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Ours was the first television crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as well. >> the solid outer doors are to prevent inmates from communicatin...

Crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as well. >> the solid outer doors are to prevent inmates from communicating with one another. they rarel...

What i noted most was the fact i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window, even in the super maxes. they have these little peepholes they will look in before opening up, that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the doors, there were bars, it was a two-tiered system i had not seen before. the security door and then the bars themselves. >>. >> narrator: the solid doors are to prevent inmates from communicating with one another. they rarely leave their cells and even their meals are brought to them. but we found that the cells different from mo...

>> "n" stands for the polish word for dangerous. ours was the first television crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as well. >> the solid out...

Inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves. >> the solid outer doors are to prevent inmates from communicating with one another. they rarely leave their cells. and even their meals are brought to them. but we found that the cells in n block different from most ...