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Supervision of a new warden. the farmland outside atmore, alabama, looks much as it did in 1969. that was the year the holman correctional facility, one of alabama s maximum security prisons, opened its gates. all of alabama s executions are carried out here. the prison was originally built to house 540 inmates. today, that population is nearly doubled, and most inmates, including serious felons, live in one of five open dormitories. i ve been locked up 12 years, and it s not getting any better around here. instead, they try to pile us in and pile us in more and more. at holman, 630 beds are dedicated to general population. 200 accommodate inmates in administrative segregation, and ....
I ve pretty much seen it all. over the years, holman s reputation for violence has earned the facility a number of nicknames. the slaughter pen of the south, the house of pain. some call it dead man land. the bottom. the pit. the beast. this place is savage. it s a messed-up prison, you ask me. it s the bottom of the barrel. people call it the bottom. the bottom. everybody calls it the bottom. it was terrible at one time. you know, you might have two or three fights going on at the same time, stabbings. quite a few killings. it s not like working at a walmart. since becoming the warden at holman, grantt culliver has tried to steer the prison away from its violent past. he has set up procedures enabling inmates to settle disputes with words, not weapons. ....
It s a shame i had to do it here, but it s a miracle i did it. think you can get me on american idol? while tetter and berard pass the time playing guitar, a contraband brew called prison julep provides an escape for other inmates. of course, yeast is the catalyst for that. they re not able to steal the yeast, per se. they will take raw dough and try to hide raw dough and keep it. they ll take bread to use. any type of a juice that has any form of sugar in it, they will use that. today, officers perform a random search in one of holman s general population dorms. though looking for any type of contraband, they keep a nose out for prison julep. you can smell the aroma coming out of this box. ....
Coming up i can t breathe in here. i can t get nothing out of here. my toilet was full over with feces when i came here. one inmate s outrage over conditions at holman. for an unsanctioned selfie. that s that new gear feeling. get this high performance laptop bundle for only $399. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. ....
tell me what i m gonna do oh, baby, just tell me what i m gonna do idle hands is the devil s playground, you know, so i stay busy. you think this can get me on american idol ? the execution team will escort the condemned from the death cell into the execution chamber and place him on a gurney. you ain t here for going to church. you ain t here because you was doing something constructive. you been doing something constructive, you never would have been here. i was doing something constructive until they [ bleep ] pulled me down the hall. oh, [ bleep ]. yeah. in southern alabama, the holman correctional facility houses some of the state s most dangerous criminals. over the years, holman developed a reputation for inmate stabbings, and ambulances were often seen coming to and from the prison. but in recent years, the number of serious incidents has been reduced, partly because of strict policy changes and the ....