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At first impression, riverbend prison seems also deserted. the majority of inmates here are on 23 hour a day lockdown. they never set foot on the grass yard. but when you cross the compound to the low side, the minimum security housing area, you find a unique unit very different from the rest of riverbend. in fact, different from many other prison facilities in the country. >> for the most part, i look for that unit to kind of police itself. we don't have a lot of violence or problems in there. they actually carry their own key to their cell. ♪ they say it's raining in denver that it's reall...

He lives in north carolina at the butner federal correctional complex there. remember charles manson? lives in california at corcoran state prison. eric rudolph is the guy who bombed the olympics in 1996 and bombed abortion clinics and a gay bar. eric rudolph lives in colorado, too, at the same prison. and the 9/11 conspirator lives in the supermax prison in colorado. if you're a convicted terrorist in the united states, depending on what exactly you're convicted of, it is possible you will be put to death, but it is likely instead you will just get locked up somewhere and then you will just l...

Bill: to a story you first heard here on the fox news channel. a new attempt underway to close down gitmo in cuba and move 170 suspected terrorists to prison facilities here in the united states? good idea? captain chuck nash, former u.s. navy captain and fox news contributor now. sir, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: we talked about this thing for 3 1/2 years now. it was the first executive order the president signed in january 2009. it is still open today. you believe gitmo is the gold standard. why? >> because originally when we put the detainees down there we fell in on to...

In fact, different from many other prison facilities in the country. >> for the most part, i look for that unit to kind of police itself. we don't have a lot of violence or problems in there. they actually carry their own key to their cell. ♪ they say it's raining in denver that it's really kind of cold ♪ >> there seems to be kind of a macho order of what crimes are acceptable and what crimes are not. but at the end of the day, we're all wearing blue jeans with a white stripe on them. ♪ i'm just pulling time in nashville how am i supposed to know ♪ >> i've been to worse places. all i d...

To the low side, the minimum security housing area, you find a unique unit very different from the rest of riverbend. in fact, different from many other prison facilities in the country. >> for the most part, i look for that unit to kind of police itself. we don't have a lot of violence or problems in there. they actually carry their own key to their cell. ♪ they say it's raining in denver that it's really kind of cold ♪ >> there seems to be kind of a macho order of what crimes are acceptable and what crimes are not. but at the end of the day, we're all wearing blue jeans with a white stri...