the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidatedy this place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of stone masons from italy teamed with inmates from various prisons to construct the castle which opened in 1889. >> when they first built it, they had a sign up over the front door that said, "abandon hope all ye that enter here." they wanted this place to look pretty menacing and it still looks menacing even today. >> i think the penitentiary is unique in many respects, just because of the foreboding appearance that it has. it's a serious place where serious things happen. this is a prison. >> the castle sits on 90 acres and has seven cell houses for its 900 inmates. nearly 40 inmates are secluded on death row. fewer than

>>> inmate joe sears first came to the penitentiary of new mexico more than 20 years ago.last three years on level 6 in solitary confinement. >> i've been here, gosh, since i was 17 years old, and i have grown. and as i've grown, i've turned into more of a man. and that man regrets a lot of things that i've done. >> the only thing that can change a person is time, and through aging in this place and being locked up in a cell, i mean, i'm sure that it would have affected me just like it does him. >> i think i'm bad for what i've done, they put me in prison, but at the same time, i know that i'm not that person anymore. >> compared to when i knew him back at the main, it's a complete different joe sears now. i've seen joe sears deal with his crime. >> that hard work has paid off. sears has finally earned the right to leave the isolated and restricted world of level 6. today, he will be making the move up to level 5. >> congratulations. >> kind of like getting a better opportunity, you know? >> there you go. that's what it's about. >> i'm kind of glad to be going. getting a c

now back to lock up. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses the state's only death row.lethal injection took place in 2001, and you're about to meet one of the few men waiting execution. he has a reputation as a savage killer and a unique perspective on his crimes. >> my name's robert fry. i am in for four counts of murder, and i'm currently serving three life sentences, and as of now, i'm on death row. should that get overturned, i'll be serving a maximum of 209 years. >> robert fry is a serial killer. behind each of his murder convictions lies a tale of violence and horror. >> i feel that i had evil within. not that i myself was evil, but that i allowed myself to be drawn towards evil things. >> while robbing a store, fry stabbed his first two victims, then slit their throats. >> when you walk in that path of darkness, you can't help but walk hand in hand with evil. whether you believe it to be evil or not, i never considered myself a violent person. >> in 1998, fry savagely beat a man to death with a shovel. >> i came from a very good family, but i got involved with a

they live at the iowa state penitentiary. behind this maximum security facility's 40-foot stone and concrete exterior is a population of drug abusers, murderers, and the mentally ill. on the west bank of the mississippi river is one of the oldest prisons in the country, iowa state penitentiary. there is a separate facility at iowa state penitentiary called ccu. the inmates who are considered mentally ill are housed here. lieutenant john fedler oversees the correctional staff at ccu. >> the staff have been through specialized training to be able to deal with the mentally ill inmates. >> up to 200 men can be housed at ccu. most of them reside in single cells in one of the four general population pods. >> i'm here for depression. i was out on work release. i escaped from a work release center because i couldn't find a job. i robbed a bank in my hometown where the work release center was. i got in a high-speed chase with state troopers of missouri and local law enforcement. i hit one of the state troopers head-on, trying to commi

it was a mountain serving as the fourth wall of the penitentiary. james went over, the number one man. doug went over. spider monkey climbed it. he was supposed to pull the chain ladder up. but when he jerked, he fell backwards and fell off the wall. the ladder fell back down. there at the horseshoe pit, doug taylor was pitching horseshoes. he's watching these guys go over. no one's getting shot, no one seems to care. i'm serious. he just went -- he run over, he went over. about that time, a guy running laps. he had on running shorts and tennis shoes. he comes around and he saw doug go over. he stops and running in place. he shrugged, too, and he went over. >> 15 minutes later as the seventh inmate was climbing over, a guard in another tower finally took notice and fired a shot, striking the last escapee in the shoulder. >> the way it used to work here, they had a big steam whistle. when they would have an escape, they would blow the whistle. when you hear the whistle blow, you get a shotgun and your dog and go to the woods. because the inmates, bac

