internal affairs investigators frank littlejohn has been called to the unit to determine if escape paraphernalia has been found inside a cell. >> last night an officer observed a sculpture object or like a dummy which is escape paraphernalia. so they conducted a shakedown of the cell. and in that cell search they found an 11-foot rope. when you put the rope with the face that gives concerns that the guy might be planning an escape. >> this here is the head that removed from the head. and this here is the rope. and it looks like an intertwined sheet that was braided together. it is about 11 feet long that was also removed from the cell. if he was to get outside of a cell and have this covered up and a body like object in the cell the staff might walk by if the lighting is bad and at first glance looking through a cell door it could possibly be somebody laying there when it is this. >> the inmate in whose cell the items were found is a nigerian man serving 38 years for the armed robbery and battery of two other nigerian immigrants and his record inside prison is troubling. >> he has a violent hist

but frank littlejohn suspects a coverup. >> the suspect probably told the victim don't tell on me.ell them you fell. >> littlejohn suspects that woods might have used the hot pot to assault his cell mate. >> the hot pot was down in the trash. >> littlejohn's next step is to create the cell itself. >> you can see a little blood here. looks like he tried to clean the blood up before the staff arrived. there is blood on the bedding and some on the back window. it is probably a little struggle. it looks like he packed his property. that is typical. they pack their stuff up so the officers don't get things mixed up. he is ready to go to segregation. he knew he would be going. >> littlejohn checks the surveillance footage. while there is no coverage inside the cell he wants to rule out the possibility of another assay lent entering the cell. >> what have you seen? >> nobody goes up or comes out. >> nobody has been in or out between breakfast or lunch. >> you see the officers are at the cell. this is offender cash. he is the offender with the injuries. this is the cell mate coming up. >>

today, investigator frank littlejohn and detective tom hanks of the indiana state police department are pay him a visit. >> i'm here to serve a warrant for class "d" felony battery resulting in bodily injury on an offender down here. >> if burks is found guilty of these new charges, he could have another three to six years added to his sentence. >> sometimes for whatever reason because of how many years they're doing, they think the prosecutor won't pick it up. we've made arrangements and we have burks out waiting for us and mr. hanks can read him the warrant. >> he'll get a copy. then i have my copy here and i will read him the warrant verbatim. then he's released back to the custody of the facility. demetrius? >> yes, sir. >> i'm tom hanks. i'm a detective with the indiana state police. this is your copy. i'm going to give to it this officer. i'm going to read this to you. arrest warrant, the state of indiana, authorized the warrant on demetrius burks, no social security number listed. count one, battery, resulting in bodily injury, class "d" felony. if this is set for initial hearing