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Learn from my mistakes, you know, so i can get back out there. i dont have to worry about coming back into a place like this, you know. >> when these inmates are finally ready to be integrated into the prison population, they attend a program that prison officials have allowed james "t-bone" taylor to facilitate. >> when theres a dude in his cell, man, trying to kill himself, it aint going to be me, man, pop my door, to save joe blow. it aint going to be me. i aint going to save you. im not here...

Gravestones are old and weathered. >> being buried in our cemetery is an option for any inmate regardless of whether theyre a lifer or whatever. some of the old-timers who have done a lot of years, this has been their home for a long, long time. and they make the request that they want to die here, where their friends are and want to be buried here. >> for most of the inmates at anamosa, death is a long way off. the average age of these men is 36. and some will have a second chance at life on th...

You know what im saying? now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how i go, man. people dont forget. people dont forgive all the time. im saying you have to live with this your whole life. coming up -- >> were not looking for pity. what were looking for is understanding that we know we did wrong. >> t-bones past continues to haunt him. r ] its that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really dont want to ...

>> rieflands symptoms have been treated with medication for several years. he now works in another factory, the metal shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers, did they know what your crime was? i was curious how that played out. >> i imagine some of them were a little leery, a little scared. i got a lot of respect, it seems like. >> where? >> at work and in the yard and stuff because of my crimes. >> hes not the only convicted murderer who sees fea...

And people dont do that, right? people dont just do that. >> taylor found it hard to shrug off the emotions stirred up by the visit. >> because i was brought up if you murder, people will get over it, you know? i was a hard and violent person. now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how i go, man. people dont forget. people dont forgive all the time. im saying you have to live with this your whole life. coming up -- >> were not looking for pity. what were looking for is understand...

>> i had a cop killing case. it made me feel like i was big man on campus, because i was getting respect. but it was only out of fear. it wasnt because they respected me because of who i was. >> he was involved in gang related activity on both sides of the wall since he was a teenager in east st. louis. he earned his nickname t-bone while serving time at another prison. >> because the incident happened at ft. madison in the 70s, it was hard to get a knife. so i made a knife out of bone, out of a...

>> taylor found it hard to shrug off the emotions stirred up by the visit. >> because i was brought up if you murder, people will get over it, you know? i was a hard and violent person. now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how i go, man. people dont forget. people dont forgive all the time. im saying you have to live with this your whole life. coming up -- >> were not looking for pity. what were looking for is understanding that we know we did wrong. >> t-bones past continues t...

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...

He is serving a double life sentence for murdering two police officers in 1981. >> i have a cop killing case and it made me feel like i was big man on campus, you know, because i was getting the respect, but it was only out of fear. it wasnt because they respected me because of who i was. >> taylor was involved in gang-related activity on both sides of the walls since he was a teenager in east st. louis. he earned his nickname, t-bone, while serving time at another prison. >> because an incident...

Killed by these guys at work. i thought id take vengeance into my own hands. and thats what i did. i shot two employees in the head, then i also shot two in the leg. >> rieflands symptoms have been treated with medication for several years. he now works in another factory, the metal shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers, did they know what your crime was? i was curious how that played out. >> i imagine some of them were a little leery, a little s...