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Murderers, rapists, child molesters, cannibals, serial killers, and the worst of the ilk, man kind. 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, around they ch...

>> 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 here for different things. 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 str...

Hope of getting out. >> i got double life, and i got to stay here until i die, and hopefully, i can stay right where im at. i been on this chair 26 years. hopefully i wont be there another 26, but theres a lot of us in here doing multiple life that wont never get out. and im one of them. >> we came to find out that inmate barbers here are not unlike small town barbers. theyre popular and well-liked. they even cut staffs hair. so when lucas died during the course of our second visit to isp, it wa...

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 cutter at isp whos under stress. after less than a week of living in a general population dorm, john philbeck ran into a problem with another inmate and was moved back to the residential treatment unit. when he got there, m...

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...

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,...

Thats a lot of time when i cut myself. i get mad and angry and want to lash out and 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...

And a divorce, child custody and visitation. and i was into methamphetamine pretty heavy at the time. and one thing led to another. and here i sit. >> at the time we met him, wrinkles appeals were nearly exhausted. >> i dont deal in hope. when youre on death row, you dont deal in hope. if you dwell on it, you end up 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 da...

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 guess thats why they call it "x" row. >> well, the cat program has proven to be a very helpful program. when we expanded it to include our death row inmates, we do know that that ...

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 cutter at isp whos under stress. after less than a week of living in a general population dorm, john philbeck ran into a problem with another inmate and was moved back to t...