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$7 a day. thats up 10% from last year and sleep away camp are now 173 bucks a day which adds up quickly when you consider those camps are usually a multi-week commitments. so kristinn are you a yay or nay for paying those prices to send your kid to ccap. i know theyre too young, but when they get to the probably going to have to be a yea when the time comes because what choice will i have? i mean, the reality is a lot of our institutes in this country were built around a time when families were ...

Thats difficult to maintain your sanity. >> its your move. >> i think they probably will be out of camp j soon. both of them have done well while theyve been here. its all about attitude. we cant help somebody if they dont want to help themselves. but im more than willing to help any of them who are willing to make that effort on our behalf. coming up, two ways out of angola. one is hard-earned freedom lurking just beyond the front gate. the other path is death. >> 2,000 pounds on my back. >> ...

And camp j, billy mccoy, age 63, had a heartone month after we f and camp j, billy mccoy, age 63, had a hea >> one day later, he died. no one came to claim his body. >> there was no family to be contacted. >> is there anybody else that would like to share something about mccoy at this time? >> defiant until the end, billy, better known by his nickname understanding left a fellow impression on his fellow inmates. >> a lot of people didnt

Like billy mccoy, who have been in and out of camp j for over a decade. >> you get yourself back on track. >> yes, sir. >> ill see that we can do everything to get yourself to ccr. >> okay. watch this. i am. i have always been on track. i will maintain my ability when im dead and in the ground, i will not lose my mental stability. this morning, since you mentioned that, the captain dashed a bucket of ice water on me because i wont eat, trying to force me into eating. he also would not put a trai...

If youre looking for it. and if youre not careful, trouble finds you. mccoy. >> yes, sir? >> how you feeling? >> normal, i guess. >> normal? >> yes, sir. >> you looking thin, man. not ready to eat? >> no, sir, im not going to eat anything until i can get some results. >> most try to pass through the program as quickly as possible. but then there are some men, like billy mccoy, whos been in and out of camp j for over a decade. >> you get yourself back on track, like you were a week ago. you were ...

Amenities that camp j offers are eliminated. >> the different sanctions we can place on an inmate when they get a write-up at camp j, one of the sanctions is called a food loaf. a food loaf will be issued to an inmate who has been caught holding food in his cell, holding utensils or cups, that kind of thing, in his cell. gets caught throwing food or throwing other objects, he can be put on food loaf. >> basically, you have a serving of everything from every chow, like if its for lunch, youll hav...

Each man has his own way to stay strong. >> i spared your queen. im going to take him this time. it expands your thoughts, you know, your thinking ability. you develop a lot of skills from playing chess. its a thinking mans game, you know? the best move you can make. >> the hardest part of being in a cell 24 hours a day, really, just maintaining your sanity and not letting the pressures get to you. you got a lot of pressure being in the cell. not even being able to have the proper spacing and ju...

There are few ways out of angola prison. rarely is one granted parole or probation. the prison is simply too big to escape. most just get old and die. one month after we first filmed at camp j, billy mccoy, age 63, had a heart attack. >> i have always been on track. i will maintain my mental stability when im dead and six feet in the ground. >> one day later, he died. no one came to claim his body. >> though no family could be contacted, billy mccoy will be buried at point lookout at the

>> the only thing im going to ask you, when im talking to you, be straight up with me. all right? dont make me find different when i leave here. okay? >> i told you yesterday -- >> did you have this at your party? >> thats where some of this stuff came from. >> man, dont lie to me. see that right there, that makes me very angry. needles, where are they at? >> wallet. >> see, i could have just stuck myself with that. i was very, very close to it. and i dont know what you do with this so dont do t...