use of their time or their voices. [ bleep ] >> i wish death on all you [ bleep ]. >> at iowa state penitentiaryent inside the unit that houses the state's most chronic offenders, cell house 220. known inside the walls as the hole. >> shut up! [ bleep ] you. >> this is unit cell house 220, the disciplinary detention unit for long-term disciplinary detention inmates. this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the disciplinary detention inmates that couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> the co's told us these inmates are among the most incorrigible of all inmates within the prison. and my observation was that they seemed to be lacking in the ability to restrain their impulsive behavior. >> i'm in here for cutting myself and stuff like that. getting a bunch of reports for flooding my cell and stuff like that. >> and some are in for more violent deeds. our female producer was warned to keep a safe distance from luis nieves. >> just don't get too close. >> i'm being accused of attempted mu

. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for aide range of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are just a quiet, mellow, peaceful kind of find. so for them to pray to see a god answer or something is very, very special and empowering. >> then we found an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, the ruler of the earth, the kingdom of the world, i command the efernal powers to bestow the power upon me. >> the church of satan is about enjoying life. it's about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy, what improves the quality of our life. >> such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check. but he told us he has found a salvation of sorts in his religion. >> this is what called the 11th satanic rules. earth. and if you look at number nine, it says, do not harm little children. number ten says, do not kill non-human animals unl

>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as cell house 220 also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> i've been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff like that. >> when was the last time you cut yourself? >> about two weeks ago. >> the next day on their way to another interview in cell house 220, our crew ran into murray as correctional officers were moving him into a holding area so that they could inspect his cell. >> can you tell us what is going on? >> we are taking him out to shake down his c

at iowa state penitentiary, we found that the most brutal violence is sometimes against oneself. >> openold inmate caleb etter, suffered severe burns over two-thirds of his body when the methamphetamine lab he was running exploded. when we interviewed etter, he was also serving time for both sexual assault and for attacking a peace officer. >> i push everything to the limit, because as you can tell, i think i'm unstoppable. i think nothing will stop me. nothing will ever kill me. i thought i was god. reality check, i'm not. >> in spite of his calm demeanor, a few hours after this interview, etter got into a verbal confrontation with a female correctional officer that quickly escalated. c.e.r.t., the correctional emergency response team, was called in to extract him from his cell. >> he's been banging his head on the door, spitting at the glass, refusing to move or comply with any orders. we have permission to use force to extract him from his cell. >> for security reasons, the prison videotapes all extractions. >> you ready to move? >> put your hand out. other one. >> a mask is placed ov

. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for ae range of religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. >> i'm in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it's a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. it's about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. >> such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check. but he told us he has found a salvation of sorts in his religion. >> this has what's called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at

>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as cell house 220 also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the inmates that couldn't be handled at another institution or couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> i've been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff like that. >> when was the last time you cut yourself? >> about two weeks ago. >> the next day on their way to another interview in cell house 220, our crew ran into murray as correctional officers were moving him into a holding area so that they could inspect his cell. >> can you tell us what is going on? >> we're just taking him out to shake down h

but the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosa state penitentiary has a very different existence.larry morgan spends nearly every hour of every day inside a small protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994. and next thing i know i'm in prison and then there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me, and it was a high-profile crime at the time. everybody in the system knew about it and, of course, they're all trying to stand up and be a righteous convict. oh, well, i only rob banks or i only do drugs. i only cell crack to kids. but this guy, he killed one, so now we're going to go and we're going to kill him. >> protective custody inmates like morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. to keep them from other inmates. >> at first it's claustrophobic being in a little cell 23 hours a day but after a whi

. >>> james "t-bone" taylor was one of the most respected inmates among inmates at iowa's anamosa state penitentiaryg good but for being a two-time cop killer. but when a survivor of one of his victims forgave him, taylor claims to have grown a conscience. in response, he and some other inmates were inspired to start a group they called s.a.v.e., seriously acknowledging victim's emotions. >> not enough attention is paid toward the victim. this group here is like after okay. it gives guys a chance to come and sit down and understand and find out why they have the behaviors that they have. >> our cameras rolled as inmates involved in the program met with families of victims. >> our past action implied that we held no regard for human life. today we know what it is to feel, see and hear all the insanity an destruction we've caused. this whole thing is not about us coming up here looking for pity. because we're not looking for pity. what we're looking for is an understanding that we know we did wrong. >> well, it affects me in a sense because i know the impact in these later years what i done. i don't d

the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosis state penitentiary has a different existence.mall protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> well, what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994 and next thing i know i'm in prison. and then there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me. it was a high-profile crime at the time. and everybody in the system knew about it, and of course they're at the time. everybody in the system knew about it. it's like, oh, well i only rob banks or i only do drugs. i only sell crack to kids. but this guy, he killed one. now we are going to go and kill him. >> protective custody inmates like morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. >> at first it was claustrophobic, but after a while you get used to it. i miss the sun. i probably miss that more than anything else. fresh air. these places don't smell too good.

