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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. >> yeah. >> 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 here for different things. ...

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 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,...

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 shape 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 then. you have to think about sexuality sometimes because when you take a shower when its only i...

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 x row. people say the "x" is towards the end of the alphabet, the end of the line. they "x" people out, extinguish life over here. i gu...

Im surrounded every day by murderers, rapists, child mo les tors cannibals, serial killers, the worst of mankind. but me and the men in here are -- hard to believe -- pretty decent guys. >> the old-school convicts and the younger less disciplined inmates at indiana state prison usually keep a distance between themselves. but another segment of the prison population roams wherever and with whomever they choose. >> weve got guys in here that used to cause us problems all the time. they got a cat a...

Lot, almost daily. hed get drunk and beat her up. when i was 6 years old, he had her on the bed, choking her. me and my little brother were begging him -- excuse me -- me and my little brother was begging him -- i cant go on with that part. >> just give me the rough sketch of what you want and ill put it down on paper. >> although the majority of prisoners at isp are older inmates, youth offenders are rapidly becoming the fastest growing population. >> how old are you? >> 23. ive got a five-year...

Im more than willing to be in all the programs that i can find out there, you know, and do whatever i have to do to be part of my familys life. and make up for the wrong that i done. >> prison saved my life. i hate to say that but prison saved my life. how are you doing today, ken? >> joseph is serving a 60-year sentence for a murder he committed as a teenager. when he entered isp, he wound up in "d" cell house, a housing unit with a tough reputation. >> all right. everybody kept telling me, you...

>> reginald smith, a convicted robber, was recently released from another maximum security facility for crimes that include felony possession of a firearm and conspiracy to escape. he will spend the next 16 months at indiana state. >> sad to say i was out only nine months and i was only out nine months. dirty drops, i mean drugs, and this is where i find myself, back in another maximum security facility again. >> smith is not alone. a large number of inmates who are brought to isp have previousl...

There. the death penalty was reinstated in indiana in 1977, nearly two dozen men are housed on isps death row. >> how are you doing? okay. let me know if you need anything. >> we get this perception that these guys are total monsters but there is a chance that every individual can, in the heat of the moment, do something theyre not proud of and regret very knowing that you have only 12, thats an awesome thing to have than most, measuring about 10 but this section of the prison operates like a se...

Philosophies are trying to make this a place where history wont repeat itself. fortressed behind a 40-foot-high wall that stretches a mile long is a highly secure city known as indiana state prison. originally built to hold prisoners during the civil war, isp has a history of housing some of the states most serious criminals. nearly 2,000 maximum security inmates spend their days behind these century old walls. >> the number one charge at this facility is murder. approximately 70% of the offende...