good. >> sergeant collette, who runs the unit, says he frequently checks in with the inmates and tries to help them adapt to the isolation. >> the brain is very powerful and you can fail to flourish and literally will yourself to...
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but tulsa county inmates call it cadillacing. >> you got a newspaper over there? >> i got a puzzle to send you, bro. >> inmates tie objects to string and send them back and forth under cell doors. >> he made some good burritos last night and sent them to me. >> you can't cadillac a burrito. >> yes you can. >> under the door? >> under the door. burrito comes in a plastic bag like this. okay, maybe he'll pay me two of them. slid underneath the door. hooked them on a string. i tied them, brought them over here. you can bring it back to life once you get it out under the door. tastes delicious. >> i had to smash the hell out of them, but you put them all back to shape. >> huh? >> i put them all back in shape? >> did you really? that's good because i was thinking i really -- >> give me the recipe, okay? >> huh? >> you got to give me the recipe. >> maxwell tries to keep his spirits up, but says thoughts of brandon's upcoming trial for second degree murder weigh heavily on him. he recently asked jail officials to allow him a brief visit with brandon. but as a segregation
but tulsa county inmates call it cadillacing. >> you got a newspaper over there? >> i got a puzzle to send you, bro. >> inmates tie objects to string and send them back and forth under cell doors. >> he made some good burritos last night and sent them to me. >> you can't cadillac a burrito. >> yes you can. >> under the door? >> under the door. burrito comes in a plastic bag like this. okay, maybe he'll pay me two of them. slid underneath the door....
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the walls of a half million square foot structure in downtown, the criminal justice center for the tulsa county jail. >> another day in para dice. >> another day in paradise. >> most of the 1800 men and women have been charged with crimes and awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. but newly arrived james maxwell is an exception. he's not only a convict, but is as familiar to staff and inmates here as the turbulent storms that proceed any twister. >> james steven maxwell, he could be considered somewhat of a legend. some of the inmates look up to him. they give him a lot of respect. he really upholds what they're going to call the outlaw dance with law enforcement. >> jimmy maxwell. jimmy's a legend in the department of corrections in oklahoma. he's a tough guy. he's not one to be messed with, for sure. good guy. good heart. but if you cross him, he's going to be strong. >> that man is 74-2 in the boxing ring in the penitentiary behind the fence. >> he spent most of his life behind bars, not learning just from fighting. >> he's escaped from several facilities in the state of okl
the walls of a half million square foot structure in downtown, the criminal justice center for the tulsa county jail. >> another day in para dice. >> another day in paradise. >> most of the 1800 men and women have been charged with crimes and awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. but newly arrived james maxwell is an exception. he's not only a convict, but is as familiar to staff and inmates here as the turbulent storms that proceed any twister. >> james...
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. >>> located on the edge of downtown tulsa, it looks like any other government building. but behind the walls of the tulsa county jail, things play out daily. >> let him go. >> the jailhouse as 1,800 men and women. most have been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial. >> unless they violate the rules or need to be segregated for security reasons, they spend the majority of the days outside their housing units. a single officer, completely exposed to the inmates, exposed in the pod. >> there is one officer in the pod at all times. just one. >> it's not about physical anymore, it's about maintaining control. they don't have weapons when they go to the pod. they are in the pod with 94 inmates, every day, all day. they are conversing with them, looking in the cells. >> we are going to treat you as a human until you prove you can't be. >> studies show it cuts down on inmate violence and it growing in popularity throughout jails nationwide. but this man would prove to be a magnet for violence. olson is talking to the pod you have a when he is brutally attacked. inmate rafa
. >>> located on the edge of downtown tulsa, it looks like any other government building. but behind the walls of the tulsa county jail, things play out daily. >> let him go. >> the jailhouse as 1,800 men and women. most have been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial. >> unless they violate the rules or need to be segregated for security reasons, they spend the majority of the days outside their housing units. a single officer, completely exposed to the inmates,...
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. >> today is the first day at the tulsa jail. this is ryan, setting up the audio equipment over here. we have the camera getting ready and all our gear getting all prepared to shoot "tulsa lockup >> when we step foot into a new facility, and start to film, it's daunting. when we're finished with a series, we have between 350 and 400 tapes. so when you're putting tape 001 into the camera, a lot happens over the course of four months. so to start and meet brand new people and a new staff, a lot can happen. >> we're filming "lockup," it's a documentary series about life inside jail. >> when we enter a unit, tracy learns about different people's situations and stories. i've had people come up and approach me and say, that' like to talk. >> go, go, go. >> sometimes, some event will occur. and as we cover that event that leads us into what's going on with those particular inmates. >> so we all have different ways of engaging with people, and from that generates all these different stories. >> all right. thank you. my name is tracy. >>
. >> today is the first day at the tulsa jail. this is ryan, setting up the audio equipment over here. we have the camera getting ready and all our gear getting all prepared to shoot "tulsa lockup >> when we step foot into a new facility, and start to film, it's daunting. when we're finished with a series, we have between 350 and 400 tapes. so when you're putting tape 001 into the camera, a lot happens over the course of four months. so to start and meet brand new people and a...
