two ways out, dead or alive. 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river lies louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola at 18,000 acres, it's the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war and taken over by the state in 1901, this storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america and its current cop pulgs of 5148 men serve sentences so long it's estimated that 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade and much credit goes to warden burl cain. >> corrections is our name. the root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one person from becoming a violent criminal. that's really what our mission is. not to torment and torture but to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. and the root way to do that is morality. moral people, obviously, don't rape, pilfer and steal. >> right here in the midst of angola, i have seen change and it's because -- >> it works on two levels.

> two ways out, dead or alive. 90 miles from new orleans up the mississippi river lies louisiana state penitentiary commonly referred to as angola, 18,000 acres,ed largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, con vertsed to a prison plantation at the entd of the civil car and takingen over by the state this storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america and its current population of 5,148 men serve seen tnss so long it's estimated that 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade and much credit goes to the warden. >> corrections is our name, root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one person from being a victim of violent crime it's worth everything we do and that's our mission not to termt and torture but to correct bad behavior and do it any way you can. the root way do that is morality, moral people ob skreesly don't rape, pilfer and steal. >> right here in angola, i have seen change. the favor of god on your life. >> the warden's approach to morality work

louisiana or there's no dessert. this invitation is brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico holds some of the most violent offenders in the statein our four months there, we saw some of the violence firsthand. but in 1980, pnm was site of one of the deadliest u.s. prison riots where inmates killed 33 of their own. >> jumped off february. almost by accident. big thing i couldn't get out of my head is they actually did it. we actually took the place over. >> 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 b