>> i came from state anamosa penitentiary. due to an inmate causing some problems. of throwing -- >> hang on. hang on. >> as our cameras roll, fickling's new neighbors continually attempt to disrupt the interview. >> i'm scared to death where i'm at because i don't know what's going to happen. you know. supposedly they say this is the worst penitentiary in iowa. >> but as we learned later, fickling's new neighbors have equal cause to be wary of him. >> the reason i'm mainly in lockup is because i got in a fight. that was my original thing while i was in ft. dodge. i assaulted an officer with -- i assaulted this inmate with urine and feces. >> i don't want to sound ignorant. how do you use your bodily fluids and throw it on somebody? >> i mean -- i used a cup. i mean, there's crazier inmates. they'll put [ bleep ] in their hand and throw it at you. i mean, you got inmates that will smear it on the walls and write graffiti. it just depends on what your mind frame is. that's not me. you know. i don't do that kind of thing, because, i mean, that shows like a little kid,

a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear.ace death as holton. but he's ready for it, nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done. 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 correct it, 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 to get out of an execution or -- because like i said, i'd 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 think it's really time for me to die. >>> four months after the

>> shortly after "lockup" arrived at kentucky state penitentiary, officers had to extract harper from his cell again. >> he threatened us with throwing feces on police officers, spitting on us through the door, he threatened our families. >> a lot of the older ones like lieutenant gill, all of them, they know me from when i was a youngster. back down here. so we have a different type of communication level and understanding. >> every night you are going to go through this. you hear me? every night you work, honky, you racist, redneck, no good [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> harper will serve at least two more years in segregation. >> i made things hard for myself. i been in segregation three years. i don't blame nobody else. because i had an opportunity to get out of here. i let my anger and things get to me that i shouldn't have. and as a result of that, i'm still here. >> i can't say i'm sane. i'm pretty off balance, but i keep it in a certain amount of control. >> another inmate at kentucky state penitentiary who is no stranger to cell extractions is victor hiatt. prior to interviewing hi

lyons now lifting at 495. >> other penitentiaries get that weight up. that's how they're doing it. get your weight up. >> 625. >> 625. on deck. we push. on deck. >> let's go! go! >> good lift. good lift. you got it. >> of course, in prison, there's also a practical side to staying in shape. >> if you ever come against somebody who wants to approach you in a negative way, attack you in a fight or something, you don't want to be the person that's going to run out of air first. the person that runs out of air first is the person that gets hurt. >> in the combat zone, you have to be combat ready and we all know that any minute this yard, in two seconds, can explode into violence. >> bill hankins, a long-term inmate at colorado state penitentiary knows about sudden explosions. during a routine strip search, hankins snapped. >> i used to get real frustrated behind these doors. it used to drive me to where i'd be worked up, ooh, wanting to get out. >> hankins is serving life without parole for killing a grocery clerk during a robbery. in this super max facility he is not allowed contact w

. >>> at kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop. at rikers island jail, a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bread per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup," inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> i took a knife and stabbed him with it three or four times until he was dead. and then i butchered him with it. >> you find a piece of metal or something, file it down on the concrete. it ain't got to be sharp, it's just got to have a point. put your handle on it and do what you need to do. >> "lockup" crews are regularly exposed to the tools of a deadly trade. >> every prison we film in, there's always a shank museum, a place where the authorities display all of the weapons that are confiscated by staff. homemade weapons the inmates have made from bed springs or melted down plast

we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to another memorable pair of siblings, michael and brad love, whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wanted to be him, you know. he was almost four years older than me. i see him running around drinking. breaking into stuff. doing whatever he is doing. i'm like i want to be like him. that's my big brother. that's my idol. so i kind of followed in the same footsteps. >> but as the love brothers revealed to our crew, those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in the trailer park. >> christmas night, 1992, me and my brother went to a party with wha it's one of the reasons why we house them separately. >> look. >> you look wonderful. wonderful. >> yeah. >> that's my only brother. we are really close. we are really tight. we eat together. we live together. we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to another memorable pair of siblings, michael and brad love, whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wante

>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars.wo 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 cell? >> why? >> beca

