. >> wabash, extended stay. welcome to the belly of the beast. >>> hate wabash, you know what i mean. they make sure that you know you are in prison eh day. >> who wants to be locked in a room with another man 19 hours a day. taken three and a half hours we come out is to go get the worst food you ever ate in your life? i don't know how they call it food. >> every day things that people take for grant wed cherish right now. >> wabash valley correctional facility. a maximum security prison on the western edge of indiana, the center piece of the rural town of carlisle. the inmate population of 2200 outnumbers local residents four to one. many of indiana's most violent offenders are sent here. >> the break down for offenders who have committed serious offenses against a person, murder, vehicular manslaughter, battery, assault is 35 to 40% of the population. >> the most violent are housed in single-person cells 23 hours a day in the secured confinement unit. >> 1205. >> few however are more notorious than leonard mc

>> pretty much. >> i don't like wabash.ometimes they really want you to be in compliance, you know, like puppets. don't do this, don't do that. do it like this, do it like that. [ bleep ] here, eat here, no, cant talk to that person, get off the door! all this [ bleep ] rules. i'm in jail for not [ bleep ] following the rules. >> wright says his attitude is the result of growing up in a tough new jersey neighborhood. >> either you sink or swim, you know what i mean? and i grew a hard exterior, because i didn't want to be a victim. and over the course of time, that became a part of my character. >> and recently wright's character was put to the test. >> he came back from recreation one night and noticed that his tv had been missing, so obviously he knew someone had took it. so he was pretty upset about that, as anyone would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you with serious? people [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wright's cell. he then

. >> wabash, lockup extended stay. welcome to the belly of the beast. >> hate wabash, you know what i mean? they make sure you know you're in prison every day. >> who wants to be locked in a room with another man for 1 hours a day? then three of the half hours that we come out is to go get the worst food you've ever ate in your life. i don't even know how they call it food. >> everyday things people take for granted we would cherish right now. >> wabash valley correctional facility. a maximum security prison on the western edge of indiana. the centerpiece of the rural town of carlisle. the inmate population of nearly 2,200 outnumbers local resident 4-1. many of indiana's most violent offenders are sent here. >> the approximate breakdown for offenders that have committed serious offenses against the person which may be murder, voluntary manslaughter, battery, assault, is approximately 35% to 40% of our offender population. >> the most violent of these offenders are housed in single person cells 23 hours a day in the sec

. >> welcome to wabash. hope y'all could stay longer. >> with more than 2,000 inmates, the wabash valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana has a larger population and more acreage than the rest of the small town in which it's located. >> carlisle is a very small community, approximately 1,200 is their population. it's comprised of a school. it has a grocery store. it has a gas station, a couple of little restaurants, a dollar store and that's really about all that's in carlisle. >> while carlisle might be a remnant of a simpler time, inside the twin security fences of wabash is evidence of how some aspects of society have grown harder. >> we're seeing a lot more offenders coming in much younger than they were before and much more violent than in the past as well. correctional officers are the backbone of the facility. they're the ones dealing with the offenders on a daily basis. they are frontline. >> i've been hearing about the correction setting since i was 8 years old. i grew up around it. so

at wabash's youth unit.ursue a college degree from prison and hopes to earn time off his sentence by holding down a job. >> really my biggest concern about being on this side is just being in trouble. i hope that no one tries testing me, you know. because i used to be a very violent person. i'm not that person no more. i'll never want to revert to that. >> with good behavior, folsom may only have to serve 18 of his 36-year sentence. making his 18th birthday an even more significant milestone. >> a can of pop. [ male announcer ] fighting pepperoni heartburn and pepperoni breath? fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. new tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, all in a pocket sized pack. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near t

but wabash houses men doing time for more serious crimes.e jeremy blanchard. >> i have never been a drug abuser or a drunk. i knew what i done when i done it. i knew the heinous nature of what i done. i can still to this day remember nearly every blood spot that was in that house. i can remember the wallpaper, the way the bodies were laid. i can remember nearly everything that happened that night. >> blanchard has served a little more than one year of a 195-year sentence. but his facial tattoos will forever commemorate both his crime, the triple murder and the moniker the media gave him, the kokomo slayer. >> that's who i am and what i'm about. yes. >> blanchard tracked down his former girlfriend, her mother, and her mother's boyfriend when they traveled to kokomo, indiana to attend a funeral. blanchard broke into their home, hid inside and stabbed all three to death with a butcher's knife. >> a friend of jessica's told me that she had an abortion and that's what probed my anger and my hatred. i mean that's my child that was killed. i'm not

visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. >>> most inmates at wabash prefer general population. for a number of those diagnosed as mentally ill, the only place they feel safe is the shu. >> in population, sometimes mentally ill people get victimized. so some mentally ill people are purposely in the shu. they do what they need to, to get in the shu. >> one such action that gets inmates sent to the shu is self-mutilation. >> i did that scar about ten years ago. i got it from the ankle all the way up to the hip bone, all the way down to the bone and i cut across sideways so the surgeons had to take about 12 hours to sew me up. you got seven layers of skin you got to go through before you get to the bone. and when you're going through one of them phases, you don't even feel the pain. you don't even know you're doing it. >> joe carr is serving an eight-year sentence for robbery. he is taking antipsychotic medication and under staff supervision, he agreed to tell us his story. >> i was anti-sociable. i didn't want to be around nobody. i didn't want nobody around me. i wanted to be by

