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>> every week, dozens of new inmates arrive at limon correctional facility. a level 4 prison located on the barren plains of eastern colorado. [ livestock moos ] the prison sits on 320 acres and houses inmates in six different living units. >> the type of offenders that we have at limon are violent offenders. 64% violent. 244 are serving a life sentence. limon has had a reputation of being a violent prison amongst the offender population. they do tend to send the majority of violent offenders to limon. >> it's crazy how cold it is. >> i'm too damn skinny for this. >> oh, my god. last time i wa...

They've taken all that stuff away. >> what they're doing, it's just going to become a boiling pot. you're just going to boil this [ bleep ] pot and eventually it's going to blow. it happens. this is prison. >> one of the most noticeable changes occurred in the dining hall. at most of the other prisons profiled on "lockup" inmates sit wherever they want in the dining hall. but limon has placed strict controls on seating. >> the assigned seating policy was designed because we had offenders taking over sections of the dining hall, either designating them for race or different gangs. so the depart...

Because we had offenders designating them for race or different gangs. so the department adopted a policy to have assigned seating to where the staff controlled the flow of the offender population in the dining hall. >> as the inmates come in, we're going to have them sit two rows at a time. once they fill up those two rows, we're going to step back and give them an additional two rows to sit down. i think it's a little easier because we can keep them all in front of. us. before they would be behind us, coming in and out, back and forth. it's just easier for us to keep an eye on them. >> you h...

Considered to be the most dangerous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates here are assaulted staff or other offenders and are in windowless single man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made once a week are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. that's all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gillmore is the primary link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came from the south...

Considered to be the most dangerous and disruptive are housed in the secured confinement unit. most inmates have assaulted staff or other offenders and are in windowless single man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made once a week are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confinement unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. that's all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gillmore is the primary link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came from the south. i ...