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>> riefland's symptoms have been treated with medication for several years. he now works in another factory, the metal shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers, did they know what your crime was? i was curious how that played out. >> i imagine some of them were a little leery, a little scared. i got a lot of respect, it seems like. >> where? >> at work and in the yard and stuff because of my crimes. >> he's not the only convicted murderer who sees fear behind the respect. when our crew arrived at anamosa, they were warned. the toughest inmate here...

Related activity on both sides of the wall since he was a teenager in east st. louis. he earned his nickname t-bone while serving time at another prison. >> because the incident happened at ft. madison in the '70s, it was hard to get a knife. so i made a knife out of bone, out of a t-bone steak. we used to get steak back in the day. i sharpened it down and i was going to stab the guy with it. before i could stab the guy with it, they had busted me with it. they saw it in my hand. they took it. the name stuck. the guys in the penitentiary called me t-bone. >> but it was taylor's desire to rise ...

I was a hard and violent person. now that i see a whole different side of me, this is how i go, man. people don't forget. people don't forgive all the time. i'm saying you have to live with this your whole life. coming up -- >> we're not looking for pity. what we're looking for is understanding that we know we did wrong. >> t-bone's past continues to haunt him.

The average age of these men is 36. and some will have a second chance at life on the outside. but for many of the inmates serving life sentences, death is the only way out. >> this all i got. this is my life. you know, i'm going to die here and that's the reality. they're going to take my body, because there ain't nobody going to take it. >> james "t-bone" taylor was once considered one of anamosa's most notorious criminals. a former street gang member, he's serving a double life sentence for killing two police officers. >> i hate that i'm going to die in the penitentiary. i'm not happy about...

Welcome back. during summertime, and right at the end of july now, the two smells of summer i love the most, fresh cut grass. that's terrific. >> yes. >> and the smell of barbecue. when we go for a walk through the neighborhood, i love to -- i can tell the difference between a t-bone and a new york strip. or hamburger. >> good burger. >> do you complain when you walk around the neighborhood and you smell something on the street? >> no. my mouth is watering. >> down in florida you have to be careful. >> a man who was confronted by what seemed to be a town official, your neighbors are complainin...