>> this is the maximum security facility on level vi for the penitentiary of new mexico. pretty much houses the worst of the worst. these individuals are the worst of the worst within level vi and level vi is the worst within the whole state of new mexico. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> these individuals are housed, one per cell. they're escorted and restrained everywhere they go. in handcuffs or leg irons and belly chains. we do have two and three-man status individuals that are very violent. and they like to assault our staff. >> today we tag along with deputy warden joni brown on her way to deal with one of level vi's most notorious inmates. >> they have an inmate who is refusing to leave his cell. at this point they're going to go in and give him a directive to cuff up and come out. if not, then we're planning the use of force for cell extraction. >> turn around and be restrained. >> no. >> if you don't turn around and be restrained we'll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. are you going to come out? >> what's going to happen now? >> they're going to instruct

we first met roy in the original "lockup" episode at colorado state penitentiary in 2000. at the time he had been through five gruelling cell extractions. >> i got some criminal tendencies, okay? you know what i mean. i robbed, i assaulted a guy in here. it ain't like i'm in here for nothing, you know? >> roy slagle was paroled in the fall of 2008. but his twin brother, ray, is incarcerated here at limon, serving 15 years for assault. >> how is your brother, where is he at now? >> he's at home. >> is he at home? when did he get out? >> about two months ago. >> he would act out, though. he would get up to that point where he would act out. and once he calmed back down, he was reasonable. but he would get worked up. >> point of no return. >> several years prior to becoming the warden at limon, travis tranney was a lieutenant at colorado state. and had been involved in several of roy's cell extractions. >> the last four cell extractions that was ever done with him when he got sprayed, i was the one that sprayed. that was the last straw. he said he didn't want to play anymore.

that's part of what they call penitentiary rules.e care of the man, the man lay back, that's all he has to do. he doesn't even have to brush his teeth. he just smiles, i brush his teeth for him. >> what about women's lib? you know, 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 never-before-seen interview footage -- >> if there's any sexual activity taking place, he is the man. you know, he is the server at all times. i'm always the recipient of whatever it is. it doesn't matter if it's oral or anal or however you want to look at it. because he's my husband. he's the man. i can never penetrate him or get no oral sex or anything like that from him. if i choose to, you know, go and release myself, then i have to go get me a girl to go do it with. >> our producer then questioned whether the relationship b

. ♪ >>> nestled at the base of the rocky mountains, colorado state penitentiary was built to house thete's most violent and disruptive inmates. it gives new meaning to the words hard time. >> we decided that csp could not be a place where inmates could get comfortable and make a life for themselves. we had to treat them differently. >> colorado state isn't just any maximum security prison. it's a super max facility. inmates here are considered a constant threat and are confined to single-person cells 23 hours a day. >> i was astounded by how sterile and stark and what tough time it would be to serve in that particular prison. i think that would be the hardest time possible. >> many of the inmates we spoke to agreed. they say the isolation is too much. >> i've been here a long time. i've seen a lot of guys, seen them snap, you know? any given day they can snap. >> 23 hours a day you're locked down. you come out for five hours a week. so what is essentially just another cell. it's a dead room with a pull-up bar. there's a window where you can get some fresh air and that's it. everywhere

. >> well, i met him while i was working at the penitentiary, and he was one of my patients. a real smart one, smart alec, funny guy. i was too. i was feisty right back to him, and so we just started messing around, joking around like that. i think that's what our playfulness with each other is what got david and i to start a friendship. >> as the old saying goes, you can't help who you fall for. you know? >> david and i had known each other for seven months when we finally got caught. >> an officer came up to me and told me that he thought there was some impropriety going on within -- between david scritchfield and a nurse. okay? so what i did is i pulled up his information on the computer. i had a bunch of phone calls from the inmate. i started listening to the phone calls. the name paula came up. paula happened to be the nurse the officer told me about. >> they said that they recognized her voice on the telephone. we were communicating, you know, outside of the prison system. i didn't want to get her in any kind of trouble, but i couldn't stop communicating with her. there

nearly 80% at a time of such need of these crowded federal penitentiaries.it's a headline in tomorrow's newspaper. the overcrowding in federal prisons. and the treatment we are subjecting them to including guards and staff. that's going to be a story. i hope you will help keep it from being a story. how do you intend to deal with the short-term problem of prisoner and guard safety in necessary resources to build new equalities and renovate old? can you help me? >> thank you for the student to speak on what you described on one of the challenges on the bouro of prisons that is not immune from that. i thank you for your support over the years. this committee was instrumental up to and including 2016 for providing the department with funds. and those funds are going to build a new prison and i believe it's going to be in the county. that is certainly an important part of reducing the issues as you note the officer and inmate safety. they are certainly implicated by that. the reason is we did receive that money and we guilt the prison and do the studies and we d

