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>> in the confinement unit, corporal mims quickly notices a problem in the cell of rosanna dimauro. it's a mess. >> i saw paper on the floor and a toilet that was unflushed. not good. >> good morning. you sleeping by the light today? >> yeah. >> i want to talk to you. i notice you like to sleep here next to the light. is that why you put your mattress there. you scared of the dark? >> i was watching tv actually. >> and you fell asleep there. what happened to the rest of your room? i mean, you got pads there on your commode and it's not flushed. >> i'm sorry. >> that's not going to work. why do...

Incinerated. >> were you afraid of kasey that night? >> yeah. >> of what? >> i was afraid of getting stabbed. i didn't have nothing on me to protect myself. >> since link is already convicted and sentenced for his part in the murder, he is eligible to serve his time in a general population dorm with far fewer restricts than the confinement unit. that frustrates kasey ackerman. >> he is in general population right now. but they want to keep me behind this door. it's not right, you know what i'm saying? i feel like i'm being punished and at this point all i can do is prepare my mind for the wors...

He could spend the rest of his life in prison but he says his workout is designed to prepare him, just in case he's released. >> rotate around like i'm working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers' workout. that way if i do get out, job ain't going to kill me. i'm all ready for it. plus when you get to be my age, you got to stay in shape. that way, when the guys half my age want to mess with the old man, it ain't my fault. >> there is always a new guy or two arriving on stone's unit every week. for some it's just a short walk from a special unit at wabash for minors who have been ...

Perimeter as well. especially in the secured confinement unit which houses the prison's most violent and disruptive inmates. today internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn has been called to the unit to investigate a report that possible escape paraphernalia has been found inside a cell. >> last night an officer had looked inside of a cell and observed a sculpture object like a, we refer to them like a dummy-like object on a comment report. which is escape paraphernalia. so they conducted a shakedown of this guy's cell and during that cell search they also found an 11-foot rope. when you...

Staff or other offenders and are in windowless single man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made once a week are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. that's all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gillmore is the primary link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came from the south. i was so protected and so green when i came here. and when i started learning more about the needs of offender population i t...