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The mail clerk doesnt -- i dont think she would have time to read the mail, even if she wanted to. >> this letter is from steven parker to an inmate named reese. >> kyra gyden is in charge of reading the mail at holman. she has just intercepted one of parkers unauthorized letters containing insulting language about warden colliver. >> he wrote, "colliver --" and im not gonna read all of that because its a lot of cussing in it. "hes an idiot, treats everyone like inferiors or children. i cannot s...

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>> 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, is youve got a lot of time to examine yourself, think abo...

This is the execution chamber of the holman correctional facility. in alabama, death row inmates are executed on this gurney. the sentences are always carried out at 6:00 in the evening. >> i was 16 when the crime happened. i was 18 years old when i was sentenced to death. i was charged with capital murder, which is, you know, four more deaths in one active scheme. i was sentenced to death by the jury and judge. the jury voted ten votes to two for death. i was living with my father. me and him c...

Didnt feel like i had any way out. the next time we got into a fight, as soon as i got him off of me, i started shooting. i didnt stop shooting until the gun was empty. during the fight with me and my father, my stepmother and two stepsisters were in the house. when the fight started, they ran upstairs. my friend went after them. he kicked in a bathroom door. he shot the woman, cut the little girls throat. and he found the other little girl and cut her throat. and when he come back downstairs, h...

The microphone is basically used to read the death warrant to the condemned and also to allow the condemned to make a last statement. >> prior to being arrested and going to arraignment, i didnt even know alabama had a death penalty. so, when the judge told me the sentences that i faced, i didnt think he was telling the truth. from that point on, yeah, i knew i was coming to death row. i knew i was going to death row. >> the warden stands at this point to look back into the execution chamber. th...

Gurney. the microphone is basically used to read the death warrant to the condemned and also to allow the condemned to make a last statement. >> prior to being arrested and going to arraignment, i didnt even know alabama had a death penalty. so, when the judge told me the sentences that i faced, i didnt think he was telling the truth. from that point on, yeah, i knew i was coming to death row. i knew i was going to death row. >> the warden stands at this point to look back into the execution cha...

The next time we got into a fight, as soon as i got him off of me, i started shooting. i didnt stop shooting until the gun was empty. during the fight with me and my father, my stepmother and two stepsisters were in the house. when the fighting started, they ran upstairs. my friend went after them. he kicked in a bathroom door. he shot the woman, cut the little girls throat. he found another little girl and he cut her throat. and when he come back downstairs, he told me what had happened. we dec...

Man, its messed up. it sucks. >> stateville has long been home to some of illinoiss most violent offenders. the vast majority of prisoners are in for murder or violent assault. >> its hard, man. i mean, prison aint nothing nice, you know, but it aint like its they fault, you know. you live a life of crime, this is where youre going to end up. >> stateville has housed its share of infamous criminals. john wayne gacy, convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys in the late 1970s, and richard spec...

>> 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, hoping this is the last time they have to come...