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The inner fence is a stun fence, its a nonlethal stun fence. the outside fence another 14-foot fence covered with razor ribbon. shaker alarm on the motion detector. motion detector in between the fences. we think our perimeter is very, very secure for us. >> security is tight inside the perimeter as well. especially in the secured confinement unit which houses the prisons most violent and disruptive inmates. today internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn has been called to the unit to inve...

Dangerous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates have assaulted staff or other offenders and are now held inside windowless single-man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and even phone calls, which are allowed once a week, are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. thats all 144 of them. >> case manager b...

>> you better grab a bowl. >> but change is on the horizon. after graduating from one of the prisons educational programs, gaskill is about to leave the housing unit to spend 60 days in confinement for being caught with inmate-made alcohol. >> the sanctions i imposed for making the intoxicants were a written reprimand do not make or possess intoxicants. 30 days phone loss. demotion from credit class one to credit class two, and 60 days disciplinary seg. its a secure unit for segregation, prison ...

Rejected me, crucified and despised me. abandoned me emotionally, unleashed the very hell in me, often overlooked stepped upon crushed, no one stops to notice that my movements are poetic. my stride is determined. my love is unconditional. my spirit is free. although im a monster, there is a soul inside of me. >> i do not believe there is an employee in the indiana department of correction in any state facility that does not know the name christopher trotter. >> beverly gilmore is the confinemen...

Report. which is escape paraphernalia. so they conducted a shakedown of this guys cell and during that cell search they also found an 11-foot rope. when you put the 11-foot rope with the sculpture of the face then that gives concerns that the guy might be planning a possible escape. >> this here is actually the head that was removed from the cell. and this here is the rope. and it looks like an intertwined sheet that was braided together. it is about 11 feet long that was also removed from the c...

I guess he snubbed me. >> yeah? nothing happened in the gym? >> arguing. >> dont lie to me. something happen in the gym between the two of you guys? fighting behind the curtain? be straight with me because you know im going to look at the cameras. >> it was no [ bleep ] >> listen were you fighting in the gym? >> nothing happened in the gym but words. i was just saying [ bleep ] to him. >> okay. so you guys had words -- >> i offered him to fight me in the gym. >> but he didnt? >> he didnt want to...

Criminal confinement. >> you want to go out right now? all right. >> but has had one bit of good news. he has been released from the confinement unit. he was sent there for threatening other inmates while trying to locate his stolen tv set. >> whatever happened with the guy who stole your tv? >> i dont know. i aint seen him yet. >> did you ever get your tv back? >> i got another one. >> so the guy who stole your tv was never prosecuted? he -- >> i dont know. i mean this is wabash. im on a trip. ...

Work your body. not work out with training wheels. put it back. after you get to a number thats just unbelievable, then you start walking around wearing a cape because youre like superman which i aint reached that level yet. im still in the bat cave. you know what i mean? >> stone, who was convicted of attempted murder, wont be eligible for parole for another 25 years. he could spend the rest of his life in prison but he says his workout is designed to prepare him, just in case hes released. >> ...

Glass looking through the cell door and you see this, that it could possibly be somebody laying there when actually its this. >> the inmate in whose cell the items were found is a nigerian lukuman aderibigbe. hes serving 38 years for the armed robbery and battery of two other nigerian immigrants and his record inside prison is troubling. >> he has a violent history. in the department of corrections. thats why hes in this unit. assaults on staff, possession of weapons. he poses a serious risk to ...

With inmate-made alcohol. >> the sanctions i imposed for making the intoxicants were a written reprimand do not make or possess intoxicants. 30 days phone loss. demotion from credit class one to credit class two, and 60 days disciplinary seg. its a secure unit for segregation, prison administrative segregation there as well as disciplinary segregation. >> although the confinement unit is only an eighth of a mile away, for security purposes, all inmates transferred there must be escorted by two o...