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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 ago now. >> i talk to guys that come in here from all the other prisons that recognize me say hey, you're the cat man, aren't you? i'm like, dude, really? best thing i can do is say i'm him, meow, see you later. >> the transfer occurred after a staff member reported stone had threatened him. stone denies the allegation but a much bigger concern was leaving his cat jinkster behind. >> they don't allow cats down here so i couldn't bring him with me. and that was...

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 window. he'll be sitting right there by the fence all the time. he's like clockwork. i don't know what he likes abou...

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 his cell. >> water bottles. all water bottles. getting it closed is the problem. one set of everything every day until i burn out. i don't do a certain amount. i do them till i can't do them no more. and i record how many i do of each ...

>> like stone, inmate christopher trotter has been behind bars since the mid 1980s. >> i came into prison to serve a four-year prison sentence for petty theft. i came in with four years and ended up with 142 years. that's what could happen in prison if you make the wrong choice. it has consequences. >> the wrong choice trotter refers to was being one of the instigators of a 1985 riot at another indiana prison. seven corrections officers were stabbed. two others and a counselor were held hostage for 15 hours. >> it was a pretty massive riot that they had at that time and chris trotter was one o...

Because i don't want to stay here. i don't think anybody wants to stay here. i got plans, i got goals and i'm 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. >> there is one inmate whose advice folsom values. >> one of the few i talk to, i call him s...