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The thing is, once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. does the same hold true, once a cutter, always a cutter? can you stop and then go back to it again? >> i dont think its possible. i dont think ill ever be able to stop cutting myself. being in prison and having a mental illness is not for everybody. some people cant handle it. you just got to -- me, i just try to learn the best way i can cope with it without hurting someone else. thats a lot of time when i cut myself. i get mad and angry and ...

I cant do nothing about it. i cant get mad at them for doing their job. but its an inconvenience over some nonsense that i aint got nothing to do with. so, it is what it is. >> bonds vowed to his family that he will stay out of trouble is holding up. as for paul komyattis new life outside isp, he has been in prison since 1983. but for the past several weeks, he has been transitioning to freedom at a department of correction work release center. >> ive been here a little over a month. the anxiety...

Fights theyve been in, at one time or another, every inmate experiences fear. and no one knows fear like an inmate on his first day behind the walls. >> this is my first day here in michigan city, isp. when i came in, i saw the wall, of course. and that was kind of intimidating. basically, we took guns, went into peoples houses. a lot of bad stuff happened during the robbery. a lady was shot multiple times with a pellet gun. lady was made to strip. turned out not so good. my mom passed two month...

Cutter, always a cutter? can you stop and then go back to it again? >> i dont think its possible. i dont think ill ever be able to stop cutting myself. being in prison and having a mental illness is not for everybody. some people cant handle it. you just got to -- me, i just try to learn the best way i can cope with it without hurting someone else. thats a lot of time when i cut myself. i get mad and angry and want to hurt something, ill turn on myself. >> but some inmates act on anger by lashin...

Here at night, he will get an ankle or two. he loves to get the moths and the butterflies. he goes all over this institution. >> but hill never worries about her well-being. >> nobody is going to do anything to her. i wouldnt even -- if somebody hurt her, i wouldnt even have a chance to get to them. >> why? >> because somebody else would handle it before i got a chance to. you know, everybody loves this cat. if you dont like this cat and this cat dont like you, you got some serious issues. >> ca...

Either hanging yourself or going crazy. so i dont do that. i keep a normal routine. i exercise. i read. i write. i watch a little bit of tv. i do some other things. thats what the day is in here. the same, you know, pretty well day after day, boredom and monotony. but, you know, some kind of a schedule is what keeps you focused and motivated to go on, so thats what you do. >> welcome to isp, meditation section. >> darren bailey, an inmate with a violent past, is hoping to find focus and motivati...

>> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. im not going to hurt their cat. thats the basic thing. because in here, cats -- like their buddies. you can get in worse trouble hurting somebodys cat than you can hurting an inmate. >> while maymon doesnt have a cat of his own, he keeps his cell cat-friendly in case the need for a sitter arrives. >> this is a cat bed. because they love to get up high. people come by and stick their hand in and pet...

>> yeah. friday is my out day. i want to hurry up and make it out there before i do end up doing something stupid knowing i will regret it later on down the line. >> i was getting a little worried about you. the closer it gets to your date, the more worked up you seem to be getting. >> im glad you noticed that. im nervous, man. dont get me wrong. im really happy to be out there with my family again. you know? im not trying to get in trouble to purposely stay here. thats not what this is about. i...

Texas isp booming. florida is doing well, tennessee. louisiana wants to join the states to get more job and higher income jobs. bill: bobby jindal wants to get in on the action? >> yeah. bill: what is the effect when states cut taxes like that, from a financial perspective. >> from a financial perspective it is great. art laffer does a lot of studies that show it does well for the states. when you cut personal and corporate tax you have incentive for corporations to come into the state. if more ...

Masterminded the escape of 11 members of his gang. its been through changes over the years, but its still a prison with old school bars and old school convicts who dont want to be mistaken for inmates. >> convicts treat you the way you treat them. treat them with respect, they treat you with respect. inmates are the guys who talk bad about you, yell at you, swear at you. no matter how you treat them. treat them with respect and you dont get anything like that in return. isp is slowly going from ...