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Worlds come together for an environmentally friendly corrections facility. >> so we are on top of housing unit 33 right now. and behind us is our solar panel system. it was installed in 2001. when we started our push to be one of the greenest county facilities in the country. so the ones here on the roof don't move or anything but take the sun in to create energy. the ones behind us on the hillside, those go ahead and rotate with the sun as it passes over, to be more efficient. we then installed more on the services building and those actually heat up the water for the entire facility. >> in a...

Will be a rock star in the prison subculture. >> but if he talks, he will be a snitch. >> who is he snitching on? snitching on correctional officers. >> possibly guards, right. >> correct. that's not really being a snitch in the eyes of criminals. >> the guards are the people who will be overseeing him. >> right. right. i don't think he is going to be going back to clinton correctional facility. he won't see that facility again. he will go to another facility, highly guarded, highly protected, there is a whole other aspect coming into view of high-threat prisoner transportation, high-threat pr...

The federal point of view, that's how it is, florence, colorado, facility. >> obviously, this would break the prisoner down emotionally. >> yes. absolutely. >> the most severe type of incarceration. >> exactly. a complete lack of human contact is what it comes down to. >> are you surprised he didn't get further? >> not really. once joyce mitchell didn't show up to pick him up, they didn't have a plan b. why didn't they have a plan b? because it's something that really entirely wasn't in their control. the escape portion of this, for them to get out of the prison, was in their control. but plan...

Looking around and worried what might happen. >> i have talked to some people who said they are long gone early on. >> right. >> others said i'm sleeping next to my rifle. others said i'm not worried a bit. what was it like in terms of your parishioners and give me some anecdotal evidence, how they were feeling, what they were saying to you. >> okay. well a lot of them were thankful that they had firearms and some slept with them. they are peace-loving people but they thought this is the safe way to go. and just having locked doors wasn't enough. and so, they decided, well, we better prepare f...

Problems in the corrections institute and everything that went wrong and all the holes in the safety net, i guess. what is your take on that? are we going to have to have an overhaul? >> appears, obviously, the inspector general for the state of new york is already looking at what was going on at that particular facility. complacency usually lends itself to escapes. and that's what happened here. and i think you're going to have to have a complete overhaul, a look at all their guidelines and regulations as to what was going on in that facility and luckily, sweat captured alive, his notoriety o...