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>> one of the few i talk to, i call him stone. he has been down a long time. if you look at his record that is not someone who wants to stay out of trouble you would want to hang around with. but i mean really the guys that have been in trouble before that have been down 20 or 30 years they came in at my age. they took the wrong path at that time and they dont want to see me take the wrong path so theyre guiding me the right way. >> going to stoneyland. >> taking you to stoneyland. >> look at th...

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 ...

>> its a glamor 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 him. 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...

>> 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...

Stone has developed a workout routine he can do inside his cell. >> water bottles. all water bottles. getting it closed is the problem. one set of everything every day until i burn out. i dont do a certain amount. i do them till i cant do them no more. and i record how many i do of each thing each day. then the next day my goal is to do one more better than what i did the day before. you cant get it out there at rec. theres too many people out there in that little closed area and the weights out...

Out of trouble for this many years. 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 peopl...

Wont be long ill have him on some watermelon hooch. >> 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 sta...

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 advice folsom values. >> one of the few i talk...

>> 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 half ago now. >> i talk to guys that come in her...

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 ...