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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 trotters ability to return peacefully to general population. >...

Been on the frontline at wabash for four years now. the war stories have come from his mother and father, both of whom are also on wabashs corrections staff. >> its the kind of environment that you dont want everybody in. i wouldnt let my daughter come here. but shes not meant for this. hes a little tougher. and my wife is real tough. so they can handle it. >> but the younger officer mcmillin was recently put to the test. as he was escorting one inmate to his cell in the confinement unit, anothe...

At indianas wabash valley correctional facility, inmates that have committed violent acts are deemed safety threats are housed in windowless single man cells in the confinement unit. they are allowed one hour a day for recreation. >> sometimes we come out here and say blessed. its sunny today. >> when weather permits, inmates may spend that hour outdoors although they are contained in a single man metal enclosure. >> i airport good at basketball

>> burks actually internally was charged with the assault on the officer as well as physically resisting because i think it took three or four different staff members to actually restrain him. >> as a result, burks was transferred from general population to the custody control unit while officials determine what sanction he will receive. at a minimum, it will include a move to the secured confinement unit, where violent inmates are housed in single-man windowless cells 23 hours a day and lose ma...

>> the sanctions i imposed on offender gaskill for making the intoxicates were a written reprimand, do not make or possess intoxicates. 30 days phone loss, demotion from credit class one to credit class two and 60 days disciplinary stay. its a secure unit for segregation. theres an 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 of...

Now that im out of that shu, now that im out of that shu, every day is a good day for me now. and im not taking it for granted. >> while trotter recently completed a decade in the stark solitary existence that comes with life in the secured confinement unit, demetrius burks has only just begun his 15-month stay there. >> another day, another dollar. >> it is the consequence he will pay for assaulting a corrections officer. but it was the murder of an innocent man that brought him to prison. >> w...

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 trotters ability to return peacefully to general population.

Held 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 gilmore is the link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came from the south. i was so protected and so green when i came here. and when i s...

Court and overexaggerated their wounds. >> the judge in the case saw nothing to laugh about. >> i was found guilty of one count of attempted battery, and count of rioting and sentenced to 142 years. i was like, wow. most violence is spontaneous. thats what that was. it was spontaneous. one incident led to something else led to something else led to something else but it is never the solution. >> trotter has been in prison for 26 years. due to his role in the riot and disciplinary problems he has...

Housed in windowless single man cells in the confinement unit. they are allowed one hour a day for recreation. >> sometimes we come out here and say blessed. its sunny today. >> when weather permits, inmates may spend that hour outdoors although they are contained in a single man metal enclosure. >> i aint good at basketball but in africa we play soccer. today, im happy to come out here and see the sun, smile. you know. do the time you get everything off your chest. once i go back to that room. ...