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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...

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...

Guys that have nothing to lose, and they would rather die trying to escape than to 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. iv...

>> but inside the walls of spring creek, natural beauty gives way to the harsh reality of a maximum security penitentiary. >> were at the end of the road for the state of alaska department of corrections the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those who pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. minimum, theyre in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview him, house one inmate, a...

In here. >> one of the first things i noticed walking in the yard in kentucky was something i never thought i would see in a million years on a prison yard. thats all of the cats. they were all over the place. >> nobody really berz exactly when dozens of stray cats began to adopt kentucky state prison as their home. and as our crew discovered the inmates were more than happy to adopt the cats as pets. >> pets when theyre babies, watch them grow, thats your cat. >> it was really amazing to see al...

We have behavior problem inmates, high-profile, escape risks, people that tried to escape. anytime theres something like that, they send them to brushy mountain. 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...

But lockup crews have found 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. >> nobodys family home cat could be happier than these cats in here. >> one of the first things i noticed walking in the yard in kentucky was something i never thought i would see in a million years on a prison yard. thats all of the cats. they were all over the place. >> nobody remembers exactly when d...

Fill their hearts with love and nurturing. just not for each other. >> nobodys family home cat could be happier than these cats in here. >> one of the first things i noticed walking in the yard in kentucky was something i never thought i would see in a million years on a prison yard. thats all of the cats. they were all over the place. as their home. and as our crew discovered the inmates were more than happy to adopt the cats as pets. >> pets when theyre babies, watch them grow, thats your cat....

All of these, the guys 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 have got these guys here. these cats is their kids. and, mess with one of the cats. just like messing with my kids at home. these cats is their family. thats all theyve got. >> like any...

Adopt kentucky state prison as their home. and as our crew discovered the inmates were more than happy to adopt the cats as pets. >> pets when theyre babies, watch them grow, thats your cat. >> it was really amazing to see all of these, the guys 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 c...