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He says his workout is designed to prepare him just in case he is released. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that why if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im ready for it. when you get to be my age you got the 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 every week. for some its just a short walk from a special unit at wabash for mino...

You know? >> even his handball game. >> hes got to go there. just hit a man while hes down. >> old man nothing. if i had an s right there. thats right. it means stone. >> it means sucks. >> james stone. thats it. >> stone sucks. >> hey, sir. >> coming up. >> some staff here in this unit have recommended you to release. and some havent. >> christopher trotter makes his case for returning to general population. >> nobody said kill the police or anything like that. im not in here for killing the po...

At indianas wabash valley correctional facility, inmates that have committed violent acts or otherwise 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 aint good at basketball. but in africa we play soccer. today, im hap...

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 but in africa we play soccer. today, im happy to c...

Attempted murder wont be eligible for patrol for another 25 years. he says his workout is designed to prepare him just in case he is released. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that why if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im ready for it. when you get to be my age you got the 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 every week. fo...

Were beat up and some went to 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 an...

Despised me. abandoned me emotionally, unleashed the very held 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 o...

To prepare him just in case he is released. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that why if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im ready for it. when you get to be my age you got the 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 every week. for some its just a short walk from a special unit at wabash for minors who have been convicted as ad...

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 confine mt. 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 gill more is the link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came fro...

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 confine mt. 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 ...