. >>> indiana's wabash valley correctional facility houses nearly 2200 inmates.ore than one-third of them are doing time for serious violent crimes. unless isolated in solitary confinement, the vast majority of inmates live in two-man cells. pairings are critical and avoiding a volatile mix of cell mates a constant challenge. >> we try to not put people doing life with people who are going home next year or blacks with whites or white supremist where with someone with a child molestation case just to resolve the conflict before it happens. >> but even with careful screening conflicts can still arise between cell mates. >> there is a guy in the infirmary with several injuries to his facial and head area. at this point he is saying he had a seizure. we will try to talk to him. he may have been assaulted with a hot pot. we're going to talk to him and see if he is willing to talk at all. >> the victim is curt its cash who is serving a 29-year sentence for burglary. >> cash? >> yeah. >> what's up with you, man? >> you can stay laid down if you want to? what happened?

. >>> the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana houses a large number of inmates who are or crimes. >> come back here. >> when "lockup" visited there, we met two such inmates. they killed after their own minds turned on them. and their murders took on dimensions that were not only shocking, they were unimaginable. >> my name is howard franklin street jr. i'm 38 years old. i've been down since 1993 for shooting my mom. >> during our first day of shooting at wabash, our "lockup" crew met frank street, an inmate housed in the prison's residential treatment unit. at the time of the interview, street was experiencing involuntary tremors due to his medication. >> i started having delusions that people were out to hurt me. and i had this video cassette tape of a party and showed people hurting me, you know. and i showed it to my parents, ain't nothing to it. i thought you guys were crazy. they were thinking sane, they were sane. i was the crazy one. >> a short time later, street's delusions got the better of him. >> i loaded up my dad's 30/30. because i thought these people were af

they've seen him at wabash.hey haven't caused any problems. >> i'm worried about his side effects with involuntary movements and whether the others will perceive him as odd. >> a little bit jerky? >> yeah. >> when i talked to him yesterday he asked me about the effects. the team he's on, they are aware of it. and they don't seem to have issues with it. i think he thinks he can succeed out there. >> anything else on mr. street? we can count him as one of our success stories for now. >>> coming up -- >> make sure you mail those receipts out. you told me you was doing that last week? >> even as he tries to prove the case, nick compton can't escape the wrath of other inmates. >> snitches get killed. [ bleep ]. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. th

when we visited indiana's wabash valley correctional facility, officers in the security housing unitere dealing with the latest in a string of violent incidents involving convicted burglar, douglas mccombs. >> since he's been inside the shu, he's been on strip cell. when you see the offender coming out wearing his underwear, on strip cell, for resisting staff or trying to assault staff before. we have had trouble with him on about every range we've put him on so far. >> i can't get along with people too much. especially when they're evil. >> one of the people mccombs claims was evil, officer sachen. >> an average day in the shu can be pretty mundane. you have rec and showers to do. you have chow to serve. md sick call. so on, so forth. some days like today get a little more exciting. we had an offender who became belligerent in the shower. >> the offender was mccombs who told us he had good reason to be upset. >> try to get me to take a shower. but they don't have no soap or nothing. i said, ma'am, i just came from the other side, it was nasty where i come from. i need something to w

west northern parkway at wabash avenue. and also, maidens lane in the catonsville area.et's take a live look. you can see, things are just crawling there on the beltway, west of york road. this is brought to you by bill's carpet, hard wood and laminate, too. you can call them, 1-877-75- bills. >> we'll be right back. >>> a small plane crash takes the lives of five people in germany. the aircraft crashed into the woods. three bodies were recovered immediately. and today, two more people were confirmed dead. it is not clear what caused the crash. an investigation is under way. >>> heavy floods sweep australia in parts of new south wales. mandatory evacuations were ordered for hundreds of homes. torrential rainfall has hasn't been this bad in 100 years. thousands are potentially facing evacuation. >>> syrian government troops are showing no signs of slowing down. even as the red cross tries to get emergency supplies to citizens. tina kraus reports for wjz from london. >> reporter: this internet video shows anti-government protestors, rallying in the rebel city of holmes. un

