Maximum Security Penitentiary News Today

Romanian professor Marius Balo, released from the penitentiary after executing 8 years of prison in China, announced that he cannot return home for...

That on some yards, even at dangerous maximum security institutions, inmates have found something to fill their hearts with love and nurturing. just not for each other. >> this is my buddy. >> nobodys family home cat is i could see to be happier than these cats in here. >> one of the first things i notice walking out in the yard was something that i never thought that id see in a million years on a prison yard. and thats all of the cats. they were all over the place. >> nobody remembers exactly ...

That were in the states maximum security penitentiary, with cats. climbing all over them. they had them up on their shoulders. they were putting them constantly. and it was really interesting how the inmates had developed very, very nurturing relationships with these cats. >> we got all kinds of cats. you got these guys here, these cats is their kids. and you mess with one of the cats, i mean its just like messing with my kids at home. i mean, these cats is their family. thats all theyve got. >>...

Guys that have nothing to lose, and they would rather die trying to escape than stay here. >> brushy mountain has had a long history of attempted escapes. and i guess this would be the most maximum security penitentiary in the state. >> michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison in 1994. >> i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. ive t...

To escape than stay here. >> brushy mountain has had a long history of attempted escapes. and i guess this would be the most maximum security penitentiary in the state. >> michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison in 1994. >> i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. ive taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there....

All of these felons, the guys that were in the states maximum security penitentiary, with cats. climbing all over them. they had them up on their shoulders. they were putting them constantly. and it was really interesting how the inmates had developed very, very nurturing relationships with these cats. >> we got all kinds of cats. you got these guys here, these cats is their kids. and you mess with one of the cats, i mean its just like messing with my kids at home. i mean, these cats is their fa...

And you can raise them up, pet them, feed them. you watch them grow. thats your cat. >> its like your kid. >> it was really amazing to see all of these felons, the guys that were in the states maximum security penitentiary, with cats climbing all over them. they had them up on their shoulders. they were petting them constantly. it was really interesting how the inmates had developed very, very nurturing relationships with these cats. >> we got all kinds of cats. you got these guys here that -- t...

When our producers traveled to alaska, they quickly realized they were about to enter a prison unlike any other. >> i would argue, spring creek correctional center is probably the most beautiful prison in the united states. were located adjacent to resurrection bay. we have mountains. we have a river behind us. we have a glacier above us. the setting is just perfection. >> but inside the walls of spring creek, natural beauty gives way to the harsh reality of a maximum security penitentiary. >> w...

>> it was really amazing to see all of these felons, the guys that were in the states maximum security penitentiary, with cats. climbing all over them. they had them up on their shoulders. they were putting them constantly. and it was really interesting how the inmates had developed very, very nurturing relationships with these cats. >> we got all kinds of cats. you got these guys here, these cats is their kids. and you mess with one of the cats, i mean its just like messing with my kids at home...

To escape than stay here. >> brushy mountain has had a long history of attempted escapes. and i guess this would be the most maximum security penitentiary in the state. >> michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison in 1994. >> i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. ive taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there....