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renee: albert woodfox was serving a five-year-sentence for armed robbery at the louisiana state penitentiary in angola when he and fellow prisoner herman wallace were accused in 1972 of stabbing prison guard brent miller. the two men have always maintained their innocence, saying they were targeted because they organized a chapter of the black panther party to address horrific conditions in angola prison, a former cotton plantation. woodfox, wallace, and robert king became collectively known as the angola 3. for decades, amnesty international and other groups campaigned to free the three men . woodfox was the last remaining member of the group to be locked up. robert king was freed in 2001 when his conviction that he a killed a fellow inmate was overturned. herman wallace, he was freed in 2013, just days before he died from cancer. at the state of louisiana refused to release woodfox until now. amy: after apple woodfox --albert woodfox's was overturned, he was successfully tried again in 1998. in 2014, federal judge ruled he should be set free on the basis of racial discrimination in his ret

. >> reporter: on his 69th birthday, he walked out of the louisiana penitentiary a free man. after more than four decades in solitary confinement. >> he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. both convictions overturned on appeal. >> a judge ordered release. the federal appeal's court decided it had to be behind bars. the release came after the supreme court subjected him to a third murder trial. he pleaded no confidence. in a statement. he said although i was looking forth to improving my sentence: woodstock was one of on-goala three, he and roberts king and herman spent long stretches in solitary in anning goal a, their own maximum security prison. the men were believed to be political prisoners, held for their involvement. they fought for better conditions. >> there were the scapegoats. there was opportunity. the prison administration to continue in which to destroy the black panther movement. >> in a statement on friday, they thanked robert king for their support. king was released in 2001 for having a separate addiction. herman wall as was released after 30 year

accepting money from an inmate to smuggle two cell phones for inmates to use at the anamosa state penitentiary. he also sold and traded drugs with other correctional officers. along with 57 months in prison, barton was fined $7,500. one person is taken to the hospital after a stabbing. waterloo police responding to the home in the 500 block of reihl street earlier tonight. no word on the victim's condition or what led to the incident. a local embattled superintendent will be with a new school district next year. greg herbst, long time superintendent at east dubuque schools in illinois, accepted a job to take over the same district. herbst was placed on administrative leave last year after a principal lodged a complaint against him--the school board refusing to release details at the time. kwwl's brad hanson spoke with herbst, as well as got reaction from a couple others tonight. brad joins us live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque with the latest. herbst was one of three finalists for this position--out of an original field of two dozen candidates. tonight he tells me it'll be hard to lea

coming up on the kcrg-tv9 news at ten, hear the story of an anamosa state penitentiary sergeant who died as the result of his addiction to prescription pain killers. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t joe winters for your final our off again - on again snow pattern continues right through the upcoming weekend. the next clipper arrives early on friday with a light snow chance pushing across the state. the sky increases with clouds later on thursday, after a partly cloudy start, as highs push back into the lower 20s. friday's snow looks to be light, but a bit farther east than what the state saw wednesday. while saturday looks fine for travel sunday looks to ha it's an outrage. i know. the university-- they think they can do whatever they want. we just have to sit there and take it. you neededo let it go, sheldonon you work tirelessly for someone, and this is what you get. oh, my god! they're just making you use your vacation days! but i don't want a vacation. okay, listen, i don't mean to diminish what you're going through, but i'm a little distracted right now. oh, this aga

