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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...

Down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. im not going to hurt their cat. thats the basic thing. because in here, cats like their buddies. you can get in worse trouble hurting somebodys cat than you can hurting an inmate. >> while maymon doesnt have a cat of his own, he keeps his cell cat-friendly in case the need for a sitter arises. >> this is a cat bed because they love to get up high. people come by and stick their hand in and pet it. thats pretty much it. >> for som...

Outside isp, he has been in prison since 1983. but for the past several weeks, he has been transitioning to freedom at a department of correction work release center. >> ive been here a little over a month. the anxiety level was a little frustrating because i wasnt allowed to leave the center initially. thats a normal process. but at the same time, i just wanted to get out and take that first step on the sidewalk. to see the traffic lights, to have the cars going behind me. >> the best news for ...

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 to allow our cameras to cover one. >> this morning we conduc...

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 much. ultimately the worst thing i think they have to deal with is that you get up one morning knowing that you have only 12, 18 hours to live. that...

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 my retirement pending, i was in jail for having taken someones life...

Willard lucas has spent 29 years at isp. >> im in here for kidnap/murder. i caught a guy in bed with my old lady and i blowed my top. and i kind of hurt him. ive got to be here until i die. i got double life and i got to stay here until i die. and hopefully i can stay right here where im at. but theres a lot of us in here doing multiple life that wont ever get out. and im one of them. >> open table. >> open table. 11 in the corner. >> calvin holmes has been in prison for 25 years. >> i have a to...

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 need to come out of "d." you need to come out of "d," but im so wild i felt like just comi...

As well as extra mechanical restraints. the i.v. team will then insert i.v.s into the offenders arm. the final words are audio recorded and written down. if theres no last-second appeals, the offender is then advised that the execution is to commence shortly. he is told to look over and acknowledge his witnesses. after hes done that, the order for the execution to commence begins. >> denial is rife in the death penalty. i dont think, my mother especially, ever thought that i would be executed. b...

I got double life and ive got to stay here until i die. >> i dont know how you feel about it, but im ready to receive something from god. >> with my retirement pending, i was in jail for having taken someones life. >> the day of an execution, the entire facility goes on lockdown. if theres no last-second appeal, the offender is then advised the execution is to commence shortly. >> denial is rife in the death penalty. i dont think my mother especially ever thought that i would be executed. the ...