the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosa state penitentiary has a very different existence.rgan spends nearly every hour of every day inside a small protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> well, what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994 and next thing i know i'm in prison. and then there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me. it was a high-profile crime at the time. and everybody in the system knew about it, and of course they're all trying to stand up and be some sort of righteous convict. and it's like, oh, well, you know. i only rob banks, or i only do drugs, you know. i only sell crack to kids but this guy, he killed one, so now we're going to go and kill him. >> protective custody inmates like morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day to keep them from other inmates. >> at first it's kind of claustrophobic being in a little

. >> when we met dante bullock at the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa, he was spending his third dayeg, the administrative segregation unit, also known as the hole. authorities say he stuffed this padlock inside of a sock and brutally attacked another inmate with it. >> do you think that you have a violent past or angry or what is your situation? >> i am violent when i am provoked. >> bullock is already serving a life sentence for kidnapping, but if the padlock assault charges stick, he could spend the next year in ad seg, locked in his cell 23 hours a day. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. the inmate had been assaulted and my defense to them was telling them i was in the area and pushed out of the way as the inmate was trying to get away from the person that assaulted him. >> bullock was anxiously awaiting a hearing with the prison's administrative law judge to plead his case. in the meantime, he let us know that while ad seg meant losing his television, the location of his cell at least made it possible to keep up with current events. >> this cell right here in front o

. >> anamosa state penitentiary is a maximum security facility located in eastern iowa. home of some of the state's most violent offenders. one would think that the overcrowded conditions would lead to a constant barrage of bloody confrontations. well, think again. behind the walls of anamosa is a world of unusual contrast. >> to the security office. >> for new inmates arriving at anamosa state penitentiary, the very look of the prison can be intimidating. more than 100 years old, it was built entirely of limestone from nearby quarries. over the years, as the criminal population increased, so did the size of the prison. today, some 1,300 inmates live behind the massive 35-foot-walls and, like any prison, the threat of danger is everywhere. >> around our perimeter we have seven gun towers. they're manned throughout the day. >> the danger is there each time you walk through that gate, you know. you don't know what's going to happen from the time you get on shift to the time you get off shift. >> there's only two types of people in prison. you got the predators and you got t

. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to another memorable pair of siblingsmichael and brad love whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up, i wanted to be him, you know. he's almost four years older than me. you know, and i see him running around drinking and breaking into stuff and doing whatever he's doing. and i'm, like, i want to be like him. that's my big brother. that's my idol. so i kind of followed in his footsteps. >> those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in their trailer park. >> it was christmas night 1992. me and my brother went to a party with what we thought were friends but they tried to rob us to take the liquor that we brought. >> they started beating me up. there was, like, four of them. >> they hurt brad. i couldn't let them get away with that. they threatened his life. so we left, went to my trailer. i got a shotgun. my brother got a five, a machete. we went back out there and did what we did. >> i remember mike standing there. he had the gun pointed up at the trailer. and one of the dudes l

brad and michael love are serving time for murder at animosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what he's charged for, they asked if there are any problems if we're in the same prison. i said, yeah, i probably would end up killing him. i cannot condone that. >> "lockup" has profiled many inmates who spew hatred to sex offenders. but we've also introduced viewers to those on the receiving end. thomas headley is serving a 15-year sentence at utah state prison. and like many sex offenders says his punishment is unjust and his crime misunderstood. >> i was charged with kidnapping somebody that was under 14. i am a man that is attracted to young women, god forbid. 99% of us are. >> when we interviewed him, headley was serving his time in solitary confinement as a punishment for being uncooperative. but he explained to us that he had his own motives for being in the hole. >> there's not a safer place anywhere in the prison than where i'm at. no matter what you do, no matter how you try to approach it, you are a worthless pie