. >> wabash "lockup: extended stay," and hell yeah, the stay is extended. judge gave me 50 years. 50. that's five decades, man. i'm going to show you my cell, man. show you what's going on in my cell. show you all what i live. how i live. all right. that's my bed. it ain't that thick. you know what i mean? it's my window. this is my window. that's the gate teasing me freedom. you see the cars running by, going places i can't go. trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i'm going through. >> i looked out the window a lot. a lot of inmates have the hopes and aspirations of going home. because of the nature of my crimes, the brutality, the heinous and gruesome events that occurred, i know that i'll never see the streets again. >> this right here, as pathetic as that is to say, this is my pillow. doesn't nobody touch it. ain't nobody going to touch it. you know. i put my head on it. i -- i cradle it at night like it's another person. you know. because it's one of the things you wish you had. now, do i want the company of another person here?

menagerie to match that of philip stroud, who was serving three life sentences for murder at the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana. >> basically making origami figures. you've got the lion, you've got the swan, you've got the rabbit, little puppy, dinosaur, flower. my niece, she loves the little goldfish. this is my favorite one because it turns into like a kaleidoscope-type thing. the hardest one to make was probably the elephant because it got a lot 6 folds. i'm an artsy fartsy type of guy, i guess you could say. it's basically a way to spend my time, use my hands to make something that really means something that can bring a smile to somebody's face, instead of using -- using my time or using my hands to hurt somebody or to destroy something. i even sent some to nursing homes and stuff. the different animals remind me of when mom used to take us to the zoo or, you know, cartoons or stuff like that because in here, it's easy to grow cold. it's easy to become desensitized. and i was like that for a while. and i'm still trying to come out of that. so this is a part of me tr

the viewing for 5-year-old maya car was held today on wabash. police say her father, 22-year- old matthew carr, killed her in a fit of rage, after she had an accident. her funeral is tomorrow. >>> harford county police are looking for a suspect after five men were stabbed in edgewood. the men, between the ages of 17 and 22, were walking to a house when they were attacked by a large group of men. all five are in stable condition. and they are expected to recover. >>> the department of transportation -- the department of transportation is pushing for all new cars, trucks and suvs to have built- in rear view cameras. as mark strausman reports, it is often necessary to prevent a tragic death. >> reporter: 2-year-old cameron branson was killed in his own driveway in 2002 when an suv backing up ran him over. the driver was his own father, pediatrician greg galbranson. >> the pain doesn't get less. everyone was naive. i had no idea. i was a pediatrician going over home safety for children when they're born. watch out for extension cords, and often out

. >> wabash lock up extended stay. and held, yeah, stay is extended. judge gave me 50 years. 50. that is five decades, man. i'll walk you around my cell, man, show you what is going on in my cell. show y'all where i live, how i live. that is my bed. it ain't that thick, you know what i mean? it's my window. this is my window, that is the gate te gate teasing me with freedom. there are cars going by going places i can't go. >> i look out the window a lot. a lot of inmates have hope and aspirations of going home. because of the nature of my crimes, the brutality, the h heinous and gruesome events that occurred, i know that i'll never see the streets again. >> this right here, as pathetic, this is my pillow. doesn't nobody touch it. ain't nobody going to touch it, you know? i put my head on it, i cradle it at night like it's another person, you know? because it's one of the things you wish you had, you know, do i want the company of another person here? hell, no. that is another thing i don't understand, but i ain't going to get on that subject. >> whether we give them the cameras,

. >> nobody had a menagerie of phillip stroud who was at wabash correctional facility in indiana. >> have the swine, rabbit, little puppy. dinosaur, flower, my niece loves the gold fish. this is my favorite one because it turns into like a kaleidoscope type of thing. hardest one to make is probably the elephant, got a lot of folds, i'm an artsy the fartsy type of guy. creative way to spend my time, use my hands to make something, that really means something or bring a smile to somebody's face instead of using my time or using my hands to hurt somebody or to destroy something. i sent some to nursing homes. the different animals remind me when mom used to take us to the zoo or cartoons or stuff like that because here it's easy to grow cold, easy to become de-sensitized and i was like that i'm trying to come out of that. this is a part of me trying to become more sensitive and reintroduced to the child that i didn't allow to grow when i was younger. so origami has been real therapeutic. >> coming up, whether one inmate goes on parole, he finds it's a thin line between freedom and furthe

northern parkway and wabash avenue, watch for an accident. several in the city. -- less per hour at the harford county line. once you get onto the beltway, delays in place on the outer loop north and west side. we will update you on the topside near the harrisburg expressway. no sign of delays due to the vehicle fire, but it could be out of range of the camera. liberty, we're seeing delays leading up to the vehicle fire. outer loop delays coming towards us. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony, over to you. >> it is quiet, but it is chilly. 34 at the airport, northwest winds at 3. some places in the upper 20s. same thing in taneytown. lots of sunshine. a little breezy, but not as windy as yesterday. high temperatures around 55 degrees. we will make it close to 70 on wednesday. a chance for a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. temperatures will drop in the upper 50s to around 60. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ all night long all night ♪ >> we're back now at 8:30 on a tuesday morning. the 27th dave march, 2012. the chilly temperatures are making