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Drake was convicted when he was 17. tens year later, he has his boyish looks and an adolescent appetite. >> some of the things i miss the most are peanut butter capn crunch. i miss gum. its such a small thing, but you dont really realize how much you miss it until you havent had it for 11 years. >> if i hadnt known adams crime, i would never have guessed it was murder. adam drake had a very child-like quality about him, which is a little surprising to see in a prison environment. he came into pr...

>> this is cletus. hes 16 months old. they said we can adopt cats from the humane society, so i adopted this one. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. hes on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, theres some kind of bonding. theres a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldnt believe what a cat would do. im not a cat person to begin with, but i got me one an...

>> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cletus. hes 16 months old. they said we can adopt cats from the humane society, so i adopted this one. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. hes on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, theres some kind of bonding. theres a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldnt believe what a cat would do. im not a cat person to...

As warden of holman, grantt culliver is always looking for ways to use the prison environment to his advantage. >> what do you do -- >> lettuce. >> theres no lettuce in alabama. >> down in mobile. >> what kind of lettuce? >> japanese let us, like that. >> japanese lettuce? i aint never heard it. >> cant grow no damn lettuce in alabama. >> i try itted. >> collard green. i dont see it, thats what i tell you. i aint jesus christ. >> thats what i just tell you. whatdy tell you? >> warden culliver is...

As warden of holman, grantt culliver is always looking for ways to use the prison environment to his advantage. >> what can you put in a fall garden? >> lettuce. >> theres no lettuce in alabama. what kind of lettuce? >> japanese lettuce like that. >> japanese lettuce? never heard of it. cant grow no damn lettuce in alabama. i tried it. >> you cant grow lettuce? collard green. i dont see it, thats what i tell you. i aint jesus christ. look what i told you. >> what did i tell you? >> grass season ...

That idea, especially uncomfortable about having to give over their protection now, completely to the prison authorities. they were not able any more to rely on their gang for protection. >> do i feel safe? you never can feel safe in a prison environment. i dont depend on prison administration to protect me. yeah, theyre going to take steps to sure were secure. but at the same time im going to fall back on what i learned in prison to make it in here. >> in some ways you feel like you hung up you...

Previously on the main yard would have been trying to kill each other. but now, were all mixing -- there were books, there were counseling sessions, a much less tense atmosphere from the rest of the prison. the irony, though, is that some of them still carry this weight of being snitches, of having divulged information to the prison authorities. >> i just seen a lot of the people that were involved with the nazi low riders starting to debrief. i used to look down on it, because i grew up thinkin...

Quality about him. a little surprising to see in a prison environment. came out of prison as a teenager. and almost as if something stopped in him at that age. >> drakes teen years were troubling. and he frequently ran away from home. everything they taught me. i learned. i didnt like home work. i didnt like going. >> running away, eventually led drake to murder. he shot and killed a man known for giving troubled teens including himself and some of his friend a place to stay. drake testified in ...

With inmates and other times theyre part of a sanctioned rescue program like the one at indiana state prison. >> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cletus. hes 16 months old. they said we can adopt cats from the humane society, so i adopted this one. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. hes on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, theres some kind of bonding. theres a display of affection that you would ...

If its cold, that line to get in the school, will be out the door. so no, i dont agree. the any of you have friends have guns or arm themselves to feel safe? >> no, not at all. >> so this notion that the gun is the solution is not true? >> not at all. >> so what makes you feel safe at school? >> personally, my school is not so much an education environment, its more like a prison environment, like dennis said. i have a clear plastic backpack, i have to put it on a conveyor belt, walk through a m...