hear a lot of bad things about this penitentiary. kind of scary. because you're going to be here and you see how it is, like, maximum security and stuff like that. so i'm going to stay to myself, man. hope for the best. let me get up out of here. >> inmate walton and officer white make up the opposite ends of stateville. white will spend eight hours in his tower. once walton is processed into the system, he will join his fellow inmates who spend more than 20 hours of every day in their cells. the relationship between guards, inmates, and the prison they both inhabit is more than 75 years old. construction began here in 1916. and the prison opened in 1925. it differed from any other prison in the world. circular cell houses orbited around and connected via tunnels to a huge central dining hall. today one of the original cell houses remains, the only one of its kind in the country. stepping into it conjures up images of gladiators stepping into a coliseum. >> it's very beneficial because basically you can stand in one spot and get a visual of the who

a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear he's not as eagerface death as holton. but he's ready for it nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done, and it hurts me knowing that i went to the level that i went. and if there was any way possible for me to be healed or corrected, believe me, it would be done. it's an impossible situation not only for me but for everybody involved, you know. and i'm not saying that there to get out of an execution because like i said, i'm ready. if you want to kill me, let's go. i'm ready to go. but i think that i have something i can offer somebody and i don't really think it's time for me to die. next. ♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! vo: in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority. we do things differently. we'll take care of it. vo: we put members first... join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [

. >> 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

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. and 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, 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

faith cleansed me of my sins and faith will see me through. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiaryund the prison attempts to provide services for a wide range of religious beliefs. >> a lot of religions are just a quieting, mellowing, peaceful time and so for them to pray to see god answer something is just very, very special, so it's empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan the ruler of the world i command darkness to bestow the eternal power upon me. i'm in a satanic group here. only about four of us here. it's 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 is what's called the eleven satanic rules of the earth. and

my dissertations examine the state penitentiary in 1800. as i tracked the penitentiary over the next 90 years i noticed that he had set these colorful missives to congress, guys what are you doing? you're not paying attention. they are sending these freed men to our gates and him only stolen things or been accused of things that would be minor, that would not give rise to a felony charge, and yet they are being incarcerated anyway. i would argue that petitions for the removal of the 14th amendment disability reveal much about the local politics of reconciliation and the search for memory and meaning and loyalty, amid what can only be described as the devastation of the region. some of these tales painted tableau of war scarred town's, and women who fought to maintain families despite significant hardships. others, however, thought to recast their support of the confederacy in the rhetoric of necessity. george and ja howard recounted that he had been forced into the war for a time. that he had sought an accepted public office under confedera

the walls of spring creek, natural beauty gives way to the harsh reality of a maximum security penitentiary. >> we are the end of the road for the state of alaska, department of corrections. the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those that pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. minimums. they are in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview them, house one inmate antonio robertson, was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ] >> hey, calm down. calm down. >> every one of you [ bleep ] -- i want to start with i want to tell her, dude, you got -- >> tell her we need more food. >> what do you want to know? >> roberson, serving a 60 year sentence for murder, had spent most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in there? >> in house one? it's a long story. i been being assaulted and so i assault people back. okay? i'm about taking care of my stuff. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> roberson not only fights with other inmates.

. >>> san quentin is a deteriorated penitentiary whose obsolete design is putting officers at risk andsing enormous inefficiency. but for the thousands of inmates incarcerated there, san quentin is home. it's where long days are spent in a small cell, where survival is as much a mental challenge as it is a physical one. >> there's a nine by six cell. now i can put my hand from here to here. and i can't even stretch my arms all the way up. >> you might say this is what criminals deserve, after all, this is prison. but for cellmates, russell johnson and christopher reid, for instance, it's hard time. >> it's certain ways you conduct yourself in here, too, you know what i'm saying? >> let's say for instance someone wanted -- >> somebody wanted to talk to him, you know what i'm saying, we got -- i've got to sit down. you know what i'm saying? >> or i might have to come up like this. or he can just turn to his side right here and walk this way. >> yeah. this is how you do it. you do your back that way. this is the real deal. you know what i'm saying? it really is. >> just how each inmate su

