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I don't want this for him. i don't want this for anybody. this is no place for anybody to be. >> one of the benefits of indiana state prison's cat program is that inmates are motivated to behave because if they get sent to the hole, their cats stay behind. that's where darrell maymon comes in. >> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. i'm not going to hurt their cat. that's the basic thing. because in here, cats -- like their buddies. you can get in worse trouble hurting somebody's cat than you can hurting an inmate. >> while maymon does...

Need for a sitter arrives. >> this is a cat bed. because they love to get up high. people come by and stick their hand in and pet it. that's pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest thing they have to families. paul komyatti hasn't seen his family since he first came to prison 26 years ago. he's soon to be transferred to a work release program, a transitional step to freedom. but there's a snag. >> let's go over to the office and we'll sit down and talk about the status of what's going on. >> anything bad or -- >> no, no, nothing bad. nothing great either. we'll talk ab...

I mean, in my life, i haven't had a lot of other lives to take care of. you know, it's always been about me. >> brown has spent weeks preparing for his new cellmate's arrival. >> the first thing was to get places for the cat to be comfortable pretty much anywhere he wanted. got a cat bed there, right by the bars. cat scratch post right here. just a cardboard tube with some old carpet wrapped around it. more beds, another tube with old towel. this is a transit pole in case it can't actually jump up there. >> mr. moore is just coming back from the cat shelter. we've brought in five kittens. >> j...

>> i've played with all the cats in here. but i've never had one of my own, and it's going to be different. i mean, this is something i'm going to spend years of my life with. and there's the responsibility aspect. i mean, in my life, i haven't had a lot of other lives to take care of. you know, it's always been about me. >> brown has spent weeks preparing for his new cellmate's arrival. >> the first thing was to get places for the cat to be comfortable pretty much anywhere he wanted. got a cat bed there, right by the bars. cat scratch post right here. just a cardboard tube with some old carpe...

Be. >> one of the benefits of indiana state prison's cat program is that inmates are motivated to behave because if they get sent to the hole, their cats stay behind. that's where darrell maymon comes in. >> friends that have cats, i go down and visit them and pet them and they see that i love animals. i'm not going to hurt their cat. that's the basic thing. because in here, cats -- like their buddies. you can get in worse trouble hurting somebody's cat than you can hurting an inmate. >> while maymon doesn't have a cat of his own, he keeps his cell cat-friendly in case the need for a sitter ar...