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Today on a yard maximum security facility we caught up with an officer beginning his shift with one of three standard cell searches. >> every day. looking for contraband, stuff theyre not supposed to have. razors, they break them apart. an awful lot in the cell. piece a metal. just sharpen that. cant tell what it came out of, but she sharpened that, that would make a good shank. make a couple weapons out of that.

From a federal penitentiary, and a massive manhunt is on to capture him. the fugitive, richard lee mcnair, is a dangerous criminal, a highly intelligent martial arts expert whos escaped from two other prisons in the past before being recaptured. this time, he hides in a mail truck. hes the first prisoner to escape from a federal maximum security facility in nearly 15 years. hours after mcnairs discovered missing, an officer with the ball police department sees a man running on the railroad track...

Pollock, louisiana, april 5th, 2006. a convicted murderer escapes from a federal penitentiary, and a massive manhunt is on to capture him. the fugitive, richard lee mcnair, is a dangerous criminal, a highly intelligent martial arts expert whos escaped from two other prisons in the past before being recaptured. this time, he hides in a mail truck. hes the first prisoner to escape from a federal maximum security facility in nearly 15 years. hours after mcnairs discovered missing, an officer with t...

After two, three days, we get the clothes back washed and cleaned. so he didnt make any crime. >> and even though belgium has one of the worlds lowest crime rates, we met our share of murderers there as well. but shawn schaeffers interview was one of the more unusual ones we conducted. we met him in the segregation unit of prison haselt, a maximum security facility. >> on 30 december, i killed my wife. >> okay. why and how? >> i killed her with a big knife. >> why? >> because i had no gun with m...

Inmates have been dreaming up ways to smuggle in contraband since 1988. >> there is drugs in prison, obviously. >> whether in the form of drugs. >> its usually like this. >> or weapons. >> looks like its made of aluminum. >> piece of stainless steel here. >> off a food court. >> always a race against time for the officer to find the contraband. >> look at that. before its too late. during the months our crew spent inside corcoran we witnessed our fair share of searches. today on a yard maximum s...

Here or drugs. they can light it off of that. >> disciplinary action is given to the inmates that are caught with illegal items. >> what well do is like these guys that have razor blades on their bunk, ask them about it, yeah, it was mine. okay. we write an incident form out and we send them to our adjustment center down in the 900 building. >> for 37-year-old inmate terry scranton the dorm search is just part of being a prisoner. >> well, actually, it dont feel too well because nobody likes peo...

Gacy was executed by lethal injection in 1994. the last execution to occur at stateville took place in 1998. since then, all illinois state executions occur in a different maximum security facility. with such a high concentration of violent criminals in the prison population, it was only natural that the violence would continue within the walls of stateville. over the years, a number of incidents occurred that still reverberate among the old-timers today. >> in the old days we had quite a bit of...

Gacy was executed by lethal injection in 1994. the last execution to occur at stateville took place in 1998. since then, all illinois state executions occur in a different maximum security facility. until its torn down, statevilles death chamber remains fully operational as an emergency backup system. with such a high concentration of violent criminals in the prison population, it was only natural that the violence would continue within the walls of stateville. over the years, a number of incide...

2006. a convicted murderer escapes from a federal penitentiary, and a massive manhunt is on to capture him. the fugitive, richard lee mcnair, is a dangerous criminal, a highly intelligent martial arts expert whos escaped from two other prisons in the past before being recaptured. this time, he hides in a mail truck. hes the first prisoner to escape from a federal maximum security facility in nearly 15 years. hours after mcnairs discovered missing, an officer with the ball police department sees ...

Encounter to believe it. listen closely and you be the judge. pollock, louisiana, april 5th, 2006. a convicted murderer escapes from a federal penitentiary, and a massive manhunt is on to capture him. the fugitive, richard lee mcnair, is a dangerous criminal, a highly intelligent martial arts expert whos escaped from two other prisons in the past before being recaptured. this time, he hides in a mail truck. hes the first prisoner to escape from a federal maximum security facility in nearly 15 ye...