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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...

Serious offense and also that she has had multiple write-ups. to recommend parole at this time would have an verse effect on the institution. i'm going to recommend that you decline the balance of your sentence. thank you, have a good day. >> culbertson's parole has been denied. >> so in other words you've got to serve two more years? >> um-hum. >> basically, where's -- >> i'm sorry, it's okay. >> it ain't. i need to talk to the warden about them not -- >> stop, stop. >> please. please. >> you don't have to do anything. >> okay. >> go. >> parole hearings are not considered opportunities to vis...

Among inmates and staff alike. michele ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second week working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, was kind of skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something that i really want to do. >> i've always had a passion for law enforcement. that's just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. they thought, okay, mommy is going to be a cop. that's cool for them. i don't think they really understand everything that's going on. you have to remember to stay firm, fair and consistent. you can't really treat anybody any different. they'r...

My wife had been kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed by these guys at work and so i thought i'd take vengeance into my own hands and that's what i did. i shot two employees in the head, and then i also shot two in the leg. >> reefland's symptoms have been treated with medication for several years and he now works in another factory, the mental health shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers here, do they know what your crime was? i'm just curious how that played out. >> oh, i would imagine that some of them were a little leery of me, probably a...

Had 22 shanks hidden in their light fixture. >> brandon siverly would craft knives out of nearly any object he found on prison grounds. >> if it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. usually i would just keep it on me because it's no good if it's hidden somewhere. if somebody comes on to you and [ bleep ], you ain't got it on you, you can't tell him, hold on, let me go get my knife. thankfully, i've never had to use one. usually if somebody sees one, it's enough to keep them at bay. so you don't usually have to use it. i wa...