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>> reporter: there are pleasant places to idle away your golden years, but north carolinas nash correctional institution isnt one of them. but thats where michael peterson, father, novelist and wife-killer, according to a jury of his peers, was incarcerated. just another number in a cell block with other felons. >> no parole, life without parole. and they meant it, too. they did. and they did everything they could to make that happen. >> reporter: after hed exhausted his appeals, it looked as th...

Days. >> michelle, the sounds of the jailhouse. >> yeah, good luck sleeping in jail. [ laughs ] the door slamming, its very loud. and the women at night sometimes scream like banshees. so youll hear it echoing throughout the jail. >> reporter: the population of street hardened prisoners took a close look at the petite young woman from the good home now living in their cell block, checked her out especially after that story about her in the local paper got passed around. >> after that article, i ...

Term in the prisons intensive detention unit where he will be locked up 23 hours per day and not permitted to associate with general population inmates. on his way to idu, hes allowed one last good-bye. >> where are you going? >> idu. a year and a half. >> i love you. >> you too, bub. i told you to stay out of trouble. >> stay out of trouble, kid. >> this will be harrisons first time on idu. with good behavior, he might not serve the entire year and a half, but thats small consolation of this ce...

Fifth floor of "i" cell house. the intensive detention unit. the most dreaded cell block at isp. >> theres currently about 99 people, thats our maximum capacity, here on idu. and you can hear -- this is what its like pretty much every day. youve got -- you walk out pretty much with a lot of headaches every day. this is like prison within prison. someone is going to try to gun you down. these guys are going to get combative with you. these guys will try to stab you, and, hence, the stab vest i ha...

Novelist and wife-killer, according to a jury of his peers, was incarcerated. just another number in a cell block with other felons. >> no parole, life without parole. and they meant it, too. they did. and they did everything they could to make that happen. >> reporter: after hed exhausted his appeals, it looked as though prison was where he would stay. but out in nevada, michael has a look-a-like younger brother, bill peterson, whos also an attorney. >> did the lawyer in you say, "thats it. my"...

>> reporter: by 2010, seven years after michael petersons conviction, his daughter martha had given up hope that her father would ever be released from nash correctional institution. >> dad was probably going to be in prison until he died. this was a reality that was never gonna to change. >> reporter: but in michaels cell block, an interesting story was circulating. a series of articles had been published in raleighs "the news & observer" alleging misconduct at the state bureau of investigation...

>> its usually some sort of gruel looking potato mash. i dont even know how to describe it. >> and im guessing not a foamy starbucks. >> no starbucks. >> while were talking about food, whats lunch? >> bologna sandwich, and really, really nasty bologna. i almost didnt eat for the first, you know, three or four days. >> michelle, the sounds of the jailhouse. >> yeah, good luck sleeping in jail. the door slamming, its very loud. and the women at night sometimes scream like banshees. so youll hear i...

With more of our story, heres dennis murphy. >> reporter: there are pleasant places to idle away your golden years, but north carolinas nash correctional institution isnt one of them. but thats where michael peterson, father, novelist and wife-killer, according to a jury of his peers, was incarcerated. just another number in a cell block with other felons. >> no parole, life without parole and they meant it, too they did and they did everything they could to make that happen. >> reporter: after ...

>> reporter: by 2010, seven years after michael petersons conviction, his daughter martha had given up hope that her father would ever be released from nash correctional institution. >> dad was probably going to be in prison until he died. this was a reality that was never gonna to change. >> reporter: but in michaels cell block, an interesting story was circulating. a series of articles had been published in raleighs "the news & observer" alleging misconduct at the state bureau of investigation...

North carolinas nash correctional institution isnt one of them. but thats where michael peterson, father, novelist and wife-killer, according to a jury of his peers, was incarcerated. just another number in a cell block with other felons. >> no parole, life without parole. and they meant it, too. they did. and they did everything they could to make that happen. >> after hed exhausted his appeals, it looked as though prison was where he would stay. but out in nevada, michael has a look-a-like you...