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Any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod, in my unit. ive heard and ive seen other things that hes done to other officers, just verbally abusing them and just throwing items from his food port. >> they have some machine weights there. you get to go out with a few guys you live with in your unit. like a group. you get an hour tier time, i hear, to play games, cards or just conversate with someone there. >> so they can actually recreate and congregate with other inmates. if y...

>> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. its quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only way out would be to come out toe first. >> but when i was on death row, i went to the library ...

>> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. its quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only way out would be to come out toe first. >> but when i was on death row, i went to the library ...

This level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. its quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only way out would be to come out toe first. >> but when i was on death row, i went to the library every day. every time the library was open, i was there. >> ev...

>> all level 2 inmates are within a maximum of five years from their release date. many have worked their way up through the prisons level system to earn the many privileges and opportunities they enjoy here. >> the inmates get together, and they do classes, and theres a psychologist there, and they talk about why theyre in the prison. so when they get out, theyre able to live a normal life. >> each dorm in level 2 holds 55 men who sleep side by side in bunk beds. >> make myself at home. my corn...

Hes worked very hard. >> with the time he has left in the penitentiary, sears hopes to keep moving up through the level system prior to his release. >> level 4 will be my next step. you know, and when these little opportunities come, you know, im here to take them if i can. i do worry about going out there because i worry about, am i going to be able to talk with these people properly, do i have enough knowledge or education to make it out there, am i going to be able to get a job, am i going to...

20 years. who do you know 20 years? >> your visiting hours are from 8:30 through 3:30 wednesday through fridays. youre allowed to have up to 15 visitors on your visiting days. you understand? >> yes, sir. >> after learning the rules that govern level 5, sears is transferred along with his belongings to his new tier, a place where hell have a chance to work, eat and socialize with other inmates. the level system appears to be working. >> youre always going to have the hard-core cases but from the...

Particularly mr. cantor to say, this is important for the deficit, important for economic growth and key to the american dream. >> how do republicans get a win on this? how do they get a victory? how do they overcome the tea party in the house? >> it is very difficult. they are putting difficult for amendments that are so negative. they have an amendment in the house of represent testifies to charge a tax to the farmworkers and people who actually earn very little but somehow they dont charge th...

>> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod, in my unit. ive heard and ive seen other things that hes done to other officers, just verbally abusing them and just throwing items from his food port. >> they have some machine weights there. you get to go out with a few guys you live with in your unit. like a group. you get an hour tier time, i hear, to play games, cards or just conversate with someone there. >> so they can actually recreate and cong...

He knows now that theres light at the end of the tunnel. hes worked very hard. >> with the time he has left in the penitentiary, sears hopes to keep moving up through the level system prior to his release. >> level 4 will be my next step. you know, and when these little opportunities come, you know, im here to take them if i can. i do worry about going out there because i worry about, am i going to be able to talk with these people properly, do i have enough knowledge or education to make it out...