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>> following the meal, brushy mountain inmates get to spend one hour in the prison yard. with such limited freedom, inmates spend their time in a variety of ways. india mcdowell spends his time braiding other mens hair. >> i do this for a living. sometime i might do it for cheap. usually about five hours. sometimes i might do it. >> how much does it cost? >> usually about $5. >> how about him? >> he got a discount. im a christian. i like to help other people out. >> i let him do the style he wan...

>> they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994. >> sex offenders. the pariahs of the prison yard. >> far as i am concerned they can die. papa:sometimes, in football,

Id do anything for brad. anything. short of killing somebody again. the family bonds lead to murder. >> later. >> one of the first things i noticed was something i never thought i would see in a million years in a prison yard and thats all of the cats. >> when inmates adopt. >> especially when theyre little babies you can raise them up, pet them. feed them. you watch them grow. thats your cat. ensure active heart health. heart: im going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sodium and fat... gott...

As soon as they do the damn thing, they -- its all she wrote. i mean for real. and then they get -- >> you wasnt gay before you came in here, though, was you? >> nope. >> other women at north carolina build committed, monogamous relationships, but those relationships still clash with prison policy. >> we have situations where inmates begin to value one another more than they do following the directives of the authorities here. they are a security issue. >> the first time "lockup" cameras rolled ...

>> only thing i fear is the end, i believe thats whats going to get me in life. catching cancer and kicking the bucket. >> just because i dont fear them dont mean they cant take me out of it. you dont have to fear a man to get killed or hurt by him. if he fears you thats when you got to worry. in here especially because theyll sneak up on you with a knife, a rock, a choke, whatever they want to do. theyll get you because they fear you. >> to me, hes more dangerous than a stone cold killer. you k...

Something good of this. its not going to do me no good to sit here and ignore this, throw all this to crazy or not get anything out of it. im not that 15-year-old kid anymore. im 41 years old now. >> as he walked across the yard, first time in years with other inmates, we had no idea what to expect. >> we missed you. >> one time. one time only. >> go ahead. >> hey, im not good at this. ill tell you right now. are you good? >> not really. >> not really? >> hit a ringer. >> ill try. >> i think it ...

Our choices was mistakes, now were paying for them. next -- >> very dangerous individual. a very dangerous individual. his beliefs which arent the norm of any known society that i know of. >> a feared inmate is released to the yard. d you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to holdem. ♪ ♪ know when to fold em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money, ♪ when youre sitting at the ta...♪ what? yo...

Im concerned about being assaulted. >> i got butterflies in me but its just -- i feel good about going over there. im glad to finally get this chance, this opportunity. >> our cameras were there as sears made the move to level five. >> the move went off okay. and when we got to his cell, he kind of took it in. even though it looked like, you mow, pretty much the same as his old cell, it seemed like he was in a new world. >> looks about the same, doesnt it? >> later, our crew caught up with sears...

Next -- >> three dangerous individuals. a very dangerous individual. his beliefs which arent the norm of any known society that i know of. >> a feared inmate is released to the yard.

>> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod, in my unit. im concerned about being assaulted. >> i got butterflies in me but its just -- i feel good about going over there. im glad to finally get this chance, this opportunity. >> our cameras were there as sears made the move to level five. >> the move went off okay. and when we got to his cell, he kind of took it in. even though it looked like, you mow, pretty much the same as his old cell, it see...