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Through. >> it is extremely sensitive and crucial that you think for yourself and you do what you think is right and not what you think someone else wants you to do that you know yourself is wrong. >> while stanley and rankin face new challenges in their adult cell block, 12-year-old paul gingrich has similar issues even in a juvenile prison. >> it is difficult to keep him safe. a type of kid that liked to mess or pick on the smart kids. he is an easy target, even in a juvenile facility. >> do y...

18-year-olds michael stanley and alexander rankin arrived on the youth unit at wabash. >> hey. >> today they transition to the wabash adult population, where theyll trade a unit of 53 kids for a cell block of 200 adults. prison staff say on transfer days, kids often mask their fear with bravado. >> remember that the secret word is no. >> i got you, granny. >> uh-oh. i feel like im going home. >> master control. >> south side, bed moves. >> who told you? basically see what is going on? >> for abo...

Destination, wabash valley. kids spend their time behind these walls in the wabash youth unit, a 53-bed cell block that becomes a fortress of the mundane. kids at wabash rarely leave this unit due to the dangers posed by the thousands of adult prisoners just outside their door. >> at night when you dont have anything to do, thats when it really gets to you. like you just think, like, like all the things you could have been doing on the outside. everything that youre missing out on. >> the kids i...

Facility unlike any other in the state of indiana. its home to a cell block of 53 kids, sentenced as adults. >> im colt lundy, and im 15 years old. its overwhelming just to know that there is people in here that be like my grandpa. so its really quite odd, because everybody calls me young un, and im always treated like im a little kid can. on the news, they made it sound like i was just horrible, juvenile, like cold-blooded. my crime might seem like that, but, like, im not the person that they m...

>> both brothers will be strip searched before and after the visit. theyre allowed only brief physical contact. their conversation will be monitored by surveillance cameras. >> this is the only time ive seen him in the two years weve been down. i think about my family a lot, but other than that stuff, i really dont think about none of that. makes it easier just to forget it. cope with it. >> make sure you give your i.d. to the officer. >> while bennie nervously waits for his visit with blade, ba...

>> it has been a year since michael stanley and alexander rankin arrived at the youth unit at wabash. today they transition to the adult population where they trade a unit of 53 kids to a cell block of adults. >> secret word is no. >> got you. >> feel like i am going home. >> its clear. >> we are adults now.

>> when a cell extraction team is called, it means theyre getting ready to forcibly remove an uncooperative inmate from his cell. when you see them all suited up in riot gear and face masks, you get a sense of how serious they take these procedures and the threat that they pose. they let us follow at a safe distance. >> inside the cell block, an officer gives shropshire one last chance to comply. >> okay, ill ask how one time to come ply. if you dont well have to come in and get your hard items,...

Thats all. >> do you think you belong here? >> i dont know. no. >> what are you guys playing? >> spades. >> do i look down on anyone here? i try not to judge anyone. i dont want to be judged myself. what if i was being judged? >> have you had a chance to give her any advice since shes new? >> you have to ask. while monahan is considered the new girl on the cell block, brenda brewer says shes had well over 100 stays here. while her presence often brings smiles to others, she says her life has a...

Not just as inmates but as fathers like terrance williams. >> im locked up more than im on the street, and when ill on the street, i still dont even build a relationship with my children. im trying to learn how to be a better father or just be a father period. >> 33-year-old terrance is serving time for possession of drugs with intent to distribute. for the next year, this cell block is home. >> welcome to my humble palace. >> this is it. >> this is where i sleep. this is my bed. my radio, my bi...

On the street and when ill on the street, i still dont even build a relationship with my children. im trying to learn how to be a better father or just be a father period. >> 33-year-old terrance is serving time for possession of drugs with intent to distribute. for the next year, this cell block is home. >> welcome to my humble palace. >> this is it. >> this is where i sleep. this is my bed. my radio, my bible, you know. ive got a lot of books and stuff up under here. >> youre so organized. >> ...