15tomorrow: partly cloudy high: 26-32 winds: sw 5-15 a former correctional officer at anamosa state penitentiary will spend more than four years in prison. today, judge sentenced 29- year-old garrett barton to 57 months in prison. that's after he pleaded guilty being a drug user while in possession of weapons... and smuggling contrabrand in the prison. barton admitted to accepting cash from an inmatatto smuggle two cell phones into the prison in 20-14. three other former correctional officers have also pleaded guilty to various charges in connection with the investigation. in december, a judge sentenced one of them to 17 months in prison. iowa city has approved a tentative agreement with a local church over the development of the chauncey tower project. the city council approved the settlement with the trinity episcopal church on saturday. the settlement stems from a lawsuit that the church filed last year. the church claimed the city unlawfully rezoned land for the chauncey tower. a judge dismissed that lawsuit, but the church appealed. developer marc moen plans to build the 15 story tower on t

be sent to florence to the federal super max prison there and also reviewed the colorado state penitentiary has a possibility. corey gardner says it represents a grave threat to colorado and our national action to make sure they remain in cuba out of colorado. democratic senator supplements closing the prisons but believes they should be in military prisons and this plan has done nothing to change my mind. they should not be transferred to colorado. >>> a brisk reminder we are still in the middle of winter and february in colorado. see how much snow fell in the foothills. folks getting busy with the shovels. let's check the after math for a look at what's ahead now. hey chris. >> good afternoon. the foothills were the big winners. we have snow that's very light. radar looks empty. there are more snow showers than what you see. it's the mountains blocks some of the radar beams but along south of i-70 is where winter weather advisories do continue through sunset just about 6:00 for our west central and south west mountains. look at these totals the foothills 20.5-inches southeast of pine clif

. >> reporter: five years in the federal penitentiary that is his fate. he is already in federal custody, the son of chaka fattah sr. was convicted on 22

. >>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses both low-level and maximum security inmates. the most dangerous and notorious are held in level six. >> you want to make me look like the monster. i've been here over 2 1/2 years. i never did nothing. i don't disrespect nobody. i don't cause no problems or nothing, but just because i'm small and able to slip the handcuffs any time i want, i'm a problem. i got locked up when i was about 10 1/2. i got grand theft auto. i've been to probably over 30 prisons. probably around 20 in florida. six or seven in oklahoma. three here. i don't get in trouble. i don't disrespect anybody. cops come to my door. i'm always, yes, sir, no, sir. yes, ma'am, no, ma'am. i don't disrespect nobody. i've made my mistakes and did some stupid stuff when i was young. but hurt somebody to where they went to the hospital and ended up dying later on, you know, but never been charged with murder. a lot of people, like, the first thing they think about me is they think about somebody like mcgyver or something. because i stabbed somebody with some jolly ranchers

. >> people told me that you eat better in the penitentiary. you eat better than you do in the county jail. >> i remember when i was getting the shot of jason sitting down and finally eating it was like a kid at a picnic with all the best food, you know, all the best food imaginable, lake a kid in a candy store. he was just putting it in his mouth, having a great time. >> at the miami-dade county jail, we met a group of friends who couldn't quite agree on the culinary merits of lunch. >> this is the only meal that's not great. the only one that's not great, it's bologna every day. a hot meal in the morning, a hot meal at night. >> this is the best part of the day, lunch time. and this is how we eat. >> sandwich. >> nice cold cuts. they're great. >> i don't want to trade a sandwich. >> we enjoy sometimes. >> this is turkey salami with little pieces of peppercorn in there that like to jam in your teeth and burn your mouth. they're terrible. >> these apple pies. >> we have cheese. we've got cheese. we've got a pear that will ripen in a couple days

it started with a prison riot in louisiana state penitentiary in 1972. prison guard brent miller was stabbed 32 times. woodfox and herman of the murder and sent to solitary confinement. prisoner robert king also was convicted for the same crime. king was released in 2001 after 29 years alone in a cell. >> i'm free from feel free as long as albert and wallace are in priss on. >> wall as was set free 2013 and died of cancer two days later and today albert woodfox plead no contest to the killing and was sentenced to 32 years and already had served 45 years so was released. in a statement he said i hope the events of today will bring closure to many. after more than four decades free. jacob rascon, nbc news. >>> when we come back. what voters here in >>> the newer poll numbers we talked about at top. newscast that show a tightening of the gop presidential race in south carolina underscore how fluid things appear tonight. i dropped in at a local barbecue place during the lunch hour to take my own scientific measure of what's driving people's decisions. want a

