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Alabama's holman correctional facility inmate robert tedder home would be about six feet long by three feet wide. >> this is home. bed to bed right here. each one of these beds is like having a house in a subdivision out there on the street. only no walls, no doors, no privacy. so you just kind of ignore what's going on next door to you >> after 20 years of incarceration, 17 of them served at holman, tedder has developed an appreciation for simple routines. >> cup of coffee. first thing. cup of coffee and a cigarette. that's it. that's every morning. >> at the time of our shoot, tedder still h...

♪ >> tedder always includes one other element on his guitars. it's for his muse. >> everything i do i dedicate to my wife. the blue heart is because we have been separated for 23 years now. she's still with me. she's sticking with me right through this. i always put a blue heart on every letter i mail to her, every card i send her. i put a blue heart on the case and on the guitar. it's just our symbol, being separated so long. ♪ >> while music helps him cope with life at holman, we met another inmate who finds his aggressive tendencies are soothed in the prison hobby shop at the spring cre...

>> you know you need to do a segment on the talent inside these walls. because there are a lot of talented guys. >> "lockup" producers only had to walk to the other side of keith mason's dorm at the holman correctional facility in alabama to learn how right he was. >> i play blues, country, no rock 'n' roll. i don't mess with the hard rock stuff. >> while robert tedder passes time playing music, that's not what amazed our crew. it's that he builds his own guitars out of one of the few recreational resources allowed inmates, model boat kits. >> this is two and a half boat kits makes this one. a...

Long by three feet wide. >> this is home. bed to bed right here. each one of these beds is like having a house in a subdivision out there on the street. only no walls, no doors, no privacy. so you just kind of ignore what's going on next door to you -- >> after 20 years of incarceration, 17 of them served at holman, tedder has developed an appreciation for simple routines. >> cup of coffee. first thing. cup of coffee and a cigarette. that's it. that's every morning. >> at the time of our shoot, tedder still had ten years left on a 30-year sentence for some very serious convictions. they includ...

>> i'm here to visit my husband, robert tedder. >> ava tedder lives just a few miles from holman. and visits regularly. >> all right, thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> usually you visit every two weeks, and you can stay from 8:00 until 1:20. for a long time, it was real stressful. but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine and everything. just like everyday life. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> my wife comes over to visit, i feel like i'm 25 again. about three days later after she leaves, i'm back to 70 again, you know. age catches up with me. s...