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I have a son out there. i dont want him to follow in my footsteps. i dont want this for him. i dont want this for anybody. this is no place for anybody to be. >> one of the benefits of indiana state prisons cat program is that inmates are motivated to behave because if they get sent to the hole, their cats stay behind. thats where darrell maymon comes in. >> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. im not going to hurt their cat. thats the b...

Be. >> one of the benefits of indiana state prisons cat program is that inmates are motivated to behave because if they get sent to the hole, their cats stay behind. thats where darrell maymon comes in. >> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. im not going to hurt their cat. thats the basic thing. because in here, cats -- like their buddies. you can get in worse trouble hurting somebodys cat than you can hurting an inmate. >> while maymon...

The hospital. so my first cat was like a watchdog. you couldnt get near me or anything like that. he guarded me. >> i am in charge of the cat program. you know, thats a switch, but i dont know, i like cats. i like animals. my personal opinion is our cat program is probably one of the best things we got going on in here. >> by taking a cat, he gave me a sense of responsibility, something to lose, think about. which a lot of these guys in here dont have none of that. you aint going to the vet. i t...

>> fluffy seemed to be perpetually breeding. >> she can get them up and she is going. >> no telling where she is tearing into. she has gone in. . >> snj english liked the cats. they were posing a problem at the prison and they were not set up to have a cat program. >> we are covering the story and there were two kiddens. the brother reminded me a lot of a cat that i had for like 15 years. he was really bold. you can see in the footage, they

More kittens. >> shes going to get him up and run with him. shes good to go with him. shes gone. >> theres no telling where shes carried him to. >> can you get her? >> uh-uh. >> hes got her now. that whats what im talking about. its over with now. >> sergeant english liked the cats. he wasnt going to hurt the animals. he was trying to find them homes but the cats were posing a problem at the prison. they were getting stuck in the fence. they were just creating too many problems. they werent set ...

He credited that to his relationship with jinxster and a nearly identical cat he had in prison years earlier named jinx. >> as you can see he was a large fat. he wasnt fat either. he was muscle-bound. >> you miss your papa. >> because wabash doesnt have a cat program, jinxster lives with stones family. while he lost his cat he hadnt lost his sense of humor. >> try to keep the happy go lucky attitude and stay in stoneyland for a while there. >> tell me about stoneyland. >> stoneyland is just so i...

Yesterday was a good day. todays not so good. i have a son out there. i dont want him to follow in my footsteps. i dont want this for him. i dont want this for anybody. this is no place for anybody to be. >> one of the benefits of indiana state prisons cat program is that inmates are motivated to behave because if they get sent to the hole, their cats stay behind. thats where darrell maymon comes in. >> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animal...

Anything like that. he guarded me. >> i am in charge of the cat program. you know, thats a switch, but i dont know, i like cats. i like animals. my personal opinion is our cat program is probably one of the best things weve got going on in here. >> by taking a cat, it gave me a sense of responsibility, something to lose, think about. which a lot of these guys in here dont have none of that. >> you aint going to the vet. i think he thinks hes going to the vet. >> stone, before he got jinx, he was...

You couldnt get near me or anything like that. he guarded me. >> i am in charge of the cat program. you know, thats a switch, but i dont know, i like cats. i like animals. my personal opinion is our cat program is probably one of the best things weve got going on in here. >> by taking a cat, it gave me a sense of responsibility, something to lose, think about. which a lot of these guys in here dont have none of that. >> you aint going to the vet. i think he thinks hes going to the vet. >> stone,...

Prison years earlier named jinx. >> as you can see he was a large fat. he wasnt fat either. he was muscle-bound. >> you miss your papa. >> because wabash doesnt have a cat program, jinxster lives with stones family. while he lost his cat he hadnt lost his sense of humor. >> try to keep the happy go lucky attitude and stay in stoneyland for a while there. >> tell me about stoneyland. >> stoneyland is just so i dont have to think about stuff. i take things how i like them. >> my grandpa wears them...