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This was after we got married. >> behind every murder is a story. >> i went to trial. columbine had already happened like five months before that. there were quite a few similarities between my case and that, like i was wearing a trench coat. >> and behind some murders, a person you thought you could trust. >> i just remember when i woke up, first thing i said was, today is the day. more americans are incarcerated today than ever before, and now when we go behind the walls of maximum security ...

>> this type of one-on-one between an inmate and his child is rare in most maximum security prisons where visits typically take place in a large common area, choked with noise and distractions. but napiers session is in a private playroom. its part of the prisons fatherhood program. >> fatherhood program is great, man, because i get to spend a lot more time with my son. i get to come in this visiting room and in this visiting room, everything is great. its one-on-one. me and him running around h...

There is only sporadic violence but no large-scale problems, no large-scale violence. >> coming up next on "lockup: world tour," one of the newest and most high-tech maximum security prisons in eastern europe. its built to house not only killers and kidnappers, but the leaders of polands organized crime rings.

>> translator: it was a conscious decision. the area youve seen didnt exist before. we renovated it. as for the park, the sports facility, we built all that to make the serving of sentences here easier. i must say that we havent had any major problems so far. there is only sporadic violence but no large scale problems no, large scale violence. coming up next on "lockup: world tour," one of the newest and most high-tech maximum security prisons in eastern europe. its built to house not only kil...

Make the serving of sentences here easier. i must say that we havent had any major problems so far. there is only sporadic violence but no large scale problems no, large scale violence. coming up next on "lockup: world tour," one of the newest and most high-tech maximum security prisons in eastern europe. its built to house not only killers and kidnappers, but the leaders of polands organized crime rings. what was i supposed to wish for? why am i wearing a bow-tie? where did i leave my bicycle...

Any major problems so far. there is only sporadic violence but no large scale problems no, large scale violence. coming up next on "lockup: world tour," one of the newest and most high-tech maximum security prisons in eastern europe. its built to house not only killers and kidnappers, but the leaders of polands organized crime rings. schools flourish and students blossom. thats why programs like... ...the mickelson exxonmobil teachers academy... ...and astronaut sally rides science academy are...

Cadence pierces an otherwise quiet morning. >> up in the morning at the break of dawn. >> we are veterans standing strong. >> we are veterans standing strong. >> the marchers have all served time in the military, but now theyre serving time at the santa rosa correctional institution, one of the toughest maximum security prisons in the state of florida. >> dont come back in these blues. >> dont come back in these blues. >> these inmates are receiving extensive programming specific for veterans th...

>> 35 miles away, a military cadence pierces an otherwise quiet morning. ♪ up in the morning at the break of dawn ♪ ♪ we are veterans standing strong ♪ ♪ we are veterans standing strong ♪ >> the marchers have all served time in the military, but now theyre serving time at the santa rosa correctional institution, one of the toughest maximum security prisons in the state of florida. ♪ dont come back in these blues ♪ ♪ dont cam back in these blues ♪ >> these inmates are receivin...

"lockup" has been documenting life in some of americas most hard-core maximum security prisons since the year 2000. in 2009 we went behind the walls of prisons overseas for the first time on "lockup: world tour." we discovered that while many of the challenges facing these prisons were the same, the differences were startling. that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium. among other things, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catc...

>> this is not the first time. i mean im not going to get my hopes up. the last time i seen him he couldnt walk or talk or nothing. i cant wait to see him. >> reporter: while mcanalley clings to the hope that he will see his son. his cell mate is enjoying a visit with his 2-year-old son, jr. and his sons mother. >> say touchdown. >> bradley talks about his dad all the time. when we pulls up he sees the guard tower and says daddys house. but in another sense that is his dads house and he is excit...