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Myself. >> but some inmates act on anger by lashing out on others. >> inside, inside, close the door. >> an assault has just occurred inside "f" dorm. the victims are isp staff members robert taylo -- >> [ bleep ]. >> -- and james cadwell. >> a man was getting moved out to get fired from his job, was getting moved out. somebody blamed him for that. we were getting ready to leave and he jumped him. i tried breaking it up and got hit, too. >> you okay, jimmy? >> yeah, im fine. >> nitro? >> i put o...

So thats what you do. >> welcome to isp, meditation section. >> darren bailey, an inmate with a violent past, is hoping to find focus and motivation through meditation. >> now, this is a meditation called releasing of the mind. >> bailey was recently transferred from the prisons intensive detention unit to the residential treatment unit because the psychological staff believe he is an inmate determined to change his disruptive behavior. >> we all need to meditate, just clear our mind, clear our ...

Money there, or im not going to be nice the next time i come back. >> over the years, stone has grown less violent and more committed to his prison job, which today will take him to the fifth floor of "i" cell house. the intensive detention unit. the most dreaded cell block at isp. >> theres currently about 99 people, thats our max capacity, here on idu. and you can hear -- this is what its like pretty much every day. you got -- you walk out pretty much with a lot of headaches every day. >> this...

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 lashing out on others. >> inside, inside, close the door. >> an assault has just occurred inside "f" dorm. the victims are isp staff members robert taylo -- >> [ bleep ]. >> -- and james cadwell. >> a man was getting moved out to get fired from his job, was getting moved out. somebody blamed him for that. we were getting ready to leave and he jumped him. ...

Desk? >> look, ive already been beat up once today. >> yeah. >> i heard people talk about killing somebody when the doors come open. i come out to defend myself. im not dying in here. >> i can understand that. >> if its between him and me, im sorry about his [ bleep ] luck. thats what happened. thats all there is to it. i didnt -- thats -- >> was it the same guy that made the comment? >> im not going to build a case for you. >> at this time, were going to end the statement. >> 2,200 people in he...

They have jobs. they go to work. they stay out of trouble. >> been in prison for 24 years now. when i first came to prison, i didnt have much to lose or anything because the time they gave me was more or less a death sentence anyway. back in the old days, wintertime came around, those windows were bolted open. the heat was shut off. everyone stayed in shop because theyd jog in place and do push-ups or whatever just to stay warm. now these guys have hot water in the showers. didnt have it back th...

Just like that overnight. >> many isp inmates are allowed to adopt cats from a local rescue shelter. >> this is jinxter, my buddy. ive had him since 2005. my first cat died in 2005. they replaced him with one that looked similar to him. my first cat here was jinx. which like, as you can see, he was a large cat. he wasnt fat, either. he was musclebound. like i said, the first cat anybody ever seen that could pull a concrete block. not no brick, a block across the ground. >> thats how me and stone...

But you know, you cant say that. because they didnt put me on death row because they wanted to do anything else but kill me. up next -- >> ive been in this business 26 years and ive had offenders tell me, boss, ill never be back, or this is the last time im doing time. and, unfortunately, theyve said it to themselves many times. >> how isp tries to cut down on repeat offenders. >> and what did you do in prison to prepare you for your release?

Sentences. jack nutter is isps longest serving inmate. >> this is a picture of me at 18 when i first came in. i was sitting down on death row. >> nutter is serving a life sentence for the murder of a deputy sheriff. >> i hate it. i was young and i lost all that time. in january of 56, me and four other kids were all going to california. i stole a car and we got stopped in independence. they said i was speeding. i grew up, if you get in trouble and somebodys with you, you try and help them out. t...

>> holmes eventually earned the right to live in one of the prisons minimum security dormitories. >> in here, you look around, youll find no bars. you have windows like on the street. its a state of mind. you look at the bars 24/7 and you cant never get away from the fact that youre locked up. its a lot better. you have a lot more freedom of movement. the reality is im going to die in here and once i come to realize that i slowed down on the things that i was doing. i tried not to dwell on whats...