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Ever again. or not for a very long time. but a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bell's last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, he's finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> i'm pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last week's the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it brings him that much closer to freedom. >> did you sleep last night? >> i've been u...

Somebody is fighting, they lock us down. >> it's changed from the way it used to be. people getting killed, getting raped. things like that. they got a hold of the penitentiary now so it ain't really like it used to be. >> inmates and staff agree, the reforms make stateville much safer. what they disagree about is the price prisoners have had to pay. that's next on msnbc's "lockup: stateville." if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream.

Thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield live in baltimore. people are starting ging to gather here near city fall. an interfaith rally is about to get under way outside the plaza here. hours after the mayor lifts the citywide curfew and the government announces national guard troops are starting to draw down. nick valencia and athena jones are here in baltimore with me. nick the governor says he is drawing down the national guard. are you seeing any signs of a pullback from the national guard? >> reporter: not where we are. we still see that national guard presence. we were told earlier...

That's a status symbol inside of a prison as to how much power you truly have. the gang leaders had those kinds of articles. we took that away and put inmates in correctional industry blue pants and t-shirts and made everybody look the same. when you make everyone look the same, it takes away that status. >> the reforms didn't happen overnight. but they did happen. the administration held the key card. if the inmates didn't toe the line, if there was any sign of trouble, the entire prison went under lockdown, a condition where prisoners don't leave their cells, period, except for medical atten...

Or not for a very long time. but a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bell's last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, he's finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> i'm pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last week's the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it brings him that much closer to freedom. >> did you get any sleep last night? >> i've been up si...