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That. i would also be remiss to not identify the folks that were able to do what they have done at a tremendous cost to themselves and to their families over the course of these last several months. isp detective kevin goetz, detective darren odier, lead examiner chris cecil, investigative analyst brandy st. clair, analyst julie zorger, certainly steve debroda who youll hear from and as i previously mentioned, our incredible, incredible partners with the fbi, and indiana metropolitan police depa...

To one year in idu, the maximum amount of time. >> a fight went down within my cell house and i was accused of being involved with it. an 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 animal 23s hours a day. were giving 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 n...

Substance abuse, i went through some anger management training. and i decided what i wanted for myself. >> ricky collins appears confident -- until it comes to the subject of his incarceration. >> oh, yes, i was incarcerated for armed robbery, i was -- about five years. yes. >> and where are you incarcerate incarcerated? >> i was incarcerated in several little joints throughout indiana, you know? >> the biggest problem is they tend to look down a lot. and i tell them whatever you did, whatever c...

Years and ive had offenders tell me "boss, ill never be back." or "this is the last time im doing time." and theyve said it to themselves many times. >> how isp tries to cut down on repeat offenders. >> what did you do in prison to repair you for your release? they settle claims quickly which saves money. they drive an all-hybrid claims fleet which saves money. they were born online, and built to save money, which means when they save you save. click or call. caring for someone with alzheimers m...

You have windows like on the street. its a state of mind. you look at the bars 24/7 and you cant never get away from the fact that youre locked up. its a lot better. you have a lot more freedom of movement. the reality is im going to die in here and once i come to realize that i slowed down on the things that i was doing. i tried not to dwell on whats on the other side of the walls because if i do, i get to thinking about my freedom. >> we need to know today that change is possible. >> thats rig...

On these circumstances allows me to speak to things in a way that others cannot. >> i need to know when i get out on main street god will be out there with me. >> amen. >> i need to know. >> the men tell me that they come here because they have found hope. the church continues to grow because it does offer real hope to those who live in a hopeless kind of negative destructive environment. its an oasis for men who live in a desert. >> ed buss has unplemented a number of changes in the prison incl...

>> monegan now tutors other inmates. >> if that person that youre trying to teach does not want to learn, hes stubborn, he stone walls, then thats when guys like me come into the play. because was stubborn and stone wall will so i know what it feels like and im willing 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...

Death row at isp but many of them could be put to death there. >> the death penalty was reinstated in indiana in 1977. nearly two dozen men are houses on isps death row. >> how are you doing? let me know if you need anything. >> when we get this perceptions but that these guys are total monsters but there is a chance that every individual can in the heat of the moment do something that theyre not proud of and regret very much. ultimately i think the worst thing you have to deal with is you get u...

Im doing time. and, unfortunately, theyve said it to themselves many times. >> how isp tries to cut down on repeat offenders. >> and what did you do in prison to prepare you for your release?

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 offenders housed here are housed here for taking the life of another human being. >> w...