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An inmate who killed a corrections officer fights to be freed from 16 years of solitary confinement; convicts struggle to parent their children from prison....

>> lets go. >> be right with you, maam. >> come on, billy, run to me. >> dont come back. >> thats -- >> i dont want to see you any more. >> no, i aint coming back. [ laughter ] >> im going to do the honors. >> man. >> cigarettes in the car. >> cant have it now. >> i dont care. >> take a picture. >> finally. all right, everybody in. >> while jones savers his first moments of freedom, back inside

Hold services at some prisons. wabash has banned such gatherings. >> the gang members are using their meetings to have their gang meetings within the service itself. >> murray has decided to file a grievance to appeal the ban. >> it is not a gang, it does not promote gang mentality or any criminal elements at all. its a religion based on the virtue and knowledge. >> the ban hasnt stopped murray from recruiting other members. >> marcus has been teaching us about what the hammer means, what the di...

On somebody. and thats not me. >> periodically, mcquay files requests to be moved back to general population, where he would have considerably more privileges. >> i still believe that leonard mcquay has an ulterior motive. >> the first person he needs to win over is the administrative segregation case manager. >> we all get along with leonard, he is very, very likeable. very caring, so friendly, but hes so overly friendly. its so vague. its not for real. >> since coming to wabash, mcquay has bee...

Over the world, five times a day. >> hes been in administrative segregation at wabashs secured confinement unit. >> hold the koran up, read this every day. mcquay says his koran has helped him grow spiritually, the other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> every day i do me some curls. i do these. i do shrugs. back arms like this. like this. probably about 55 or 60 pounds. >> mcquay has spent years trying to earn his way back into general population. but his history as a violen...

>> while jones savors his first moments of freedom, back inside wabash, convicted murderer leonard mcquay fights for a different kind of freedom. he has a review hearing with his case manager to determine if hes ready to be released back into general population from administrative segregation. the only world hes known for the past 16 years. >> you going all the way out with it, aint you? leash it off. >> the prospect of mcquay, the killer of a corrections officer being released back into general...

>> while jones savors his first moments of freedom, back inside wabash, leonard mcquay fights for a different kind of freedom. he has a review hearing with his case manager to determine if hes ready to be released back into general population from administrative segregation. the only world hes known for the past 16 years. >> you going all the way out with it, aint you? >> leash is off. >> the prospect of mcquay, the killer of a corrections officer being released back into general population, has...

Else, a front for white supremacist gangs. members have been allowed to hold services at some prisons. wabash has banned such gatherings. >> the gang members are using their meetings to have their gang meetings within the service itself. >> murray has decided to file a grievance to appeal the ban. >> it is not a gang, it does not promote gang mentality or any criminal elements at all. its a religion based on the virtue and knowledge. >> the ban hasnt stopped murray from recruiting other members....

>> thats -- >> i dont want to see you any more. >> no, i aint coming back. [ laughter ] >> im going to do the honors. >> man. >> cigarettes in the car. >> cant have it now. >> i dont care. >> take a picture. >> finally. all right, everybody in. >> while jones savers his first moments of freedom, back inside wabash, leonard mcquay fights

Wabash correctional facility in indiana. >> five times a day. its mandatory for muslims all over the world, five times a day. >> hes been in administrative segregation at wabashs secured confinement unit. >> hold the koran up, read this every day. mcquay says his koran has helped him grow spiritually, the other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> every day i do me some curls. i do these. i do shrugs. back arms like this. like this. probably about 55 or 60 pounds.