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>> all level 2 inmates are within a maximum of five years from their release date. many have worked their way up through the prison's level system to earn the many privileges and opportunities they enjoy here. >> the inmates get together, and they do classes, and there's a psychologist there, and they talk about why they're in the prison. so when they get out, they're able to live a normal life. is >> each dorm in level 2 holds 55 men who sleep side by side in bunk beds. >> make myself at home. my corner, my corner of the cave. it is a common area that we have here, which isn't much. so it see...

>> why is that? >> well, we've known each other 20 years. who do you know 20 years? >> your visiting hours are from 8:30 through 3:30 wednesday through fridays. you're allowed to have up to 15 visitors on your visiting days. you understand? >> yes, sir. >> after learning the rules that govern level 5, sears is transferred along with his belongings to his new tier, a place where he'll have a chance to work, eat and socialize with other inmates. the level system appears to be working. >> you're always going to have the hard-core cases but from the old main facility, there's no telling the change...

>> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. it's quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only way out would be to come out toe first. >> but when i was on death row, i went to the library every day. every time the library was open, i was there. >> eventually his lawyers, with frederick'...

Is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. it's quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only way out would be to come out toe first. >> but when i was on death row, i went to the library every day. every time the library was open, i was there. >> eventual...

Many have worked their way up through the prison's level system to earn the many privileges and opportunities they enjoy here. >> the inmates get together, and they do classes, and there's a psychologist there, and they talk about why they're in the prison. so when they get out, they're able to live a normal life. >> each dorm in level 2 holds 55 men who sleep side by side in bunk beds. >> make myself at home. my corner, my corner of the cave. it is a common area that we have here, which isn't much. so it seems like the system keeps getting more crowded and more impossible to manage sometimes,...