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This facility and any other facility, is that these actually could be turned into weapons very, very easily. and they can be sharpened down, they could be taken apart. any number of things could be done to these. so we're very particular about keeping track of every utensil we have, making sure everything matches with the utensil numbers and everything. >> curtis merrells is one of the inmates allowed to handle the potentially dangerous utensils, but chances are if curtis wanted to hurt someone he'd save it for the ring. curtis is serving a 25-year sentence for robbery. he started boxing to re...

Curtis is serving a 25-year sentence for robbery. he started boxing to relieve stress. >> i chose to go off the wrong side of the road. the result of that, i lost my wife, i lost my kids. i made one decision, one bad decision in life, and it got me 25 years, which i'll be 48 when i get out, which i was 22 when i came in here. >> the program at the prison gives inmates the opportunity to box against fighters from rival institutions. in just a few days curtis will travel with the boxing team to a nearby state penitentiary where he will compete for the title in his weight division. >> to just get...

Came in here. >> the program at the prison gives inmates the opportunity to box against fighters from rival institutions. in just a few days, curtis will travel with the boxing team to a nearby state penitentiary where he will compete for the title in his weight division. >> to just get in that ring and fight, you got to be a stone warrior to fight, especially in prison fighting because i think it's more harder than professional fights. if i take this belt, if i win, i'm the man. i mean, nobody has beat this cat for three to four years, and if i beat him, i'm the big man on the compound. nobod...

Could be turned into weapons very, very easily. and they can be sharpened down, taken apart. any number of things could be done to these. so we're very particular about keeping track of every utensil we have, making sure everything matches with the utensil numbers and everything. >> curtis is one of the inmates allowed to handle the potentially dangerous utensils, but chances are if curtis wanted to hurt someone, he'd save it for the ring. curtis is serving a 25-year sentence for robbery. he started boxing to relieve stress. >> i chose to go off the wrong side of the road. the result of that i...

Any number of things could be done to these. so we're very particular about keeping track of every utensil we have, making sure that everything matches with the utensil numbers and everything. >> curtis merrills is one of the inmates allowed to handle the potentially dangerous utensils. but chances are if curtis wanted to hurt someone he'd save it for the ring. curtis is serving a 25-year sentence for robbery. he started boxing to relieve stress. >> i chose to go off the wrong side of the road. the result of that, i lost my wife, i lost my kids. i made one decision, one bad decision in life, a...