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There you go. all right. like part of the family. >> 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 th...

There you go. all righty. like part of the family. >> 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 friday. you're allowed to have up to 15 visitors on your visiting days. you understand? >> yes, sir. >> after learning the rules that govern level five, 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...

With joe sears, it's a big waiting -- it's a waiting game. only joe series knows if he can make it there or not. >> but sears' old reputation precedes him and not everybody is happy about the move. >> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod, in my unit. i've heard and i've seen other things that he's done to other officers, just verbally abusing them and just throwing items from his food port. >> they have some machine weights there. you get to go out with a few guys you live with in your unit. like a group. you get an hour tier time, i hear, ...

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...

My pod, in my unit. i've heard and i've seen other things that he's done to other officers, just verbally abusing them and throwing items from his food port. >> they have some machine weights there. you get to go out with a few guys you live with in your unit. like a group. you get an hour tier time, i hear, to play games, cards or just conversate with someone there. >> so they can actually recreate and congregate with other inmates. if you visit at level five, level five is much more of a quiet unit and they become much calmer. they become much more cooperative. they become much more willing ...