. >> the events at the penitentiary are regrettable and painful for the state. we are living a tragedy determined by the difficult situation across mexico. >> jails have been criticized for being corrupt and plagued by violence. this prison has housed a dangerous members of the cartel. -- pope francis will visit another prison, once one of the most violent cities in the world. it is a reminder of how difficult it is to keep control. katy watson, bbc news, mexico city. critics frequently get a bad rap, even though we turn to them whether deciding to see a film. e if we disagree. one critic has taken a great step of defending his job. scott joined me a short time ago to talk about his new book. jane: thank you for joining me. in your book, you say there is no accounting for taste. to tell thees you rest of us whether or not something is good? a.o.: there is an idea critics see themselves as great authorities. priestly authorities telling everybody what to do. i don't see it that way. first of all, we are people who care about the art form we are writing about. i g

of cellmates who seem more like frat house brothers rather than inmates at a maximum security penitentiary. >> when we met them, the high-spirited duo recently reunited as cell mates after boshears release from the hole. >> i was in the hole for tattooing. >> on this guy right here. this is the one we got caught doing right here. we got ran up on while doing this, gun in hand. >> are you going to bust us for real? >> thank you, gentlemen, thank you. >> i do 14 months in the hole. hangs out here, coming to the window. >> what's up dude. >> i'll be right out. >> suntanning. >> i'm helping you. you sure you don't want more bread. >> we've developed a nice relationship. i'd do anything for this guy. >> same. >> he's my twin sister, older sister. >> i'm glad you came back. >> but this bond also has a dark side. the cell mates share a strong appetite for methamphetamine. >> what am i in for? >> cooking meth. back in 2002, i get pulled over, i have a whole lab in the car, microwave, everything. they pulled me over for a traffic stop and said look what we got here. cooking meth. what a surprise. i

it's a new therapy where penitentiary enth's own cells are used to target and kill cancer.rst clinical trials 94% of the patients symptoms vanished all together. doctors warn there are side effects. >> it is important to stress while they saw an impressive response rate, response doesn't actually equal cure. they still need to follow these patients over the long term, because cancer is very good at developing resistance. we need more research, but it is a step forward. >> t-cell therapy often considered a last resort, because it overloads the defense cells. in those trials 20 patients suffered from fevers and other side effects, two of them dying, but it did send the rest of the patients into rescission. >>> the fda is out with new guidelines trying to keep the zika virus out of the u.s. blood supply. it says people shouldn't donate if you have been exposed to zika. the fda considers the transmission of zika through your blood likely. >>> florida teen is on bail right now after being charged with impersonating a doctor. the 18 year old is charged with practicing medicine wi

. >> on his 69th birthday, albert woodfox walked out of the louisiana state penitentiary a free man after 43 years of solitary confinement. he had been convicted twice of killing a prison guard. he was sentenced to spend life in prison without parole. both convictions were overturned on appeal. last summer a judge ordered his release but ordered that he had to stay behind bars while the state of louisiana challenged the release. he was released friday before being charged with a third murder trial. he said although i was looking forward to proving my innocence at a new trial, concerns about my health and my age caused me to resolve this case and to plea to lesser charges. i hope events of today will bring closure to many. woodfox was part of the so-called angola three. they would spend long stretches in solitary in any goal la, louisiana only max security prison. many believed the men were political prisoners being held for their involvement with the black panthers and because they fought for better prison conditions. >> they were the scapegoats. >> in a statement friday woodfox would tha

. >> on his 69th birthday albert woodfox walked out of the louisiana state penitentiary as a free man after four decades in solitary confinement. he was convicted twice of killing a prison guard. he was sentenced to life to prison without parole. both of those convictions were overturned. but he was ordered his release, but he had to stay behind bars while the state challenged the release. friday they dropped the threat of subjecting him to a third murder trial in turn he pled no contest to lesser charges. woodfox said: wood it will fox was one of the so-called angola three. he along with robert king and herman wallace spent long stretches of time in solitary in angola, louisiana only maximum security prison. many believed that the men were political prisoners being held for thinks involvement with the black panthers and because they foot for better prison conditions. >> they were the scapegoats. there was the opportunity. but for the prison administration to continue and the federal efforts to destroy the black panther movement. >> woodfoxed thanked herman wallace and robert king for

it starred as a brawl between rival drug gangs in an overcrowded penitentiary.he prison has 3800 inmates. that's more than twice capacity. authorities say no inmates escaped. it took place on the eve of pope francis arrival for a six-day visit. >> the miller is expanding the number of air strikes it is launching against isis. sources claim there have ever been about 20 american strikes against targets in eastern afghanistan. only in the past three weeks. those strikes doak place after president obama authorized the pentagon to attack isis in afghanistan where its numbers are growing. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in munich working with other diplomats on stopping syria's civil war. early this morning they agreed on a temporary truce set to begin next week. kerry said the test of that truce is whether military and rebels can actually implement it. that would set the stage for a full cease fire as well as peace talks. >>> that would be such a big deal. in new york city, five people arrested and four charged with mon manslaughter for a deadly gas explosion t