. >> this is my fifth here in the penitentiary. i've been all around.n the system for a while. >> soledad, tracy, jamestown, now here. >> many of these inmates are simply resigned to prison as a way of life. >> i will probably come back once or twice on a violation. ♪ i can't shake these penitentiary state blues ♪ >> but flaco has come to the realization that hanging with a street gang does not mean lifetime loyalty. >> well, basically what it boils down to, an eye opener for me was, when i fell, when i got locked up, where were they? you know, the only people writing me, taking care of me right now is my family. all those guys, home boy this, they ain't nowhere to be found right now. you know, so what it boils down to who is really here for me right now is my family. >> and for chester reed, it's that separation from family and his wife of 32 years that is most painful. >> misery i went through inside these walls and the pain that i caused my family, it will never happen again, not in my lifetime. it hurts me just to think of the hurt that i caused tho

. >>> john thompson was sitting on death row at angola state penitentiary awaiting his execution when he got an unexpected call. >> j.t., we found you some attorneys. they're from philadelphia. they're coming down to see you. >> the call was from a nonprofit group devoted to appealing death sentences. >> i'm on death row. you send me some lawyers saying they're going to represent me. come on, get real. >> gordon and i normally represent big companies in employment litigation and trade secret litigation, but this is my first case representing a criminal case. >> gordon and michael were not well read, but they the said there was just something that caused them to say, this the guy didn't do it. >> i was skeptical of his innocence, but i remember feeling a strong sense from reading the file that things that happened in john's trial that things that happened were just fundamentally unfair. >> banks and cooney went to meet their new client. >> the first time i met john thompson was at the louisiana state penitentiary at angola. and we had a hard time communicating. >> first thing i asked h

what happens in the penitentiary stays in the penitentiary. >> reporter: we have a note about somethingwanted to let you know. while we were in tennessee, some came forward to us about atmosphere of sexual pressure from some of the guards. we'll investigate. >>> more, when we return. guess what i'm an iphone 6!!!!!! i know!! it covers facetiming? uh-huh. noice. what's that all about? i'm streaming!!!!! it covers that? oh-yeah. way to go. omg. blasting this!! it covers blasting? sure does. word. what are you doing sweetie? posting pics. it's covered. we are awesome parents. get iphone 6 on straight talk wireless. because you need a plan that covers that... without costing all that. $45 unlimited with the first 3 gigs of data at high speeds then 64 kilobytes per second. walmart. >>> once again, diane sawyer. >> reporter: two little girls who raise hard questions about crime, mental illness and women in prison. lindsey sang in the choir at church. a college graduate, who worked at a dentist's office while living at home with her parents. she helped nurse her mother through a brain tumor, a

he's a 45-year-old ex-con who did ten years in a michigan state penitentiary for robbery and assault. >> so i feel people that are weak and not in shape and can't protect their girls shouldn't be in this business. >> front side. he's got the money. white male, black top. keep an eye on him. >> we first met mico in 2010 -- >> step out. >> hands up. hands up. >> when he was arrested by michigan's human trafficking task force for pimping out a 19-year-old woman named heather giardan. >> get your shirt on. >> also known to police as lil' barbie. >> please. i didn't do anything. >> put your pants on. >> let me put my clothes on. >> at the time mico rejected the pimp label, choosing instead to describe himself as a bodyguard and chauffeur, offering guidance and protection to women working in the sex trade. >> i've never had one girl ever been hurt being with me. not one. you guys look at it differently, but i truly believe that i'm doing a good deed by protecting them. technically, okay, i can see what you're saying. you're contributing to the problem by driving them on calls, this and that

they refused so they got federal penitentiary service, 2-3 years. so a total of 85 protested from heart mountain, wyoming. a total of about 300 protested from the ten camps. when we were incarcerated in the camps, everyone got one of these. they told us to go to the hay stack and fill it with hay. and being from krae kra, we didn't have winter cloeting. so, in wyoming, the snow country, we were issued these world war i navy pea kout e coats. everyone got a pea coat. so these are all adult sizes. i was a young kid of 11 years old. so when i wore it it looked like the jacket was walking. as i mentioned, i was a youk kid of 11 years old. so fortunate, we had a boy scout woman. heart mountain camp had the largest boy scout movement of all of the camps. we had seven troops, vary cub scout troop girl scout troop, brownies. we had thousands of kids in organized sports to keep us active in the camps. this drum happened to go into the camps during world war ii. and, initially, when it went into camp, it had an american flag and a japanese flag. but it wasn't

