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>> like stone, inmate christopher trotter has been behind bars since the mid 1980s. >> i came into prison to serve a four-year prison sentence for petty theft. i came in with four years and ended up with 142 years. thats what could happen in prison if you make the wrong choice. it has consequences. >> the wrong choice trotter refers to was being one of the instigators of a 1985 riot at another indiana prison. seven corrections officers were stabbed. two others and a counselor were held hostage f...

Theres no hard labor here. and makes it sort of hard to keeping yourself in shape. you see a lot of guys thats been here after two or three or more years and they get that couch potato look on them, you know, hang gut and all that there sagging everywhere. me? i like to try to keep myself in shape. >> at indianas maximum security wabash valley correctional facility most inmates work out either on the outside recreation yard or inside on weight machines. but not james stone. >> i got 16 workouts ...

Here. i dont think anybody wants to stay here. i got plans, i got goals and im looking to get out and go for them. >> but folsoms goals are dependent on his ability to stay out of trouble, which in prison isnt always easy. >> i stay reserved no matter what. i mean you never want to put yourself on the line, because you know when something hits the fan then youre left out to dry. you know, youre just hanging there. i mean these people they dont care nothing about you. >> there is one inmate whose...

State prison. >> its a glamour job but somebodys got to do it. >> when stone first came to prison he was an admitted thug, who fought frequently. >> where you going, big buddy? >> but the james stone we met considered himself a changed man, thanks to indiana state prisons cat adoption program. >> hes my little buddy. i depend on im. hes more dependable than anything i got in here. i mean, he takes a lot of the anger and temper away. makes it easier to cope in here. >> stone has been at wabash fo...

Here so i couldnt bring him with me. and that was a big -- a big heartbreak separation there, you know. because i raised the little -- the little sucker. >> just before his transfer stone gave jinkster to another inmate. >> it brought a tear to my eye. i did like an indian commercial, you know, the tear coming out. i didnt want to let go of my little buddy. >> but at wabash stone has found another animal to take under his wing. >> i got a little bunny buddy out back. ill watch him sometimes thro...

>> its a glamour job but somebodys got to do it. >> when stone first came to prison he was an admitted thug, who fought frequently. >> where you going, big buddy? >> but the james stone we met considered himself a changed man, thanks to indiana state prisons cat adoption program. >> hes my little buddy. i depend on im. hes more dependable than anything i got in here. i mean, he takes a lot of the anger and temper away. makes it easier to cope in here. >> stone has been at wabash for a year and a...

Because i dont want to stay here. i dont think anybody wants to stay here. i got plans, i got goals and im looking to get out and go for them. >> but folsoms goals are dependent on his ability to stay out of trouble, which in prison isnt always easy. >> i stay reserved no matter what. i mean you never want to put yourself on the line, because you know when something hits the fan then youre left out to dry. you know, youre just hanging there. i mean these people they dont care nothing about you. ...

>> weve also given one of our cameras to the inmates to tell their own stories. >> hello, everybody! its me, the stone. >> and one of them turns out to be a very familiar face. >> going to stoney land. >> oh, no! >> how in the world are you going to deal with the bunch of punks coming up and challenging you? >> sticks and stones may break my bones but words should never hurt me. on the western edge of southern indiana is the wabash valley town of carlisle where main street conjures images of a...

Theres no hard labor here. and makes it sort of hard to keeping yourself in shape. you see a lot of guys thats been here after two or three or more years and they get that couch potato look on them, you know, hang gut and all that there sagging everywhere. me? i like to try to keep myself in shape. >> at indianas maximum security wabash valley correctional facility most inmates work out either on the outside recreation yard or inside on weight machines. but not james stone. >> i got 16 workouts ...

>> we first met stone three years earlier during our extended stay shoot at indiana state prison. >> its a glamour job but somebodys got to do it. >> when stone first came to prison he was an admitted thug, who fought frequently. >> where you going, big buddy? >> but the james stone we met considered himself a changed man, thanks to indiana state prisons cat adoption program. >> hes my little buddy. i depend on im. hes more dependable than anything i got in here. i mean, he takes a lot of the an...