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Now back to our msnbc special. >> reporter: for lifers david sweat and richard matt, the clinton correctional facility was not only home, it had become a comfortable one. part of the reason is that they lived close to each other in the prisons cosiest neighborhood the honor block. >> the liberties that they were given was definitely a detriment to the security. >> reporter: many prisons have honor blocks. at clinton, inmates like sweat and matt had more rec time. there were fewer guard checks an...

>> reporter: for lifers david sweat and richard matt, the clinton correctional facility was not only home, it had become a comfortable one. part of the reason is that they lived close to each other in the prisons cosiest neighborhood the honor block. >> the liberties that they were given was definitely a detriment to the security. >> reporter: many prisons have honor blocks. at clinton, inmates like sweat and matt had more rec time. there were fewer guard checks and a lot of noise says jeffrey d...