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Inmates and cats. sometimes they are straying to roam prison grounds and bond with inmates and other times they are part of the rescue program like the one in indiana state prison. >> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cleat us. he is 16 months old. we adopt cats from the humane society. i adopted this one. >> benjamin richie is on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. when he started playing with this cat, cleat us, there is a bonding. there is a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldn't believe what a cat would do. i...

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 itself, within 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 ti...

>> you seem awful happy and perky. >> i am always happy and perky. >> but when we met him at the limon correctional facility in colorado, he was serving life without parole for murder. drake was convicted when he was 17. tens year later, he has his boyish looks and an adolescent appetite. >> some of the things i miss the most are peanut butter cap'n crunch. i miss gum. it's such a small thing, but you don't really realize how much you miss it until you haven't had it for 11 years. >> if i hadn't known adam's crime, i would never have guessed it was murder. adam drake had a very child-like qual...

>> one member of the trio, robert burzee has been at limon for three years and has been out of the closet for most of that time. >> i'm gay, and i didn't want it to be known, but i was involved with a guy here. and things as they were, the guys found out, obviously. there's somewhat gay activity going on in the prison environment, that it's just amazing, because some of the guys that detest the gay lifestyle the most are the ones that sneak in my house or ask them to fool around with them. but ultimately on the yard or when you're out in general population moving around, for the most part, peo...

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. >> 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