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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. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that way if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im all ready for it. plus when you get to be my age, you got to stay in shape. that...

Him. >> okay. so you guys had words -- >> i offered him to fight me in the gym. >> but he didnt? >> he didnt want to fight me in the gym. >> i appreciate you cooperating with me. >> one of the hardest parts of the officers job is to get information out of the inmates after a fight, or any kind of situation occurs where disciplinary reports are being written up. its kind of a rule of thumb for inmates not to talk to the staff about anything really. you know, you dont want to be labeled a snitch. ...

I didnt know what to do. i was just taken aback by the image. >> within seconds the dumpster was in flames and brewer was incinerated. >> were you afraid of him? >> that night yes. >> of what? >> of getting stabbed. >> since link is already convicted and sentenced for his part in the murder he is eligible to serve his time in a generale population dorm. there are far fewer restrictions than the confinement unit. that frustrates kasey ackerman. >> he is in general population right now. its not ri...

I couldnt -- i was kind of just stuck at that moment. i didnt know what to do. i was just taken aback by the image. >> within seconds the dumpster was in flames and brewer was incinerated. >> were you afraid of him? >> that night, yes. >> of what? >> of getting stabbed. >> 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. >> h...

I want their beds made. i want the room picked up. i dont want trash on the floor. its important to have uniformity here because if you dont, things get crazy. >> in the confinement unit, the corporal notices a problem in the cell of rosanna dimauro. >> its a mess. i saw paper on the floor and a toilet unflushed. not good. >> good morning. you sleeping by the light today? >> yeah. >> i want to talk to you. i notice you like to sleep here next to the light. is that why you put your mattress there...

Uniformity here. if you dont things get crazy. >> in the confinement unit, the corporal notices a problem in the cell of rosanna dimauro. >> i saw paper on the floor and a toilet unflushed. not good. >> good morning. you sleeping by the light today? >> yeah. >> i want to talk to you. i notice you like to sleep here next to the light. is that why you put your mattress there. you scared of the dark? >> i was watching tv actually. >> and you fell asleep there. what happened to the rest of your room...

>> 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 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 the...

Considered to be the most dangerous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates here are assaulted staff or other offenders and are in windowless single man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made 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 beve...

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...

Single-person cells, 23 hours a day, in the secured confinement unit. >> 1205. >> few, however, are more notorious than leonard here, who has spent 16 years here. >> hes still is escorted anywhere he goes. he has a two-man escort. hes cuffed behind the back. his recreation is hes in solitary by himself. his activities are kind of limited. its all just by himself. that unit is designed for people like him. everybody in there knows his history. >> the most infamous chapter of mcways history occurr...