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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150824:05:47:00

I was part of the warehouse crew. yeah. i was taking yoga for several years and i just squeezed myself in there. in a very cramped position, brought some water with me. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out they put me in back in the back of the truck and took me to north carolina and they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. king has been told he will most likely serve the rest of his life sentence in brushy mountain s maximum security unit. i guess they believe that i m an extreme escape risk because of my military background and because of my escape attempt. now, the exercise cage where king practices yoga provides his only glimpse of the outside world. sometimes, in my rare moments i think i probably want to go again, and sometimes not. if i thought i had a chance to get back into court, maybe i ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150824:05:43:00

Back in the hollow, you know? you got the bluff on one side and it s surrounded by mountains the last stop because the road ends at brushy mountain. and there s there s nowhere else to go. but that didn t stop the prison s most notorious inmate from attempting to escape. in 1977, nine years after he killed civil rights leader martin luther king jr., james earl ray went over the wall. during our shoot at brushy mountain, we met an inmate who was not only there, but tried to talk ray out of it. i told him, i said, james, you ve got no pickup, no car, i said as soon as your foot touches down they know it s you, there will be a million cops in the valley and no one s going to get away. it s just a futile effort and i don t believe in wasting energy. so i sat and watched it happen. james slagle, brushy mountain s longest-serving inmate, told us how ray led inmates over a wall using a makeshift ladder crafted from ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150824:05:45:00

ray was captured 52 hours later, less than two miles from the prison. since then, razor wire fences and motion sensors have been installed, adding another layer of security. today, inmates considered escape risks are transferred from other prisons to brushy mountain. one of those inmates is michael king, a veteran of the 1990 gulf war, he returned home to find his life shattered. i was in the army and stationed in iraq and my wife and daughter were murdered while i was over there. i came back and i tracked down the guy that killed them, and i interrogated and found out he was the one that killed them, and killed him. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150823:07:34:00

Through their door or under their door. those kind of things. about 5:45 at night, feeding chow, i was carrying an inmate tray, to feed them. inmate had his flap down, we were feeding his tray. at that time, inmate had a squirt bottle, water bottle they use on the rec yard. had it filled with a substance. and when i was carrying trays back down, he squeezed the water bottle and shot urine into my eye and mouth area. i was checked out, had a tetanus shot done by urgent care in nashville. had a blood sample drawn from me. to see if i had anything or contracted anything from the inmate. i m worried. i do have a wife at home. my fear is taking something home to my wife and kids down the road. this vile form of assault isn t limited only to correctional staff. inmate cates works as a rock man. prison slang for a janitor at the maximum security unit at the brushy mountain correctional complex in tennessee. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150808:05:59:00

Was, i m alive, and, you know, he jokes about that. he jokes about it all the time. my life fits in two bags. see you later. all right. all right. that s part of prison life. you don t get attached to inmates. steve s a likable guy, but he s a very dangerous individual, and that s just part of it. you know, you see inmates come and go every day. and to me he s just one of the inmates that s come and gone. one week later, stephen was hughley was granted a stay of execution when he decided to resume the appeals process. he may have to wait out his appeals at another facility. in 2005 tennessee department of corrections announced brushy mountain will be closed. the historic prison will be replaced by a more modern and cost efficient facility, one designed to house more than ....

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