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but tulsa is actually called the buckle of the bible belt where fundamentalism is everything. so for tara to pursue a relationship with god while maintaining this love of prostitution seemed particularly challenging. >> remember, you need to be studying up on the holy spirit. >> turning tricks, i think the excitement, i mean, everything. i'm like an adrenaline junkie. i don't want to quit, no. >>> coming up -- >> that's $2.5 million you've made in your career. >> tara goddard shares the highs and lows of her life as a prostitute. >> i've had to tuck and roll tons of times. you know, where you've got to jump out of the car. a single ember that escapes from a wildfire can travel more than a mile. that single ember can ignite and destroy your home or even your community you can't control where that ember will land only what happens when it does get fire adapted now at fireadapted.org >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> during our extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, we met tara goddard. she was about to serve four years in prison for a cri
but tulsa is actually called the buckle of the bible belt where fundamentalism is everything. so for tara to pursue a relationship with god while maintaining this love of prostitution seemed particularly challenging. >> remember, you need to be studying up on the holy spirit. >> turning tricks, i think the excitement, i mean, everything. i'm like an adrenaline junkie. i don't want to quit, no. >>> coming up -- >> that's $2.5 million you've made in your career....
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but tulsa is actually called the buckle of the bible belt where fundamentalism is everything. so for tara to pursue a relationship with god while maintaining this love of prostitution seemed particularly challenging. >> remember, you need to be studying up on the holy spirit. >> turning tricks, i think the excitement, i mean, everything. i'm like an adrenaline junkie. i don't want to quit, no. >>> coming up -- >> that's $2.5 million you've made in your career. >> tara goddard shares the highs and lows of her life as a prostitute. >> i've had to tuck and roll tons of times. you know, where you've got to jump out of the car. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. right now, you can save $500 on the #
but tulsa is actually called the buckle of the bible belt where fundamentalism is everything. so for tara to pursue a relationship with god while maintaining this love of prostitution seemed particularly challenging. >> remember, you need to be studying up on the holy spirit. >> turning tricks, i think the excitement, i mean, everything. i'm like an adrenaline junkie. i don't want to quit, no. >>> coming up -- >> that's $2.5 million you've made in your career....
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>> months after we left the cleveland jail, we were filming in tulsa county jail and suddenly this huge story broke. and this teenage girl, who had been the focus of robert wolford's story at the beginning, suddenly became international news. >> good evening. it came down to frantic 911 call. that was the start of it. soon after the world would learn three women missing and feared dead had been inside a cleveland, ohio, home for as long as a decade and were now free. >> this teenage girl that robert had talked about so much, amanda, was amanda berry. the girl who, with two other girls, had been held captive by ariel castro for ten years. and we were all just shocked. we were completely shocked. >> amanda berry alive with her family. a picture some never thought they would see. finally safe but only after a harrowing escape and call to 911. >> help me. i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police. >> okay. and what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years. and i'm here, i'm free now. >> all right, we're sending them, oka
>> months after we left the cleveland jail, we were filming in tulsa county jail and suddenly this huge story broke. and this teenage girl, who had been the focus of robert wolford's story at the beginning, suddenly became international news. >> good evening. it came down to frantic 911 call. that was the start of it. soon after the world would learn three women missing and feared dead had been inside a cleveland, ohio, home for as long as a decade and were now free. >> this...
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. >> i was filming at the tulsa county jail, and it was the middle of the day, and i get this e-mail from jake. and he was telling all of us that ezekiel had been shot and killed. and i was shocked. i actually think i started to cry a little bit, but because i was in the midst of this other shoot, you know, i had to stay professional. but it just haunted me. >> a few days later, an article had been written that actually named a suspect, and i read this article and right after that, i received a text from the jail saying that the suspect had, in fact, been an inmate at the jail while we were filming. once i heard that, i decided to look at our release log for all the inmates that we had signed, and lo and behold, his name was on there. >> two months later, police arrested the prime suspect in ezekiel's death, michael souter. he was charged with murder and pled not guilty. >> we had known this man. i watched this man holding hands with the brothers during a prayer circle. >> in jesus' name we pray, amen. >> y'all ain't brothers. >> home video we were able to acquire showed ezekiel and
. >> i was filming at the tulsa county jail, and it was the middle of the day, and i get this e-mail from jake. and he was telling all of us that ezekiel had been shot and killed. and i was shocked. i actually think i started to cry a little bit, but because i was in the midst of this other shoot, you know, i had to stay professional. but it just haunted me. >> a few days later, an article had been written that actually named a suspect, and i read this article and right after that,...