i -- you don't snitch in a penitentiary and i wasn't trying to die. i just wanted to kick his ass and send a message throughout the penitentiary that i'm not to be messed with. >>> coming up . >> this is my third dui. somebody's telling me something. >> alcohol brings a 51-year-old woman to her first extended stay. and -- >> you have not lasted very long in population. last time you were in population was in january, you made it two weeks. >> jermaine knight finds out if he has earned his way out of administrative segregation. now with the you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go. enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> officials at the fairfax county adult detention center say safety and security is at the core of every decision and policy they make. and that exte

we understand why eastern state penitentiary schools were out, but couples with too? >> the skating warms us up. we're from arizona. >> so what are you doing? >> taking part in the cold. >> warmer harts perhaps lead to warmer thoughts unless you're working tonight. >> it bothers me because it is cold, but i get to stay inside. >> bundled up from head to toe, waiting for the next car and the next heated seat. >> as long as business is good. >> you look covered up. >> yeah i am as you can see. >> the ice forming quite quickly here on the sides of lambert street. the left overwater pools. ten basements here were flooded. crews say they hope to fix the water and get service back up and running by monday morning. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> the cold and the snow with our first alert weather app. you can check the temperatures and radar. it is a free download on nbc 10.com. >>> breaking news in burlington county. an accident involving a mail truck on 295. the truck hit a tree and is off in the woods. the driver was hurt. the injuries are not believed to be serious. >>> ton

. >> if i get charged with assault i'm going to the penitentiary for 9 1/2 flat. 9 years flat. even though it's an internal charge, they can be jerks and make it an outside charge if dude shows up in court and i go to the penitentiary for nine flat. >> that's a big deal. >> yeah. there's a lot to lose. i feel stupid for doing it. >> so what are you, depressed? you look a little out of it. >> yeah, i'm depressed. i'm really depressed by it. i am going to the hole. i have to explain to my wife that i can't have no visitation or nothing because i punched somebody in the face, and get yelled at and my kids are probably going to act out for the next week and a half till i get home and put her through hell. it's a lot of unwanted stress that shouldn't have been caused. >> moments later the sergeant enters the holding cell to take coleman's statement. coleman must choose the version he thinks is in his best interest. >> coleman, i'm sergeant jim. what's your side of the story? >> we were goofing off and he took off and slid across the floor. which i did it first, i slid across the flo

that's going to be my year. 31 years in the penitentiary and i will leave. >> kevin has used his time inside to better himself. he's received a master's degree in theology, learned sign language while working with deaf inmates. >> keeping people incarcerated who are community ready. ready to go out here and be an asset to the community. to me it's crazy. why don't you release us now while we're still healthy and able to contribute? don't wait until we lose a leg or an arm or our minds... >> so while a crisis that few seem willing to face expands to alarming proportions, kevin and thousands of other older inmates like him will continue to grow old behind bars. >> you have more people locked up per capita than anywhere else in the civilized world, how can you do that? and you're always crying about how much money it costs. it's not solving your problems. >> we have to treat these people as human beings. they are human beings. and they deserve compassion, dignity and respect. and if you treat these people with that, then i think you're doing the right thing. and i think that's the reason

that's part of what they call the penitentiary rule. you take care of the men, that's all he has to do. he doesn't even have to brush his teeth. he just smile, i brush his teeth now. >> what about women's lib? women are liberated now. >> right. they are. >> women don't have to wait on their husbands anymore. how do you feel about that? >> i choose to. i choose to. >> housework isn't the only way in which prison marriage is less than a union of equals. as precious explains in this graphic interview footage. >> if there's any sexual activities taking place, he is the man. you know, he's the server at all times. i'm always the recipient of whatever it is. it doesn't matter if it's oral, anal, whoever you look at it. because he's the man. i could never penetrate him or get no oral sex or anything like that from him. if i choose to go and release myself, then i have to go get me a girl to go deal with. >> our producer then questioned whether the relationship between precious and marquis is motivated by more than just love and sex. >> are you

