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>> at the time of the attack, officer talley was responsible for supervising "b" cell house. an important part of her job was securing the inmates back in their cells with a system called, rolling of the bar. an older, manual cell locking device. >> that day, chow lines had run late. i said, come on, guys, go in your cells. you miss roll-in, you know what happens. i figured all of them would be in. i rolled the bar. bigger than anything here is three of them didn't make it. so i went down the range. i started at the end and worked my way up. the last cell that missed roll-in was 424. i locked ...

The end and worked my way up, the last cell that missed roll in was 424. i locked his door, went to 418. locked his door. went to the next cell, 410. i said, come on, go on in your cell. he said, i'm not going in. i said, just go in. and i had never had an incident. never had cross words with him, and he kept slow walking and this was totally out of the norm. at that time a sick feeling just overcomes you and you think, wow, something is not right. so i called for my sergeant on the radio. he said it'll be a minute. and the guy just hit me. and the first hit, i believe, knocked me out. i remem...

The last cell that missed roll in was 424. i locked his door, went to 418. locked his door. went to the next cell, 410. i said, come on, go on in your cell. he said, i'm not going in. i said, just go in. and i had never had an incident. never had cross words with him, and he kept slow walking and this was totally out of the norm. at that time a sick feeling just overcomes you and you think, wow, something is not right. so i called for my sergeant on the radio. he said it'll be a minute. and the guy just hit me. and the first hit, i believe, knocked me out. i remember going down and i don't rem...

>> two years ago officer karen talley was brutally assaulted and nearly died. today is her first day back behind the walls of "b" cell house. karen originally started work at the prison in 1997. >> in the michigan city area there's not a lot of jobs and i had two small children, and i had to find a job that could pay the bills, you know, and be able to support them. >> at the time officer talley was responsible for supervising "b" cell house, an important part of her job was securing the inmates back in their cells with a system called rolling of the bar, an archaic locking device left over fr...

The guys know me. i used to work in the intake unit when the new arrivals would come in. they know me. i'll be all right. never imagined it for all these years later. never imagined it. >> at the time of the attack, officer talley was responsible for supervising "b" cell house. an important part of her job was securing the inmates back in their cells with a system called, rolling of the bar. an older, manual cell locking device. >> that day, chow lines had run late. i said, come on, guys, go in your cells. you miss roll-in, you know what happens. i figured all of them would be in. i rolled the...