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>> 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...

Returned to unit two, a cell block already populated with several other 211 gang members. >> holloman and wright are two guys that i want to keep together. well, theyre known 211 members. you think if you have all of one group in one area it seems like, okay, theres too many of them in one group. but theyre actually much more manageable that way. theyre happier that way. which makes me happy. well, well, well. my favorite two. so heres what going to happen. ready? >> yeah. >> over there. you kno...

What is it like to be them these days? >> im sure theyre scrambling to figure out what to do about it. i was talking to people today, trump critics like me from my fellow republicans is, quit the pearl clutching. ignore the tweets and the boarish behavior. look at the output of the machine of the administration, tax cuts, good judges, victories against isis, regulatory relief we never dreamed of. the machine is doing fine. theyve got him under control. ignore the optics. but now we see the machi...

Thats a whole other friend right here. thats what keeps me from being depressed and angry and everything else. this has been my life for 22 years, prison. ♪ >> while these hobbies simply kill time for some inmates, for joe aske, its a source of income. >> yeah, i make roses. for mothers day and all that stuff. these guys -- i sell them. this is made out of toilet paper, right? see this? it says -- the poem, heres a special flower to say i love and miss you. made from 14 little squares of priso...

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. [ laughs ] the door slamming, its very loud. and the women at night sometimes scream like banshees. so youll hear it echoing through...

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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. [ 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: ...

Correctional facility the m-house cell block has been put on lockdown, limiting movement of all inmates until investigators can determine the cause of curtis cashs severe facial injuries. both cash and his cellmate dana woods claim cash simply fell. but internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn suspects a coverup. >> the suspect probably told the victim dont tell on me. say you fell. its pretty typical in these situations. nobody falls and receives that many injuries. >> littlejohn suspects...

>> that was -- that marked a new era. before osama bin laden, charles manson was the bogeyman in chief. >> now you did this interview some 35 years ago. did you keep in touch? i mean, keep it touch as a journalist, i mean. keep up in contact with him in that time period? >> no. i just went back -- 1981 was the first interview. this where im playing poker. i went to see him in 1982 when he had been transferred where he was in an isolated cell block to san quintins mainstream population. where i t...

>> 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...