segregation unit. >> basically, there are very few inmates that come directly to the kentucky state penitentiaryfor the most part, inmates come to the penitentiary via other facilities that those inmates have either committed serious rule infractions, have long-term segregation sentences and/or have failed to adjust at other facilities and that's basically how they wind up here. >> we have some searches to do. >> glenn haverlan became warden of ksp in 2002, after 30 years with the kentucky department of corrections. >> y'all have a good shift. >> yes, sir. >> he says that while the prison may look old on the outside, many security measures within the facility are state of the art. >> we have approximately 68 closed-circuit cameras throughout the facility. some of the cameras we have, have the ability to pan areas, zoom in on a particular person to the degree that you can literally read what they write on a piece of paper. we also have the ability with this system that there are passwords that i can provide to different staff to where they can actually pull the system up on their pc at their work

a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear. he's not as eager to face 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.

. >> 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 contrasts. >> alert 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 type of people in prison. you got the predators and you

>> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two 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 c

. >>> 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 a memorable pair ofiblings 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 what we thought were friends. but they tried to rob us. take the liquor that we brought. >> they started beating me up. four of them. >> they hurt brad. i couldn't let them get away with that. they threatened his life. and i just couldn't handle that. so we left went to my trailer. i got a shotgun. my brother got a knife. machete. we went back out there and did what we did. >> i remember mike standing there he had the gun pointed a

still there those inmates like alex bennett at the kentucky state penitentiary who don't always agreewho has been in the joint all my life. i am told i am pretty hard core. i need a certain type of environment. >> you got smug want to say to me now, we can get it on national tv here. >> everything about alex, his mannerisms and appearance and the words he spoke said convict. alex just embodied that. >> bennett was 54 years old when he met him and spent 33 of those years behind bars for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. >> the system today is not like the system that i came into 36 years ago. the system today has the majority of their inmates programmed to do what they are told when they are told to do it. they get to the point where they expect that from everybody. there still a few old dogs around who like to do things their own way. >> bennett's way of doing things had horrifying results. after adapting to in a single person cell here, he was transferred to a lower security prison in 1998. he had more privileges there. but also had to share a cell. that's when things began to go

. >>> at the state penitentiary in iowa, inmate dante faces the possibility of one year in the hole forly asaulting another roommate with a homemade weapon. a lock in the sock. >> anything you say may be used against you in criminal prosecution. >> our cameras were with bullock as he was about to plead his case during a prison disciplinary hearing. >> your number? >> after addressing procedural matters, administrative law judge reads a correctional officer's account of the assault. >> a determine by the investigation that the inmate sustained injuries and broke his right hand trying to block the weapon that we're required to cast. i have here photos of the scene of the incident that i will share with you. this is the victim of the asault and injuries. also, before me, i have a sock with a padlock, combination lock inside. i have a stamt from the officer who located that. >> i didn't have anything to do with the assault. when the assault took place, i was on the stairs. i could have been easily mistaken. that's what i believe, i was mistaken by somebody. >> inmates who witness the assaul

ray has been an escapee from missouri state penitentiary when he assassinated king. >> the main thing he was interested in was escaping. now, when i first met him, of course, i was interested in escaping, too. we got into a couple of plots together na never worked out. we were going to try to go through the rough of the old auditorium where they showed movies. we got the hole cut, but it was discovered before we got a chance to use it. we didn't get caught, and they just found it. >> in 1977 ray plotted another escape with james and two other inmates. the plan was to climb the outer wall using a makeshift ladder crafted from chains. they knew the tower guard closest to the wall took an a r afternoon nap, but he feared ray's high profile would lead them to being captured. >> james, you have no pickup and no car. as soon as your foot touches down and they know it's you, there will be a million cops in in valley and no one is going to get away. i don't believe in wasting my energy on it. i sat and watched it happen. that's the corner where james and doug and spider monkey and the others

now back to "lockup." >>> the penitentiary of new mexico houses the state's only death row. last 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

housing more than 800 inmates, the penitentiary of new mexico is the state's highest security prison. >> we have pretty much the worst of the worst inmates in the state of new mexico. a number of the inmates that have been convicted of first degree murder. >> they got a lot of psychos too who just don't give a [ bleep ], doing life sentences. >> the prison's history is notorious. many of the most violent events took place in a facility called the old main. >> inmates had to prove themselves just to survive. >> you had almost 1,200 inmates in that facility that was built for 750. >> you have people living on top of each other, pushing each other. and i mean, there was a lot of tension. >> carlos cervantes was first brought to this prison in 1975. >> there was a lot of harshness as far as punishment. back then you had a hall, which they called the hold, which was a prison cell with nothing but a hole in the middle, and they would throw you in there butt naked. >> tired of the overcrowding and abuse inside the prison, inmates reached their boiling point on february 2nd, 1980. what ensued

days out, dead or alive. 90 miles from new orleans up the mississippi river lies louisiana state penitentiary, started as a slave plantation and converted to a prison plantation in the civil war and taken over by the state in 1901 this land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america and its country population served sentences so long it's estimated 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade and much credit goes to the warden. >> the root word is to correct deviant behavior. if we can save one victim it's worth everything we do. that's what our mission is is not to torment and torture but to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. the root way is by morality. >> the warden's approach works on two levels, one spiritual and religious. the other engaging employment opportunities. church is optional. work is not. >> i have been editing for about a month now and been with lsp productions for nine months. >> perhaps the most unusual example of innovation at angola is the tv station. the only big hous

