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They got a cat and they change just like that overnight. >> many isp inmates are allowed to adopt cats from a local rescue shelter. >> this is jinxster. this is my little buddy here. ive had him since 2005. because my first cat died in 2005, and they replaced him with one that looks similar to him. my first cat here was jinx. looks like he can -- as you can see, he was a large cat. he wasnt fat either. he was muscle-bound. like i said, the first cat anybody ever seen that could pull a concrete b...

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 problems all the time. they got a cat and they change just like that overnight. >> many isp i...

Sexuality sometimes because when you take a shower when its only in the teens, its like, damn, where did it go? >> the kids are more -- the inmates, the older guys are the convicts and theyre getting less and less. >> holy mackerel. >> isp is slowly going from convict to inmate. were getting a lot of younger kids in here who are not used to prison life. and theyre not used to interacting with us. >> its a bird, its a plane. no, its the bio bucket man. these new guys coming in here now, theyve go...

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. these guys will try to stab you, and, hence, the stab vest i have to wear. this is idu. this is the real deal. [ bleep ] and...

Are brought to isp have previously served time. >> ive been in this business 26 years. and ive had offenders tell me boss, ill never be back. or this is the last time im doing time. and unfortunately, theyve said it to themselves many times. but when they get out of an institutional setting like the maximum security prison that were in today, there is a true barrier in front of them. >> to cut down on the number of offenders who end up back behind bars, the state of indiana has mandated an inten...

>> well, 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 california. i stole a car and we got stopped at independence. they said i was speeding. i grew up, if you get in trouble and somebodys with you, you try and help them out. well, thats what i did. i shot a police officer. i...

Them an honest answer. if i dont have the answer ill find the answer for them. ive responded to many emergencies, fights stabbings, numerous medical emergencies, hangings. but personally me no ive never been assaulted. >> lieutenant chris st. martin was one of the first women to work at indiana state prison. an isp veteran of 16 years, she was promoted to become the first female lieutenant at the facility. >> when i came in the only place a female could work was in front of gate 3. the only othe...

Turned around, i looked and one of the hunters shot me. he missed me. so i turned around and i shot him, then i just started going around and shooting all of them. >> we meet isps most notorious inmate. ss rear legroom. jim: do you work for volkswagen? jc: what? no. i work for... the company we all work for. the place we just left. you know j.d. power ranked passat the most appealing midsize car two years in a row? i bet uh dan here wishes someone found him most appealing two years in a row. ron...

My father beat on my mother a lot, almost daily. hed get drunk and beat her up. when i was 6 years old, he was killing her. he had her on the bed, choking her out. me and my little brother were begging him -- excuse me -- me and my little brother was begging him -- i cant go on with that part. >> so just give me the rough sketch of what you want, and ill just put it down on paper. >> although the majority of prisoners at isp are older inmates, youth offenders are rapidly becoming the fastest gro...

>> mark receives psychological counseling and anger management classes. >> i strike out first, violating others instead of being violated. that seemed to get me in a lot of trouble myself. a lot of times my motive was just to get what i wanted whatever i wanted when i wanted. >> and youd do whatever you needed to do? >> do whatever i needed to do. >> im more than willing to be in all the programs that i can find out there, you know. and do whatever i have to do to be part of my familys life agai...