kern valley state prison opened its gates in june 2005 to help ease overcrowding at other state penitentiaries. it brings california's total number of correctional facilities to 33. 130 miles northeast of los angeles is california's central valley. known for farming and agriculture, it is also home to kern valley state prison. the facility cost $379 million to build, and it will eventually hold 5,000 men. >> we want to try to get the inmates to start programming and try to rehabilitate them to be able to get back on the outside and get their footing back into the community. >> there's no rehabilitation in the california department of corrections. and i don't care who tells you that there is, they're lying to you. >> this prison is supposed to be a model throughout the entire state. its specific purpose is to show society, right? that hardened criminals can be rehabilitated. okay, but that's not what it is. everybody's landing here and it's just exactly the opposite. >> behind triple-layered razor-wired fences, inmates occupy four housing units. open less than a year, the prison is still strugg

i -- you don't snitch in a penitentiary and i wasn't trying to die. i just wanted to kick his ass and send a message throughout the penitentiary that i'm not to be messed with. >>> coming up . >> this is my third dui. somebody's telling me something. >> alcohol brings a 51-year-old woman to her first extended stay. and -- >> you have not lasted very long in population. last time you were in population was in january, you made it two weeks. >> jermaine knight finds out if he has earned his way out of administrative segregation. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. i'm out of the office right now, hi, you've reached emma. but will get back to you just as soon as i possibly can. join us for exclusive discovery at sea experiences. princess cruises. come back new. for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing for my retirement. transamerica made it easy.

. >>> born malcolm little in omaha in 1925, he left a stretch in penitentiary to become one of the best known black men in america. he left the scene. in urban rioting growing resistance, and assassinations of martin luther king, and edward kennedy. his daughter was a speaker at the memorial speeches. >> i'd like to bring you to a moment of silence. it was around the time my mother was brutally assassinated, martyred in the blue light. >> some 300 gathered at the autobahn bull room. the public figure malcolm x is compared to is martin luther king. it is tempting. both family me, both 39 when cut down by assassins, when king throng the king memorial, hits birthday is a national holiday, and products associate themselves with his memory. no one uses malcolm x to sell hamburgers. when both were alive and active, there was less. martin luther king led a group of preacher past source, voter identification, political pressure. malcolm x looked at black people, enslavement, and concluded through much of his life that being a push over would project weakness to aggressors. their treatment at th

the penitentiary -- patients were laying under the dust. >> reporter: so many people have died sinceast ceasefire collapsed in september, and there is great uncertainty as to whether this latest truce will be implemented and hold. >>> a former south korean airline executive is beginning a year-long jail sentence over a bag of nuts. heather cho was found guilty after forcing a flight attendant off of a plane. harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: in custody since the end of december heather cho was at least spared the gauntlet of cameras. it wouldn't be long before she would be making the return journey as a convicted criminal. it's cements an incredible fall from her position only weeks ago, as vice president of korean air, one just arm of the giant family firm putting her among south korea's elite. cho's lawyer said no decision had been made on whether to appeal. on december 5th in the first class cabin, cho reacted with volcanic fury to being served nuts in a bag and not on a plate. she assaulted the cabin crew member who served her, and order the head flight attendant from the airc

still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't alwaysee with, or abide by, the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all of my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard core. and i need a certain type of environment. >> now, you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. >> everything about alex's mannerisms, his appearance, and the words that he spoke, said -- convict. alex just embodied that. >> bennett was 54 years old when we met him and had spent 33 of those years behind bars for armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder. >> the system today isn't like the system that i came into 36 years ago. the system today has the majority of their inmates programmed to do what they're told when they're told to do it. and so they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. well, there's still a few old dogs around who like to do things their own way. >> bennett's way of doing things, however, has had horrifying results. after adapting to life in a single person cell here, he was transferred to a lowe

that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] penitentiary begins rejecting isis claims that a air worker died from a jordanian air strike. family of kayla muhler and u.s. officials, confirm her death. they place the the death on the extremist group n august 2013 isis captured muhler while she left a hospital in syria. she traveled there to work with several humanitarian groups. muhler's aunt described her as noble beyond her years. >> she has done more in her incredible 26 years then many people could ever imagine doing in their lifetime. kayla has touch the the heart of the world the world grieves with us. >> president obama said muhler was one of the hostages the u.s. tried to rescue with the raid in syria last summer but hostages had been moved just before that raid. >>> president obama's request to use military force against isis could go to congress later today. it is reportedly a three-year plan opening the door for u.s. ground troops but prohibit a lengthy offensive. many democrats oppose a long term mission while republicans want all options on the t