. >>> 90 miles up new orleans off the miss river lies the louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acres, it is 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 population of 5,148 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 to the warden. >> our job is to correct. if we can save one person from being a victim of violent crime, that's what we do. it's not to torment and torture, it's to correct bad behavior and do that any way you can. the root way to do that is morality. moral people, obviously, don't rape, pilfer, and steal. >> right here in angola, i have seen changed. a favor of god on your life. >> warden's approach to morality works on two levels. one, spiritual and religious,

. >> not everyone in the family is so excited about living inside a state penitentiary.ct, the whole idea makes martha's son, chris, pretty nervous. >> it's kind of scary because they could break out and come and sneak in. i just think about it sometimes. >> actually, it's very safe. it's like a real nice -- just a good neighborhood. everybody is a correctional officer. so, if somebody escapes, they're really not going to run here. they're going to run somewhere else. >> yay. look at that big smile. >> for inmates, the feeling of community can be found in one of the several houses of worship on the prison grounds. ♪ this is the garden chapel. when it was built, most inmates were protestant. which is why their facility is the largest of the six chapels at san quentin. with over 200 seats, it's also among the most spacious in california. ♪ glory glory ♪ hallelujah ♪ since i lay my prayers down >> evangelist, richard rugnao, has been singing here for 11 years. richard was once an inmate at another institution. after kicking a heroin addiction that almost killed him, religio

we filled the city jail, the county jail, and later we were transported to the state penitentiary at parchman. >> how long were you there? >> for about 40 days >> what impact did it have on you? >> parchman gave me time to reflect. gave me time to contemplate. gave me the sense that i'm like a tree planted by the river waters and i shall not be removed. it gave me a greater sense of determination and sticktuitiveness that when i got out i was going to continue to do what i could to end racial in the south. >> how long were you in congress? >> this year will be 26 years. >> how did your autobiography do? we were talking about that a number of years ago. still selling? >> my autobiography, memoir "walking with the wind" it is still selling. it is doing very, very well. as a matter of fact in many high schools and some colleges and universities around the country it's required reading. >> why did mr. wilson come back to reconcile with you? what triggered it? >> more than anything else, i believe the election of president barack obama moved host:. but it's also the influence of his son.

bianchi continues to serve multiple life sentences at the washington state penitentiary in walla walla the fact that angelo died alone in prison makes me feel okay. the fact that bianchi is sitting up there in walla walla, getting attention still from media people, getting marriage proposals from wacky broads, you know, bothers me. because i'd like to go up and put a bullet in his head and end it, because the fact of what really disturbs me is that the parents live with that every day. every day, that idiot has a forum that brings back the pain that they suffered as a result. >> what motivates anybody to kill anyone, especially the lives of young girls who are so totally defenseless? it doesn't make sense. why terrorize a city? why kill some -- a number of young women who can't defend themselves? who can answer that question? >> no one, including buono and bianchi, has ever provided a motive or an explanation for the murders. >> kenneth and angelo, two very sexual depraved individuals, two cowards who preyed on innocent victims. that's the sad summation of this. >> it showed how vulner

brewer was convicted and sent to the mississippi state penitentiary to be executed. >> there have been a number of people who were convicted based on bite mark testimony, who were sent to death row or sent to prison for life, and in each of those cases, a whole group of forensic odontologists, forensic dentists, said they were absolutely certain that this was the guy, and they were absolutely wrong. >> bergman: peter neufeld, who represented both brooks and brewer, is a founder of the innocence project, which has helped free hundreds of people who were wrongfully convicted. neufeld says that most of those convictions involved the use of what he calls "invalid" science. >> invalid science meaning it has no basis in fact? >> yeah, like the person who looks at, uh, uh, scratch marks on someone's hand and says, "those are human bite marks that came from that man to the exclusion of everybody else on the planet." there is no science to support that conclusion, period. it's something made up by... >> but the judge allowed that in. >> the judge allowed it again and again and again. frankly, n

. >> when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for aof religious beliefs. >> a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. >> then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. >> in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. >> i'm in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it's a 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 has what's called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at number n

. ♪ i can't shake these penitentiary state blues ♪ >> but flaco has come to the realization that hanginga 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, people 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. >> the 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 those ones i did that loves me, especially my wife. she was there all the time. and then being together for 35 years as my soulmate, i don't even like insects to bite her. that's how personal i take it. >> twice a month for the past six years, chester's wife, ruby, has flown in from texas to visi

ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks. but in an environment simmering with bitter rivalries and racial tension, finding any long-term solution is a never-ending battle. >> inmates in the general population right now consider everything a state of war, so they are ready for everything. >> some guys gonna get their head blown off, some guys are going to get stabbed real good. >> there's no hope. >> we are in the new alcatraz. >> isolated on the northern coastline, some 300 miles north of san francisco, there is a small community besieged by violence, incinerated by racial hatred. the community is called pelican bay, one of the most notorious maximum security prisons in america. pelican bay state prison was designed as california's new alcatraz, a