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This shading, see? >> yeah. >> "w," i'm just curious. >> yeah, i've thought that too, you know, because it does -- they're similar to one another. >> i don't know, alvin. i don't know. >> in denying that he had put those racist statements on his cell walls and door, i think he was probably afraid of getting the death penalty. i'm sure the thought of being executed was terrifying to him and it was that hate crime charge that would have made that a possibility. >> later, england expressed frustration that due to the high-profile nature and racist implications of his alleged crime, he was segrega...

>> 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 prison's 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 dumas. >> there's tvs going, movies, sports. cards, dominoes. you know, they're either arguing or th...

>> reporter: and that's exactly what sweat and matt began planning to do. to break through their cell walls to freedom. but first, they'd need some tools, and that meant getting illicit items into clinton. that was no big deal, says erik jensen. >> every day this happens. every day. whether it be a television, a radio, a walkman a bag of food clothing, everything is moving back and forth in there. it's like a small city. >> reporter: all they needed was someone who moved outside the prison to bring things inside. and that's where their friend joyce mitchell would come in. the trigger to involv...

Involved in the manhunt. these rbt even the beginning of the costs. the judge went on to say there are millions of dollars more the state had to spend because you have an investigation being carried out by the inspector general's office. >> will she pay any sliver of that? >> so this was the wrinkle that came up in court today. this thing was agreed upon. she pled guilty to two charges back in july and expecting to get the sentence she was given today. but the curveball was the d.a. said, hey, we're looking for restitution to $120,000. that's the cost of just making the repairs to where the ce...

Don't pull away from us. >> i can't breathe. it's been hell, man. they threw gas on me and degraded me, treated me like an animal. i can't breathe. ow! >> as long as you're compliant, you'll get a decontamination shower. >> the more you rub the more it's going to burn. >> oh, really? now you tell me. >> as far as cell extractions go, smith's was fairly routine. it was a different story at the spring creek correctional center in alaska. >> [ bleep ]. >> prisoner demonstrated aggressive agitated behavior by using abusive language and continually banging on his cell walls causing injury to his ha...