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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 ...

Serious offense and also that she has had multiple write-ups. to recommend parole at this time would have an verse effect on the institution. im going to recommend that you decline the balance of your sentence. thank you, have a good day. >> culbertsons parole has been denied. >> so in other words youve got to serve two more years? >> um-hum. >> basically, wheres -- >> im sorry, its okay. >> it aint. i need to talk to the warden about them not -- >> stop, stop. >> please. please. >> you dont hav...

Among inmates and staff alike. michele ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. >> ive always had a passion for law enforcement. thats just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. thats cool for them. i dont think they really understand everything thats going on. you have to r...

My wife had been kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed by these guys at work and so i thought id take vengeance into my own hands and thats what i did. i shot two employees in the head, and then i also shot two in the leg. >> reeflands symptoms have been treated with medication for several years and he now works in another factory, the mental health shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers here, do they know what your crime was? im just curious how...

Had 22 shanks hidden in their light fixture. >> brandon siverly would craft knives out of nearly any object he found on prison grounds. >> if it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. usually i would just keep it on me because its no good if its hidden somewhere. if somebody comes on to you and [ bleep ], you aint got it on you, you cant tell him, hold on, let me go get my knife. thankfully, ive never had to use one. usually i...

From the ashes of war and oppression over the course of centuries. on one busy downtown street is a flashpoint of warsaws volatile past, mokotow prison. >> ive been to over 20 american prisons. theyre usually located in remote areas far from cities for security reasons. so now were on these busy warsaw streets and then we turn and these massive blue doors open up and we enter into this facility. and when we were inside and i was standing on prison grounds, i would look up and see apartment build...

Gates on the prison grounds, so thats kind of weird. at least i do get to leave. its appreciated, though. i mean, just think, we werent even getting these visits at first. >> can i come in, daddy? >> how you doing? >> is it worth it? >> its worth it. >> its worth it. its well worth it. >> while the hills enjoy their time together, the officers back in b yard hope they are one step closer to a find. next on "lockup -- extended stay" the search for contraband continues but are the inmates one step...

Grabbed a 20-gauge shotgun, a gurkha machete, went back out there and thats where it went down. i shot three people. he cut up two. >> one guys got, like, partial brain damage, and the other one just got his arm -- >> hell never be able to use his right hand again. >> although both men faced life sentences for murder, michael pled guilty so brad could plea-bargain down to lesser time. >> brad didnt kill anybody. im the one that shot and killed the guy. so i didnt think it fair for him to spend t...

>> there are 87 houses in all, and when one becomes vacant, they become available to officers in need of cheaper rent and a shorter commute. >> i hear a lot of people say they dont want to move here because they never leave the prison. well, i come home and im home. >> not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary. in fact, the whole idea makes marthas son, chris, pretty nervous. >> its kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just t...

It was along with other headlines. and a bobcat, a cat burglar, wasnt stopped from breaking in. a bobcat managed to slip through a razor wire fence right on to the prison grounds and then the wild cat climbed up the roof of one of the prison buildings. after hanging out the bobcat was shot with a tranquilizer and taken to the animal hospital. later it will be released back in the wild. and talk about getting things off your chest. the utah man tells all. value wrote his own obituary and he c...