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But, you know, some kind of a schedule is what keeps you focused and motivated to keep going 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 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 determin...

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. >> cats play a big part in alleviating fear and conflict at isp, even in the one part of the prison that is so ominous people dont even like to mention its real name -- death row. >> well, its called "x" row. no one knows really why they call it can "x" row. people say the "x" is towards the end of the alphabet, the end of the line. they "x" p...

Thats what i did for a hustle. guys that were having problems that were owed money and couldnt get it, theyd come to me and say, will you collect this for us? id say, yeah, but i get half. id go up there and split their wig and say, you got a week to get the money, or the next time im not going to be nice. >> 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 dre...

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. a lady was made to strip. turned out not so good. my mom passed two months before i came -- before i got locked up. i basically just -- i was -- i didnt care. i was wild. just one of those nights that we was drunk. and we just -- >> new arrivals, lik...

>> holy mackerel. >> isp is slowly going from convict to inmate. were getting a lot of younger kids in here who are not used to prison life. and theyre not used to interacting with us. >> its a bird, its a plane. no, its the bio bucket man. these new guys coming in here now, theyve got pants hanging down to their knees or they have grunge on their headset or something like that. on the phone calling mommy and daddy so they can get a nickel sack or a crack head ball or whatever theyve got going o...

>> 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 thoughts, clear our sy...

Because they love to get up high. people come by and stick their hand in and pet it. thats pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest things they have to families. paul komyatti hasnt seen his family since he first came to prison 26 years ago. hes soon to be transferred to a work release program, a transitional step to freedom. but theres a snag. >> lets go over to the office and well sit down and talk about the status of whats going on. >> anything bad or -- >> no, no, not...

Threatening her. >> i guess they put me on key-lock until they investigated the call. when they found out it wasnt true, they let me go. i dont know the person who called. they put me on key-lock for [ bleep ]. they said somebody called up here and said i threatened them. >> when they get the calls, they have to investigate it. dont sweat it. youve been on the straight and narrow and doing everything youre supposed to be doing, so keep up the good work and stay out of trouble. just dont let it g...

Where i hid the cell phone. i gave that cell phone to him. if they write me up for that its [ bleep ]. >> this book is taken because he once put a cell phone in it. he would walk around with the book all day. nobody would ever know. >> at indiana state inmates arent the only ones shaken down. to ensure the facilitys safety, correctional staff police themselves through surprise inspections of contraband or other policy violations. though other prisons conduct such inspections, isp was the first t...

Two weapons sitting there on my 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 ...