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This is my -- this is where i live. >> bailey is also allowed out of his cell once a day for an hour of recreation in an enclosed yard. >> you know, why is it important to keep someone like this segregated? he seems to be a sociable kind of guy. >> a lot of sociopaths are. a lot of joccos problems are substance abuse related. that leads to other problems, such as violence in the institution. thats why he is where he is. its not like he hasnt been in the open population. he has been, but he hasnt...

>> this is my la-z-boy. my chair. sitting in the cell for years and years and years will mess your back up because these steel beds and through the years people jump up and down on them, so it makes them uneven and gives you back problems for the rest of your life. and thats it. this is my home. this is my -- this is where i live. >> bailey is also allowed out of his cell once a day for an hour of recreation in an enclosed yard. >> why is it important to keep someone like this segregated? he see...

>> one of the most intense things our "lockup" field crew encounters when they go inside a maximum security prison is conducting interviews with murderers, sitting five, six feet away from a very violent offender. but more often than not, they leave those conversations feeling like they just talked to somebody thats just a normal, everyday guy. >> when our crew went behind the 40-foot walls of indiana state prison, they had ample opportunity to meet killers among the 2,000 inmates that are incar...

There are reports of avalanches in the mt. everest region. the quake was felt as far away as lapor, pakistan. a magnitude 7.9 quake has hit the city of kathmandu. the quake has given us extensive damage in the area. now its back to "lockup." >> one of those offenders is jocco bailey. at age 16 he received a 40-year sentence for murder. >> i was selling marijuana. two older guys wanted to buy some weed. when they seen i was young, i guess they figured they could take the weed. they figured wrong ...

>> but bailey says theres a practical side to his behavior. >> prison is a delicate balance. some guys here are never going home. and for those of us who are, if we lose our edge one bit, then, like wolves, your own could turn on you, right? being in this environment, ive had to become and to be a predator in order to avoid being prey. >> finding appropriate housing for convicted killers who have continued their violent ways behind bars is always a challenge. a fact dramatically illustrated duri...

Live. >> bailey is also allowed out of his cell once a day for an hour of recreation in an enclosed yard. >> you know, why is it important to keep someone like this segregated? he seems to be a really sociable guy. >> a lot of sociopaths are. a lot of joccos problems are substance abuse related. that leads to other problems, such as violence in the institution. thats why he is where he is. it isnt like he hasnt been in the open population, he has been, but he hasnt been successful. >> ive stabbe...

The troublemakers. >> bailey seemed more interested in creature comforts than violence. >> this is my la-z-boy. my chair. sitting in the cell for years and years and years will mess your back up because these steel beds and through the years people jump up and down on them, so it makes them uneven and gives you back problems for the rest of your life. and thats it. this is my home. this is my -- this is where i live. >> bailey is also allowed out of his cell once a day for an hour of recreation ...

It isnt like he hasnt been in the open population, he has been, but he hasnt been successful. >> ive stabbed offenders for snitching. ive had illicit drug activity, ive organized gang group demonstrations. ive been incorrigible and been an all-around troublemaker for most of my years here at the prison. >> but bailey says theres a practical side to his behavior. >> in prison theres a delicate balance because some guys here are never going home. and for those of us who are, if we lose our edge on...

>> bailey seemed more interested in creature comforts than violence. >> this is my la-z-boy. my chair. sitting in the cell for years and years and years will mess your back up because these steel beds and through the years people jump up and down on them, so it makes them uneven and gives you back problems for the rest of your life. and thats it. this is my home. this is my -- this is where i live. >> bailey is also allowed out of his cell once a day for an hour of recreation in an enclosed yard...

Sentence for murder. >> i was selling marijuana. two older guys wanted to buy some weed. when they seen i was young, i guess they figured they could take the weed. they figured wrong. because i was carrying a weapon. it was a gunfight. one of the guys ended up dead, the other ended up wounded. and i ended up in prison, to my regret and my familys regret and the person thats deads regret. >> when we met him, bailey had been in prison at indiana state for 17 years and spent more than 11 of them co...