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Committed to his prison job, which today will take him to the fifth floor of "i" cell house. the intensive detention unit. the most dreaded cell block at isp. >> theres currently about 99 people, thats our maximum capacity, here on idu. and you can hear -- this is what its like pretty much every day. youve got -- you walk out pretty much with a lot of headaches every day. this is like prison within prison. someone is going to try to gun you down. these guys are going to get combative with you. t...

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, was getting moved out. someb...

>> 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 cutter at isp whos under stress. after less than a week of living in a general population dorm, john philbeck ran into a probl...

[ bleep ] brother just got hit with a seven-inch shank. that book that they just took, 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 othe...

They go to work. they stay out of trouble. >> been in prison for 24 years now. 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...

Advised. im surrounded every day by murderers, rapists, child murderers, rapists, child molesters, 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 pro...

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...

Of calling somebody outside the prison on a cell phone and 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 u...

>> 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...

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 guess thats why they call it "x" row. >> well, the cat program has...