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As warden of holman, grantt culliver is always looking for ways to use the prison environment to his advantage. >> what do you do -- >> lettuce. >> there's no lettuce in alabama. what kind of lettuce? >> lettuce like that. >> japanese lettuce? >> yeah. >> never heard of it. can't grow no damn lettuce. in alabama. i tried it. >> you can't grow lettuce? >> collard green. i don't see it, that's what i tell you. i ain't jesus christ. look what i told you. >> warden culliver is currently planning upgrades to the

Right in the eyebrows. i had 50 stitches in my eyebrow. he broke my jaw. it was broken in two places. the doctor said, i don't know how much more you could have taken. had he kicked you one more time, he could have killed you. without a doubt, you could have died. >> close three. >> her attacker received an additional ten-year sentence for aggravated battery. and after recovering from her injuries, officer talley took the brave step of returning to work at the prison. this time, monitoring the trucks that deliver food to the facility. she no longer has any contact with the inmates. >> in life ...

He's on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, there's some kind of bonding. there's a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldn't believe what a cat would do. i'm not a cat person to begin with, but i got me one and, you know, i like the little fellow. >> it's interesting to see this change in these hard core, tough inmates whenever they're around their own cats particularly. they just become so much more softened by having this connection with an animal. >> he's my buddy. whe...

Trouble. >> at that time, a sick feeling just overcomes you, and you think, wow, something's not right. so i called for my sergeant on the radio. he said, it'll be a minute. and the guy just hit me. both of my eyes were busted right in the eyebrows. i had 50 stitches in my eyebrow. he broke my jaw. it was broken in two places. the doctor said, i don't know how much more you could have taken. had he kicked you one more time, he could have killed you. without a doubt, you could have died. >> close three. >> her attacker received an additional ten-year sentence for aggravated battery. and after r...

Seconds your whole life can change. and in a prison environment, sometimes it doesn't even take seconds. in the blink of an eye it could be over. >> you're all right. you're okay. >> the day after her interview with us, talley surprised our field producer when she said she was ready to return to the cellblock for the first time since the attack. >> keep your chin up. >> escorted by officer chris st. martin and our crew, the return proved to be far more emotional than she could have imagined. >> there you go. safe and sound. want my chair? take the big black one. sit down. sit down. there you g...