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The requirements of my profession is to treat him no differently than i would a petty thief, and that takes practice. it really does. >> morris was arrested when he was 16 and has been at the jail for three years now. he is housed in the confinement unit. because of the nature of his crime. >> if word got out that he had brutally assaulted an elderly woman and a young girl and beat the young girl into a vegetative state, he would probably suffer a similar fate. its a situation we cannot risk. we...

Was in flames, and brewer was incinerated. >> were you afraid of kasey that night? >> yeah. >> of what? >> i was afraid of getting stabbed. i didnt have nothing on me to protect myself. >> since link is already convicted and sentenced for his part in the murder, he is eligible to serve his time in a general population dorm with far fewer restrictions than the confinement unit. that frustrates kasey ackerman. >> he is in general population right now. but they want to keep me behind this door. its...

>> i go around to each room every day. it might sound like a lot but it is something they expect. they see me and they jump to it. a lot of times you will see them as i start to walk around get up and mosey upstairs. they know what they expect. you got your bed made? it looks good. you always keep it nice and neat in here. i appreciate that. it is important to keep the jail clean because it keeps down a lot of the illnesses. lets just face it. people are here from all walks of life. they come fr...

Confinement unit. sweat and fellow escapee richard matt led authorities on a three-week manhunt after they escaped last month. an undocumented immigrant is the prime suspect in what appears to be a random shooting of a woman in san francisco and that is stirring up tensions in the immigration debate. would kate still be alive if a suspect, a repeat felon, wasnt allowed in the u.s.? our boris sanchez joins us now from new york. boris, how is the family taking this news? >> very difficult for th...

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The worst food youve ever ate in your life. i dont even know how they call it food. >> everyday, seeing people take for granted, we cherish right now. >> wabash valley correctional facility -- a maximum security prison on the western edge of indiana. the center piece of the rural town of carlisle. the inmate population of nearly 2,200 out numbers local residents 4-1. many of indianas most violent offenders are sent here. >> the approximate breakdown for offenders that have committed serious offe...

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 administrative segregation there as well as disciplinary segregation. >> although the confinement unit is only an eighth of...

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 confinement units case manager. one of heresponsib...

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 beverly gillmore is the primar...

And it looks like an intertwined sheet that was braided together. it is about 11 feet long that was also removed from the cell. if he was to get outside of a cell and have this covered up and a body-like object in the cell, the staff might walk by, especially if the lighting is bad in the cell and at first 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 luk...