penitentiary.was found guilty of murderering chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. among those in the courtroom was jeff kyle chris's brother. he joins us in the studio. good morning. >> good morning. >> like everyone around the country, i want to give you the sympathies of the death of your brother. >> thank you very much. >> take us to the courtroom when you knew the man who killed your brother was going to prison. >> you know we waited a long time to hear it. we had talked earlier, up to that point we always had that feeling, that sense that it was going to go our way, but you never know. you can't spend your entire time trying to watch them or read them. they're not going to show their hand. so we felt good up until the trial -- or the jury stepped out to deliver rate. we had no idea at that point where it was going to go and that's when the thoughts start racing and you just pray that it's going to go right. >> does it since seem to have paint add compelling case for insanity? did you th

we did hear from the penitentiary president franÇois hollande who was speaking on television that theyhave the military equipment and create a buffer zone that goes from 50 to 70 kilometers. we also hear that there was an idea to give more a tan autonomy under operatist separatist control, and give the territory taken in conflicts that have flared up. you do hear many people here who say, well, if that doesn't work what assurances do we have that this will work? there have been talks by president petro poroshenko. he has taken the floor now. and he has displayed passports and i.d.s that belonged to russian soldiers that were found in eastern ukraine by the ukrainian forces. he said that there is no doubt that russia is continue to go destabilize that region. and unless that stops there are no chances of peace to really hold there. >> and russia continues to deny any sort of involvement but was there pressure to end tensions in eastern ukraine? >> well, russia is under pressure. there is a renewed round of sanctions that is looming. that conference will happen next week and the any cert

he will spend the rest his life in the texas penitentiary. the prosecutors have decided not to speak. we did hear briefly from chad littlefield mother's jury. and in the stand in the courtroom for the victim's impact statement was the half brother jerry richardson who told off eddie ray routh exactly what the family was feeling. that they took a brother, a father, a loved one from the family. they said that he will never live that down. that he will be a murdered, labeled a murderer the rest of his life. >> so now begins that phase where not only the family members but the community there absorb what has happened over the last two years. we again as you were saying, not expecting at this moment to hear from the prosecution, although that was hoped for by some watching this case in addition to that, we've had the victim impact statements. that is done is what you're saying. how than mood in the courtroom? >> reporter: here in the courthouse, it has been very tightly controlled. it was heavy security because before the trial, there were death t

we want to control the penitentiary system.n't take much to incite a riot or whatever, you know. you could take four officers hostage at the same time, and it's gonna domino. it's gonna domino. they don't have control. it's a delusion. >> forbidden to write letters in seg to general population, parker says he's able to communicate with fellow aryan brotherhood inmates by writing to friends on the outside. >> they're lazy. they don't read the mail. they mail clerk doesn't -- i don't think she would have time to read the mail, even if she wanted to. >> this letter is from steven parker to an inmate named reese. >> kyra gyden is in charge of reading the mail at holman. she has just intercepted one of parker's unauthorized letters containing insulting language about warden culliver. >> he wrote "culliver," i'm not going to read all of that because it's a lot of cussing in it. "he's an idiot, treats everyone like inferiors or children. i cannot stand that, and he's a supercilious jackass." steven parker is a weirdo, anyway. very wei

dunlap should be allowed to come out of the penitentiary only in a pine box. >> he took lives that he was not entitled to take. not for self-defense. not for self-preservation. nothing. this man is a mass murderer. and he deserves death. >> for 20 years as dunlap appealed his death sentence, violence continued to strike colorado. >> masked gunman walked into columbine high school. >> shooting at century theaters. they're saying somebody is shooting in the auditorium. >> and cries for vengeance increased. >> too many criminals. time all of them die. kill all of them, colorado. that will take care of all this crap. >> in 2013, nathan dunlap's execution ordered landed on the desk of governor john hickenlooper and in an odd twist of fate, the governor's own political fortunes would come to rest on his decision. >> we're going to have an election in 2014 where one of the questions is, do we want to kill this one person? >> the case sparked a raging debate over capital punishment and posed the question, what should be done with society's most heinous criminals? >> the death penalty encompas

