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A lot of them in here for murder. long time, big time. you could walk down the street tomorrow and get beat up. you could get stabbed just walking down the street. its just -- it happens. >> back in the 1980s when major cabanaw patrolled isp as a correctional officer, he experienced such violence firsthand. >> ive been assaulted, yeah. i fought for my life a couple of times. we had three offenders back in the back with knives. and the only thing i had when i went back there was one of the guys i...

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 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...

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. its not purposely. its just how i am. >> its a big change. >> i want to get the hell out of here as soon as possible. i cant wait. >> gonzalez is not the only...

Ever know that. >> i worked here at isp for approximately three weeks now. it is going pretty good. it is definitely been an experience. i like it. it is different. its different. >> learning to manage the 2,200 convicts behind the walls of indiana state prison is a gradual process. so far it has gone relatively well for rookie officer michele ellis. >> today im supposed to go over to a tower, since i have not been there yet. im currently in "i" cell house and back and forth at checkpoint four. ...

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 inspections. though other prisons conduct such inspections, isp was the first to allow our cameras to cover one. >> this morning we conducted a surprise staff shake down. th...

Participate in the program, he remains in lockup. >> spending hours on end in a small cell is an ongoing complaint of inmates at isp. especially in cell house 220 or the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. heres where we house the disciplinary detention inmates that couldnt be handled at another institution or couldnt be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> brian murray is serving a ten-year sentence for ...

>> 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...

>> 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 californ. 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. thats what i did. a shot a police officer. i was convicted...

>> monagan now tutors other inmates. >> if that person youre trying to teach does not want to learn, hes stubborn, he stonewalls, thats when guys like me come into play because i was stubborn and stonewalled. i know what it feels like. im willing to endure all those hardships that it takes just to help you get your ged or whatever it is that youre trying to get, if youre trying to bring your grades up, thats what im here for. anything less than that, you can keep the change. up next -- >> with...

To one year in idu, the maximum amount of time. a fight went down in my cell house and i was accused of being involved with it. the individual needed to be taken to an outside hospital and because of that, i was sent up here. im not disappointed in anything ive done. ive made the decisions that ive made, you know, were caged like animals for 23 hours a day. were given food thats of poor quality. there isnt enough of it to keep us full in between meals. and thats just how we live our lives. up ...