. >> inmates who become disruptive or violent at the penitentiary of new mexico are transferred to the lockup units in level 5 or 6. the trouble is, once inside, their behavior doesn't always improve. a lesson rookie amy lee is learning the hard way. >> i went upstairs to ask joseph if he wanted to go to the shower. he told me to take his next door neighbor. i said, no, it's your turn right now, so we're going to go. he said, no, i'm not going right now. i said, okay, so at this point, you're refusing. we later went up with a sergeant and he used choice words, calling me a tramp. >> i snapped at her, yelled at her. and she got her little feelings hurt. if she don't -- if her feelings are gonna go get hurt, go work at a damn church. >> this is what's going to happen. we will pull him out, all right? you're going to -- you can just hang out in there. and we'll bring him to you. >> okay. >> it's time, joe. >> how come she's got to be sitting across from me like that? >> what's all this, joe? have a seat. >> why does she have to be sitting across from me like that? >> because she's a membe

still, there are those inmates like alex bennett, at the kentucky state penitentiary, who don't always agree with or abide by the rules. >> i'm a person that's been in the joint all my life. i've been told i'm pretty hard-core. and i need a certain type of environment. you got something you want to say to me now? we can get it on national tv here. do you? >> 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 lower sec

. >> reporter: on his 69th birthday, albert wood thoughts walked out of the louisiana state penitentiaryreeman. he had been convicted twice of killing prison guard brent miller, sentenced to life in prison without parole. both convictions were over turned on appeal. the judge ordered his release. a federal appeals court decided he had to stay behind bars while the state of louisiana challenged the release. his release friday comes after the state dropped a threat of subjecting him to a third murder trial. in turn, woodfox pleaded no contest. he said although i was looking forward to proving my innocence at a new trial, concerns about my health and my age have caused me to resolve this case now and obtain my release with this no contest plea to lesser charges. i hope theents of today will bring closure to many. he was one of the so-called a angola three. he spent long stretches in solitary in louisiana's only maximum security prison. many angola 3 believe they were political prisoners being held for involvement with the black panthers and because they fought for better prison conditions.

i mean, putting him in the penitentiary wouldn't help anybody. >> minaj was at today's sentencing hearing. under the ruling, meek mill cannot work in the three-month period and must do daily community service. the house arrest begins march 1st. >>> a spokesperson for pennsylvania attorney general kane says she was surprised that her law license was rejected. kane fighting criminal charges of leaking secret grand jury material and lying about it. >>> in decision 2016, the republican presidential candidates get ready for the final debate before the new hampshire primary, marco rubio could have a bigger target on his back. the newest nbc/"the washington post"" marist poll has rubio gaining ground in second place. he'll join the others for tomorrow night's abc news debate in manchester. and nbc 10's george spencer is heading to new hampshire for that primary. you can watch his live reports starting sunday night on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> how did you feel when you walked out of there? >> mad. upset. confused. >> dorney park cuts ties with the long-time worker who has special needs. tonight,

. >> reporter: five years in the federal penitentiary that is his fate. he is already in federal custody, the son of chaka fattah sr. was convicted on 22 charges of corruption. the 33-year-old son of the veteran congressman was convicted back in november of bilking banks, business clients and the philadelphia school district and the irs out of more than $1 million over a seven year period to support his lifestyle. his father chaka fattah sr. was in court for the sentencing, he too is facing charges. he says his son is railroaded and will appeal the entire conviction. >> i believe in our system and i thinks extremely important and be able analyze this appropriately whether it's a first set of charges. >> fattah jr. asked for leniency and told the judge he never intended to break the law. the judge said he grew up with advantages and opportunities that most people dream about. >> i assume that the judge believed and we believed that the sentence of this magnitude will deter other people from committing similar conduct. >> reporter: sara in addition to the f