. >> i kept telling your mom, she will not bury you in penitentiary. that's what the lord told me. >> doesn't he answer my prayers? >> yes, he does. he was little, don't pray for me. >> i used to always say that. i'm going to pray for you. don't -- please, mom, pray for me. >> i look at her and i see how much hurt she's got in her face, how much pain she's going through. sometimes it's hard just to look at her. >> in your precious holy name i pray. amen. >> if i get convicted, she feels she will lose another child. >> my god, i love you so much. >> i love you too, mom. >>> coming up, tony goodwin is called back to court. this time, to hear from the jury. >>> and -- >> he says don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual my hands can be. >> lorraine green accused an officer of misconduct. you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. i'm good all day. [announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. let's end this >>>

. >> this is the penitentiary here. >> she's been up here like seven, eight months.feel me? real time in county jail. not that playland, and my best friend applications and [ bleep ] like that. we don't get down like that in the town or in alameda county. i don't even know where she's from. that's why i would roll them up and put them down there. that ain't play jail. we in real jail and we want to go home. it's not cute. >> that takes some [ bleep ] balls. >> while markert finds herself in the middle of a brewing storm. >> vincent del judas has not let his 12-year sentence prevent him from finding a port in his storm. a few days ago, he took a major step. he got married. >> i got married here in santa rita, you know? on valentine's day. so you know, it was kind of a -- she was kind of happy about that. >> hey, baby. kind of meant something to her. >> how you been? >> i've been all right. >> del judas' new wife, maria, has been visiting weekly since he's been at santa rita. and during her last visit, they tied the knot. >> when we do visiting, it's through the phone,

you know, you don't have freedom when you're in the penitentiary. >> with a family to provide support, frank trusty is one of the lucky ones. frank arrives after a haircut and a change of clothes to change his offender status from prisoner to parolee. >> regardless of how well or bad your life is going, you have to report as required. we're going to come out to your home. >> okay. >> and if we believe there's a reason to look around, we're going to ask to look around. you can't have weapons. possession of a firearm is a federal offense. because you're a convicted felon. you should always come to the office ready to give a urine. >> okay. >> frank will face random drug testing as part of his parole. any positive urine test, frank could be sent right back to usp. >> i smoked marijuana. my distribution was for mushrooms. every time i get out, i end up getting high again. i hope this is different. i'm scared, though. >> frank's 30 years old. that's where offenders are usually on the cusp. where they'll start aging out, they'll slow down and will start making responsible decisions. you'll

it is right near eastern state penitentiary. robbers got away with the boy's cell phone. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf said he has a plan to rebuild the middle class. he unveiled his ram in our area. randy gyllenhaal has the story from bethlehem. >> we are open for business in pennsylvania. >> governor tom wolf speaking to a pro-business crowd announced some big business news. a major cut to the corporate income tax from 10 down to 5% which is huge for companies looking to expand. >> we try to attract companies from pennsylvania but too many of them look at that rate and wouldn't even give us a look. >> for year pennsylvania had the second highest corporate tax rates in the country. just this week florida's governor rick scott came to town trying to poach pennsylvania companies by offering them lower taxes and lots of sunshine. >> what your new governor is doing is not good for business. that's when people lose their job. >> today's announcement would make pennsylvania a top competitor against states like florida. >> we're

he spoke with us from a federal penitentiary in pennsylvania. >> there has been an executive order saying that we shouldn't do this anymore but do we really trust the intelligence infrastructure? i think without a legal foundation our future president can decide, i think torture was a good idea, and maybe we should do it again. and that's why we need registration and we need prosecutions. >> as for khalid sharif he said that getting the government to admit their behavior is the first stem to truth of what happened to him. and of all of the others held in captivity by the cia. lindsay moran, aljazeera washington. >> you can watch lindsay moran's special report at 10 p.m. on america tonight. >>> ash carter returned to the penitentiarypentagon today as the new boss. he has worked in it the pentagon before in different posts, most recently as the deputy of defense. and he met with president obama at the white house. he seceded chuck hagel. >>> and the obama administration announced that it will allow foreign companies to export armed drones. but the companies can only use them for national de