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>> i had a cop killing case. it made me feel like i was big man on campus, because i was getting respect. but it was only out of fear. it wasn't because they respected me because of who i was. >> he was involved in gang 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 t...

>> taylor found it hard to shrug off the emotions stirred up by the visit. >> because i was brought up if you murder, people will get over it, you know? 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.

My wife had been kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed by these guys at work and so i thought i'd take vengeance into my own hands and that's what i did. i shot two employees in the head, and then i also shot two in the leg. >> reefland's symptoms have been treated with medication for several years and he now works in another factory, the mental health shop on prison grounds. >> here you are back in a work environment. your fellow workers here, do they know what your crime was? i'm just curious how that played out. >> oh, i would imagine that some of them were a little leery of me, probably a...

He is serving a double life sentence for murdering two police officers in 1981. >> i have a cop killing case and it made me feel like i was big man on campus, you know, because i was getting the respect, but it was only out of fear. it wasn't because they respected me because of who i was. >> taylor was involved in gang-related activity on both sides of the walls since he was a teenager in east st. louis. he earned his nickname, t-bone, while serving time at another prison. >> because an incident happened down at ft. myers in the '70s. it was hard to get a knife, so i had made a knife out of b...

Killed by these guys at work. i thought i'd take vengeance into my own hands. and that's what i did. i shot two employees in the head, then i also shot two in the leg. >> 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 beca...