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Prison he was an admitted thug, who fought frequently. >> where you going, big buddy? >> but the james stone we met considered himself a changed man, thanks to indiana state prison's cat adoption program. >> he's my little buddy. i depend on him. he's more dependable than anything i got in here. i mean, he takes a lot of the anger and temper away. makes it easier to cope in here. >> stone has been at wabash for a year and a half now. >> i talk to guys that come in here from all the other prisons that recognize me say, hey, you're the cat man, ain't? i'm like, dude, really? best thing i can do ...

Looking to get out and go for them. >> but folsom's goals are dependent on his ability to stay out of trouble, which in prison isn't always easy. >> i stay reserved no matter what. i mean you never want to put yourself on the line, because you know when something hits the fan, then you're left out to dry. you know, you're just hanging there. i mean these people, they don't care nothing about you. >> but there is one inmate whose advice folsom values. >> one of the few that i talk to, i call him stone. he has been down a long time. i mean, if you looked at his record, that is not someone who wa...

And makes it sort of hard to keeping yourself in shape. you see a lot of guys that's been here after two or three or more years, and they get that couch potato look on them, you know, hang gut and all that there sagging everywhere. me? i like to try to keep myself in shape. >> at indiana's maximum security wabash valley correctional facility, most inmates work out either on the outside recreation yard or inside on weight machines. but not james stone. >> i got 16 workouts i do in here using the bag and the box. >> after 26 years in prison, stone has developed a workout routine he can do inside...

Know, because i raised the little -- the little sucker. >> just before his transfer stone gave jinkster to another inmate. >> it brought a tear to my eye. i did like an indian commercial, you know, the tear coming out. i didn't want to let go of my little buddy. >> but at wabash stone has found another animal to take under his wing. >> i got a little bunny buddy out back. i'll watch him sometimes through the window here or when i go to work i'll make sure i throw him a couple apples to keep him fed. he's been back here the whole time i've been in this cell a whole year and a half. i open the w...

>> no, i think that's a reasonable expectation. she has been infinitely patient. and rachel, for more context, if you recall, and i know you do, one of the things that stone is charged with is witness tampering. in count 7 of his underlying indictment he told a witness to prepare to die. that alone could be enough, should be enough, often would be enough to get someone, you know, detained pending trial. >> why do you think the judge is erring on the side of sort of leniency? i mean, it was striking that the prosecutors in this case today didn't explicitly asked the judge to confine -- to confi...