we found an inmate inside the penitentiary of new mexico who grew up with all of life's advantages yet still became a violent predator. >> i come from a good family compared to a lot of families i hear about in here. my dad is a retired naval officer. retired from the navy, then started going to the county for jobs. he retired as the county jail administrators. my mom is a secretary, very educated, knowledgeable about things. she quit her job to stay at home with me so i would have someone there from when i got home from school, do my home work, make sure i did what i had to do. >> that didn't keep steele out of trouble. >> i rebelled about them being so straight. i went crooked, bad. >> steele's rebellion culminated in a 60-year sentence for residential burglaries, armed robbery and false imprisonment. >> i was robbing the house, boom, i laid in wait, they came to the garage door, put the gun in their face, told them to shut up, sit on the couch, finished robbing the house, left and that was it. >> we had numerous off-camera conversations but everything switched when it became an on-c

it started with a prison riot at louisiana state penitentiary, or angola, in 1972. prison guard brent miller was stabbed 32 times. woodfox and fellow inmate herman wallace were convicted for the murder and sentenced to solitary confinement. prisoner robert king got the same penalty for a different crime. they became known around the world as the angola three, spending decades in 9 by 6 foot cells even as woodfox and wallace's convictions were overturned twice for inadequate representation and charges of racial discrimination. king was released in 2001 after 29 years alone in a cell. >> i'm free from angola. i don't feel free as long -- >> wallace was set free in 2013. he died of cancer days later. today, albert woodfox pleaded no contest to the killing and was sentenced to 42 years. but he had already served 45 so was released. and in a statement, woodfox, who has always maintained his innocence, said, i hope the events of today will bring closure to many. after more than four decades, free. jacob rascon, nbc news. >>> when we come back, what voters here in south ca

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>>reporter: florence is a stone's throw from the federal penitentiary. >> just a small great little town. to bring all of the detainees into here would -- on u.s. soil don't want. >>reporter: the entire police department here in florence consists of 12 officers, the mayor tells me if the feds are going to bringing these detien tan knees, he's going to want the feds to -- detainees, he's going to want the feds to foot the bill. >> not only are you going to bring the detainees but what other people are you going to bring? you know, maybe want to try to get out the super max and all >>reporter: whether or not detainees from guantanamo will join the inmates outside of florence is yet to be seen. >>> once begin, there's an eft to get rid of red light cameras in colorado. and this year, sponsors say passing. how this red light camera bill years past. >>> several people come down with the mumps in denver, workers. we'll tell you where the health department thinks the virus got here from. >> beautiful day all around colorado, in fact, high pressure the pacific. hope you get out and enjoy the mil

. >> reporter: after taking a plea deal in the 1972 murder of penitentiary guard, brent miller. his conviction overturned twice, woodfox was set to be tried a third time, when he pleaded no contest to lesser charges yesterday, while maintaining he is innocent. >> this plea agreement was a means to bring this case to an end. >> reporter: an end to a punishment woodfox claims was because of his ties to the black panthers. the group joining him here as he starts his life outside of prison. york. >>> still ahead on "world news" -- the customer website used by millions. a business suing a client for thousands of dollars. they said it's just not because of the one-star review. >>> and the big scare at a popular ski resort. a 30-foot drop. skiers tumbling. when you're living with diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. this is joanne. her long day as a hair stylist starts with shoulder pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 alev

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it started with a prison riot in louisiana state penitentiary in 1972. prison guard brent miller was stabbed 32 times. woodfox and herman wallace were convicted of the murder and sent to solitary confinement. prisoner robert king also was convicted for the same crime. king was released in 2001 after 29 years alone in a cell. >> i'm free from angola but i don't feel free as long as albert and wallace are >> wall as was set free 2013 and died of and today albert and today albert woodfox plead no contest to the killing and was sentenced to 32 years and already had served 45 years so was released. in a statement he said i hope the events of today will bring closure to many. after more than four decades free. jacob rascon, nbc news. >>> when we come back. what voters here in south carolina kelme shall we say, unnecessarily complex. limiting where you can earnpbonus cash back... then those places change everypfew months... please. it's time you got the pquicksilver card from capital one. pquicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everyw