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>> this is no way to spend your life. >> in medieval times, law breakers were punished in unspeakably cruel ways, so perhaps it was no accident that the architect who designed the kentucky state penitentiary more than a century ago, built a structure that resembles a castle where dungeons might have served as torture chambers. for even the most hardened criminals in kentucky today, the first sight of the prison can be overwhelming. during the next hour, well take you inside kentuckys maximum sec...

Its the sounds, the movements, the keys that rattle. the silence at night. the yells, the screams. you watch horror movies? this is a horror movie right here, and we live it every day. >> many of the inmates at folsom are serving time for violent crimes. over 700 are serving life sentences for murder. due to the hazards presented by its archaic design, folsom no longer qualifies as a level 4 maximum security prison. therefore, its been downgraded to a level two medium security facility. >> a lev...

Convicted as adults. the adult maximum security prison. miles folsom has been in the youth unit for the past two years. but today is his 18th birthday. and his first day in the big house. he is serving 36 years for armed robbery, criminal confinement and burglary. >> its a little nerve-racking. you dont know anybody. its a lot of bigger of a side you know. most of the people in here are my fathers age, you know. i never thought in my wildest dreams i would ever come to prison. never thought abou...

>> [ bleep ]. >> get off. get off. do what you got to do, punk. get off, punk. get off me now. get your [ bleep ] hands off me. get your [ bleep ] hands off me. >> i just think its a heck of a waste for somebody that bright to be living your life being entertained in a prison. >> scanvinski hymes is no stranger to lockup. our producers first met him seven years ago inside pelican bay, californias toughest maximum security prison. >> i dont care if you the peace officer, if you are the governor, ...

As they can, but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? why are we doing this? i mean weve got a whole bunch of individuals who have been tried who are currently in maximum security prison -gs around the country. nothing has happened to them. justice has been served. its been done in a way that is consistent with our constitution, consistent with due process, consistent with rule of law, consistent with your traditions. the individual who attempted to bomb times squar...

>> no, you can never blame other people for your behavior. you dont think there is anything wrong with the way you behave or the way you handle stress and anger? then youre in the wrong class, because you first have to say, yes, i have a problem and stop blaming other people for what you have done. thats a huge problem in here. >> percy obviously believed violence was a necessary tool in prison, but the fact was, over the last couple years, he had a clean record. so, he was able to move into the...

And in the video, you can see the knife, you can see the officer standing with the guy that did the stabbing, but i followed the action through to the victim. >> hold that. >> come on, come on. >> go, go, go. >> move it. >> lock him up. >> move it. >> move. >> where are you heading? >> he could have probably killed me if i wanted to. looked like he might have got an artery. it was gushing out pretty good. >> we followed the victim all the way to the ambulance. and one of my favorite moments of t...

>> why? >> thats what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the cancer will spread and kill me faster. >> so what does this peen for you? >> a death sentence. >> even with death looming over him, maxi found comfort in the support and camaraderie of his fellow inmate. >> him being around us, i feel like this is what gives him hope. even if he knows hes dying, he knows that theres not much the medical people can do. >> more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special bond with ma...

And you may not agree with it, but it is a fact. >> when we met percy bradley, he was serving a 20-year sentence for assault and robbery and had been at the center of numerous conflicts at holman. though his violent behavior had tapered off, he had just been assigned to anger management after a disciplinary write-up for arguing with another inmate. >> how many disciplinaries? >> 57. >> how did that happen? >> its a [ bleep ] jungle. its a jungle. its been a jungle my whole 11 years. know what im...

Willing to stand by me and do the time with me, so im pretty blessed. >> coming up -- >> after the 36 hours they take the baby from you and you just have to hand the baby over and you go straight back to prison. >> the harsh reality of being pregnant in prison. my mother made the best toffee in the world. its delicious. so now weve turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. im janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thou...