but they searched us and found everything. >> fred mitchell has tried to escape three different timeshe actually had 75 feet of rope which is pretty impressive. there is an officer gym room with free weights. he said he had codes to the door but the code changes i believe once a month so the likelihood of actually being able to get into that room are slim to none. he also tried digging out the caulking in between the cinder blocks, which didn't go very far. he gets as creative as he possibly can. >> why did you want to escape so bad? >> the prospect of life in prison. i'm charged with murder, for the death of an infant. my ex-girlfriend's baby. she's staying with me at the time. and they say that i threw him up against the wall. and i didn't hurt that baby on purpose. it was an accident. >> mitchell has pled not guilty. >> what do you feel like you deserve? do you feel like you deserve prison time? >> i mean, yeah. i killed somebody. accident or not. i killed somebody. i do deserve to go to prison. but not for the rest of my life. my lawyer just kept pounding it into me. life in priso