. >> one man who knows stateville better than most is captain kenneth morgan. he's worked here more than 28 years. he's seen the violent potential of the prison at its worst. >> we had a lot of problems with the gangs here at stateville carrying shanks, assaulting staff, assaulting other inmates. >> where you going? >> we had an officer by the name of officer kush. probably one of the best officers i ever knew. he was returning from chow, going back to "g" dorm. on his way back there was a couple inmates back here hiding, they was waiting on him. they hit him in the head in this area right in here and they dumped his body right down here. this is where they dumped the body. >> officer kush was one of eight stateville employees to lose his life to prison violence since the prison opened in 1925. for many, some violence was accepted as a way of life inside a maximum security prison. but for others, it was a shocking and disturbing awareness that the prisoners had too much power. this was true for one young correctional officer who occasionally toured through stat