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Have fell all the way to the floor. >> we have four holding cells that are here on death watch. we have staff that work back here on 12-hour shifts when we activate this. staff are trained to work in this environment. and theyre all volunteers. >> you know its serious business, of course. everything is very clinical and methodical. and, of course, as each hour goes by, you get closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gu...

28-year-old ben richie was here for having shot and killed a police officer. >> this aint no joke. they execute people here, and if you dont work on your case on death row theyll march your ass over there and strap you to that table and murder you. on death row our cells are a little bigger than populations, but id rather have one of them smaller cells. [ bleep ], id rather go home. >> richie recalled the last time he watched a fellow inmate leave death row for the execution chamber. >> his time...

Indiana state prison is the only facility in the state with an execution chamber. not every inmate facing the death penalty in indiana is on death row at isp, but many of them could be put to death there. the death penalty was reinstated in indiana in 1977, nearly two dozen men are housed on isps death row. >> how are you doing? okay. let me know if you need anything. >> we get this perception that these guys are total monsters but there is a chance that every individual can, in the heat of the ...

>> look up. i havent seen you in a while. >> i want him to be here and i dont want him to be here. i want him to learn his lesson while hes here so he knows right from wrong and knows what to do and what not to do at the right time so that he wont do it again. >> i want to let him know that we love him no matter what, but make it easier on us when we come up here. >> if bonds maintains a clean record for one year, he can petition to get his contact visits restored. >> im praying and hoping, hopi...

The most recent execution in the chair occurred in 1997. >> on one date in 1929, there were seven inmates executed in one night, utilizing this chair and facility. >> kentucky state penitentiary has the only death-row facility in the state. today, there are nearly 40 men whose cells are a stones throw from the execution chamber. one of them is randy haight. >> this is no way to spend your life. one thing about being in prison and being on death row, especially, because theres so much idle time, ...

Today, there are nearly 40 men whose cells are a stones throw from the execution chamber. one of them is randy haight. >> this is no way to spend your life. one thing about being in prison and being on death row, especially, because theres so much idle time, is youve got a lot of time to examine yourself, think about the things that youve done, think about the opportunities you had in life and squandered them. >> haight ended up here after he escaped from another jail and robbed and killed two p...

When they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the states that actually still has an electric chair. and i had asked the warden, you know, i want to make sure we get a shot of the electric chair. so we go the end of the corridor in 3 cell house where they keep the execution chamber. and i remember he opened the door, and there was old sparky. and it was unforgettable. >> this is the electric chair, which is maintained by the kentucky state penitentiary in order to complete executions by...

Incarcerated. >> i have a hope that one day that i can be out of prison, you know. even though that hope might be small. i know that what i done was wrong. i deserve to be where im at. ive accepted whatever might come. >> what the future holds for haight is not yet certain. his case is still on appeal. but one day, he might take the same walk our "lockup" crew took when they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the states that actually still has an electric chair. and i had asked the wa...

After being investigated on a similar matter. updating a story now we had earlier, the u.s. supreme court has denied a stay of execution for georgia inmate warren lee hill. he still has one more avenue of appeal, the 11 circuit court. but hill accepted the sedative given before the walk to execution chamber. new budget plan from simpson-bowles. how it fits in with the looming sequester. we will talk about it all with the fox all-stars when we return. great, everybody made it. we all work remotel...

Maximum security facility. until its torn down, statevilles death chamber remains fully operational as an emergency backup system. with such a high concentration of violent criminals in the prison population, it was only natural that the violence would continue within the walls of stateville. over the years, a number of incidents occurred that still reverberate among the old-timers today. >> in the old days we had quite a bit of violence here. you got up in the morning, youd take a couple of mag...