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That federal prison there? i understand there are a lot of others who need medical attention psychological attention. what do we know about this facility? >> well, devens federal medical center is one of six here in the commonwealth of massachusetts. this facility can hold about a thousand inmates, all different types -- low risk to high risk. you can have sex offenders here, any type of offender can be brought to this facility if that offender is in need of medical care. when it comes to tsarnaev he has been moved to a special restricted section of the facility since he is a high risk offende...

Half a dozen buildings, as many federal facilities are. a spartan affair. this is the perimeter around it here. not a huge amount of overwhelming security as you would expect in one of the supermax facilities. nonetheless, this is the basics of the place. there are about 1,000 patients here. we use the word patients in particular, because the point here is this offers care to inmates who have long-term or chronic medical conditions. that's a fundamental reason for it. it is an all-male facility. there have been some famous inmates there, for example john fransase, both men involved in mob crim...

The victim doesn't consider himself a hero and is still nervous because he knows he may well have to recount the entire episode in court if and when dzhokhar tsarnaev goes to trial. >> thanks very much, brian todd, an excellent report. dzhokhar tsarnaev is now locked up in a federal prison facility. authorities say he was moved around 3:30 a.m. this morning from a hospital in boston, to a prison medical center, about 40 miles away in devens. it's on the grounds of a former u.s. military base. a law enforcement source telling cnn tsarnaev has been able to sit up, and that he has now been actual...

Tsarnaev's laptop and other clues. we're told dzhokhar gave information that helped lead them to the dump of the university of massachusetts, at dartmouth where he attended classes. tsarnaev was moved from a boston hospital overnight. a source says he now can sit up and actually has been writing. tsarnaev's final hideout is being hauled away. we believe authorities are taking the boat where he was found one week ago to an fbi facility. for many survivors of the boston bombings, the fear and anger very, very fresh. including for ryan mcmann who was injured jumping to safety. and ryan is joining...

Representative here at the facility, just about 15 minutes ago, he told me that they also go through particular rounds where they check on these individuals more so than some of the others. >> all right, jason. thanks very much. jason carroll on the scene for us outside that federal prison. let's drill a little deeper now on the transfer of the bombing suspect and on the investigation. joining us is our national security analyst tom fuentes. he is a former fbi assistant director. tom, we know the victims at that beth israel deaconess medical center certainly wanted dzhokhar tsarnaev moved but ...