. >> james whittington survived the riot to return to the old main facility to show our producers what he witnessed. >> 27 years ago when i got up out of here. i didn't think i would ever see it again. leadership of the inmates decided hey, you know, this control center is takable. there was a huge industrial fire extinguisher that used to sit on one of these walls on hooks. three individuals lifted that industrial fire extinguisher off and said work on this window right here. the window began to give in. all three of these windows were taken out. >> once they broke that, they had access to the entire facility. they had full control. >> this is where it all turned bad after they busted up and got their hands on the dope. >> there's different kinds of psychotic drugs and whatever. and everybody was taking them, just went crazy. >> it was a madhouse, it really was. >> guys being stabbed, heads cut off. pipes going through their heads, you know. unimaginable things. you couldn't even think of, you know. >> one of the inmates came down from the dormitory areas. and he had on his belt, tied