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You know. i don't need no psychotherapist. i don't need medication. i [ bleep ] a lot. i'm not saying i'm a saint. i'm far from a saint. that's probably why i'm still alive today. i should have been dead several times long time ago, but evidently heaven don't want me and hell's afraid i'm going to take over. so i'm pretty well stuck here on this planet. >> but stone hasn't completely resigned himself to life at wabash valley. he's requested a transfer back to the prison where he used to be housed, indiana state. >> i know they didn't have no problem moving me out. i don't know why it should be...

>> james stone has been incarcerated for the past 26 years and still has a long haul ahead of him. >> i got another 50 years to do. and i think it's more or less an overkill. i mean 26 years, it don't matter if you done the crime or didn't do the crime. guilty or not guilty. none of that matters anymore. 26 years. that's enough time for anyone. i've done did more time than guys are doing for murder, unless they're on death row. and there's no murder involved in my case. attempted murder. i mean, come on, really. i don't let it get me down. i try not. sometimes i do lose my cool and i'll snap o...

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 ...

>> stone received jinkster as part of the cat adoption program at indiana state. he had to leave him behind when he was transferred to wabash. for the first several weeks, jinkster lived with another inmate. but then jinkster moved out to the country. he was adopted by stone's parents. >> jinkster is something else. he's not used to carpeting. and cloth furniture. everything was claws. i mean, he clawed up carpet, everything else. but, it was worth it because it was jim's. >> some people might not quite understand it. but my family we view our pets as family members. so you know, this was sort...

Appreciate it. unfortunately if i make the wrong decision here, if i do recommend that he's released and then something happens, then that burden is upon my shoulders. coming up -- james stone reaches out to an old friend. >> do you time with the cat for 15 years and you just miss having them around.