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Time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational programs, and increased visitation. darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and 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 international attention with this. it's quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i ...

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 ...

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 psychologists 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 two 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 impos...

>> your visiting hours are from 8:30 to 2:30 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 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 the old main facility, there's no telling the change that i see from then to where we're at today, which is the level system, which is the...

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's help, got his death sentence...