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Turned it on. and then i -- yeah. 2 1/2 minutes wasn't long enough. >> while the violent nature of prisoners like carl ables can pose a challenge to rehabilitation, one way that spring creek tries to help inmates reform is through mediation sessions. >> i want to welcome all of you here today. it's taken a long time, i know that. janice, kordell, you wanted to do this for many years. >> inmates like kordell boyd are given the opportunity to meet face to face with the families of their victims. >> i sent a letter to one of the victims of the family. and one of the daughters received it. so they...

>> despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. >> i've worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and i've never been injured, never been attacked. so i'm just comfortable with it. >> but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. >> there's only been one murder in this prison. it's been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. >> on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables earned the infamous distinction of being the only spring creek inmate to kill another prisoner. >> ...

Illness, you know, he said although i didn't kill anybody, i -- it wasn't from the lack of effort. >> despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. >> i've worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and i've never been injured, never been attacked. so i'm just comfortable with it. >> but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. >> there's only been one murder in this prison. it's been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. >> on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables ...

Cat. stuck him in the microwave and turned it on. and then i -- yeah. 2 1/2 minutes wasn't long enough. >> while the violent nature of prisoners like carl ables can pose a challenge to rehabilitation, one way that spring creek tries to help inmates reform is through mediation sessions. >> i want to welcome all of you here today. it's taken a long time, i know that. janice, kordell, you wanted to do this for many years. >> inmates like kordell boyd are given the opportunity to meet face to face with the families of their victims. >> i sent a letter to one of the victims of the family. and one o...

I was interested in how the decomposition would be. it was pretty interesting. but it was kind of twisted. three days later i nuked the cat. stuck him in the microwave and turned it on. and then i -- yeah. 2 1/2 minutes wasn't long enough. >> while the violent nature of prisoners like carl ables can pose a challenge to rehabilitation, one way that spring creek tries to help inmates reform is through mediation sessions. >> i want to welcome all of you here today. it's taken a long time, i know that. janice, kordell, you wanted to do this for many years. >> inmates like kordell boyd are given th...