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Know im going to look at the cameras. >> it was no [ bleep ] >> 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 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...

Prison 16 years earlier. since then, hes been in administrative segregation at wabashs secured confinement unit. >> the holy koran, read this every day. >> mcquay says his koran has helped him grow spiritually, other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> this is what i call my weight bag where i every day i do me some curls, right? i do these. i do shrugs. what they call shrugs. what they call shrugs. do these. back arms like this. like this. this is probably about -- probably ab...

Come out is to go get the worst food you ever ate in your life? i dont know how they call it food. >> every day things that people take for grant wed 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 2200 outnumbers local residents four to one. many of indianas most violent offenders are sent here. >> the break down for offenders who have committed serious o...

Considered to be the most dangerous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates have 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 beverly ...

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 way, when the guys half my age want to mess with the old man, it aint my fault. >> there is always a new guy or two arriving on stones unit every week. for some its just a short...

This is my cellies rack, five feet above him. his bed, where another grown-ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here to the left is my window. theres the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is a highway, i think? see the cars going by, going places i cant go. you feel me? so just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change very little in the next 24 years. thats when hes eligible for parole on his 50-year sente...

Alcohol. >> the sanctions i imposed for making the intoxicants were a written reprimand do not make or possess intoxicants. decredit from credit class one to credit class two and 60 days disciplinary seg. there is administrative segregation. >> although the confinement unit is an eighth of a mile away for security purposes all inmates transferred there have to be excorted by two officers and transported by van. >> 60 days is the beginning of summer. i will be missing this summer this years prett...

I remember. >> well, i got a tame tongue, not an untame tongue. seriously. >> you think highly of yourself, do you know that? >> thats the difference, though. thats the difference. >> i would really like to be able to see christopher trotter go back to general population, because of the length of time he has been in segregation. but should he go? im so thankful im not making that decision. >> bottom line here is where were at. it is up to me now to make that recommendation. okay. like i said, so...

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 her responsibilities is to evaluate t...

>> burden is now held in the jails more restrictive confinement unit where inmates are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. >> im a pretty straight guy. if it wasnt for experimenting with drugs and all, id still be in the military. still doing good, but im in jail because it was a mistake that led to other mistakes. i just cant wait to get out, no matter what it takes. i want to get out. >> since the attack, deputies take extra precautions when dealing with burden. >> hes a big security concern...