victim's families, like nicholas and stella, the parents of the 17-year-old girl murdered by daniel hembreeote that letter. hembree strangled their daughter, heather, then dumped her body in this ravine in south carolina. >> she was a very scacaring per. >> reporter: a jury convicted hembree and condemned him to die. the family thought that would be the last they'd ever hear from him. until hitz letts letter appeare boasting about his death row perks. >> we can't take care of our own poor people but we can take care of him, sitting on death row? >> reporter: they treat the prisoners they do because they believe there's a minimum sta standard of what people need to have. so, you don't treat them like animals, you treat them like people. >> read a few books but to watch color tv and watch your favorite "jerry springer show?" when you start giving more rights to the criminals than you do the victims, there's something wrong with that. with america. >> reporter: prison officials item us those kind of privileges are routine and help create a safer environment. and inmate rights advocates say bei