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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. what kind of lettuce? >> lettuce like that. >> japanese lettuce? >> yeah. >> 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. >> warden culliver is currently planning upgrades ...

Right in the eyebrows. i had 50 stitches in my eyebrow. he broke my jaw. it was broken in two places. the doctor said, i dont know how much more you could have taken. had he kicked you one more time, he could have killed you. without a doubt, you could have died. >> close three. >> her attacker received an additional ten-year sentence for aggravated battery. and after recovering from her injuries, officer talley took the brave step of returning to work at the prison. this time, monitoring the tr...

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 and, you know, i like the little fellow. >> its interesting to see this change in these hard core, tough inmates whenever theyre around their own cats particularly. they just...

Trouble. >> at that time, a sick feeling just overcomes you, and you think, wow, somethings not right. so i called for my sergeant on the radio. he said, itll be a minute. and the guy just hit me. both of my eyes were busted right in the eyebrows. i had 50 stitches in my eyebrow. he broke my jaw. it was broken in two places. the doctor said, i dont know how much more you could have taken. had he kicked you one more time, he could have killed you. without a doubt, you could have died. >> close th...

Seconds your whole life can change. and in a prison environment, sometimes it doesnt even take seconds. in the blink of an eye it could be over. >> youre all right. youre okay. >> the day after her interview with us, talley surprised our field producer when she said she was ready to return to the cellblock for the first time since the attack. >> keep your chin up. >> escorted by officer chris st. martin and our crew, the return proved to be far more emotional than she could have imagined. >> the...

Inmates and cats. sometimes they are straying to roam prison grounds and bond with inmates and other times they are part of the rescue program like the one in indiana state prison. >> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cleat us. he is 16 months old. we adopt cats from the humane society. i adopted this one. >> benjamin richie is on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. when he started playing with this cat, cleat us, there is a bonding. there is a display of affection that ...

Aggravated battery. and after recovering from her injuries, officer talley took the brave step of returning to work at the prison. this time, monitoring the trucks that deliver food to the facility. she no longer has any contact with the inmates. >> in life itself, within seconds your whole life can change. and in a prison environment, sometimes it doesnt even take seconds. in the blink of an eye it could be over. >> youre all right. youre okay. >> the day after her interview with us, talley sur...

>> you seem awful happy and perky. >> i am always happy and perky. >> but when we met him at the limon correctional facility in colorado, he was serving life without parole for murder. 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 know...

>> one member of the trio, robert burzee has been at limon for three years and has been out of the closet for most of that time. >> im gay, and i didnt want it to be known, but i was involved with a guy here. and things as they were, the guys found out, obviously. theres somewhat gay activity going on in the prison environment, that its just amazing, because some of the guys that detest the gay lifestyle the most are the ones that sneak in my house or ask them to fool around with them. but ultim...

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. what kind of lettuce? >> lettuce like that. >> 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. >> warden culliver is currently planning upgrades to the