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Her on the bed, choking her. me and my little brother were begging him -- excuse me -- me and my little brother was begging him -- i cant go on with that part. >> just give me the rough sketch of what you want and ill put it down on paper. >> although the majority of prisoners at isp are older inmates, youth offenders are rapidly becoming the fastest growing population. >> how old are you? >> 23. ive got a five-year term, a violent felony. >> i came in when i was 16. im 23. ill be out of here 25...

Dysfunctional but its all right. so i dont try as hard to stay out of prison like i should. which brings me back to places like this. >> though both sam and polando talk openly about their sexual experiences in prison, their outlooks are quite different. >> of course im not. oh, my god. i dont want to get into my partners. but you know. im not going to go without. please. >> lets see. ive had relationships before in jail that were long-standing. and you know, eventually they faded away or i left...

>> for adult prisoners, we have the alaska corrections industries which is the furniture shop where they learn the skills of woodworking. but they really learn the skills of going to work every day, giving a full days job. >> some of these guys are the highest-paid guys in the institution. we start off at 85 cents an hour and it goes from there. >> greg houck has supervised the alaska correctional industries furniture shop for the last five years. >> we sell to private businesses, oil fields, re...

Of time, that means forever. >> inmates are confined to their cells for all but 90 minutes per we have control over the cell, over the section, over the unit, over the hallways, as well as over an entire building. >> anything that happens in this unit is my responsibility. >> michael pitts campbell has worked at pelican bay since 1988. he has spent the past five years manning one of the shus control booths. >> what have we got right now, 43 inmates in here? im responsible for keeping them protec...

>> all right. >> although the maximum security units at the penitentiary of new mexico require his constant attention, warden stanley moya has also devoted more time to creating a new and more rehabilitative minimum security program. the goal is to prepare inmates for life on the outside. >> it is a dormitory setting, which is a much more controlled environment. youre dealing with a completely different caliber of inmate, an inmate thats much closer to his release date. they can see the light at...

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Thats where it went down. i shot three people. he cut up two. >> one guys got, like, partial brain damage and the other one just got his arm -- >> hell never be able to use his right hand again. >> although both men faced life sentences for murder, michael pled guilty so brad could plea bargain down to lesser time. >> brad didnt kill anybody. im the one that shot and killed the guy. so i didnt think it fair for him to spend the rest of his life in prison, which i didnt want that anyway. he gets ...

The size of a closet can take its toll on any prisoner. >> a claustrophobic dude couldnt live in here. hed freak out. man, at first, i aint going to lie. i come over here and i was like, you know, man, i can do that and not even extend my arm. >> my bed is six feet long. theres a couple of inches at that end of the bed and there is this space here, a couple of feet where the toilet and the sink. so its probably eight feet long. >> these inmates are lucky. through good behavior, they have earned ...

>> all level 2 inmates are within a maximum of five years from their release date. many have worked their way up through the prisons level system to earn the many privileges and opportunities they enjoy here. >> the inmates get together, and they do classes, and theres a psychologist there, and they talk about why theyre in the prison. so when they get out, theyre able to live a normal life. >> each dorm in level 2 holds 55 men who sleep side by side in bunk beds. >> make myself at home. my corn...

>> if you ever saw the movie "shawshankedemption," thats what its like except without like all the death. >> its pretty tight. but, as long as you have a good cellie, and you just got to learn how to learn each others routines, each others ways, the ways they live. you just work around each other. >> we got three men in here, top and bottom. somebody got to use the bathroom, we will leave. put the sign on the door. we just kick back, watch tv. listen to music, eat food. kick it. thats about it. ...