>> this is wabash, man. they do what they want to do. i obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they really want you to be compliant, 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 the 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 anybody would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious? people [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing

. >> wabash, locked up - extended stay. welcome to the belly of the beast. pow. >>> i hate wabash. you know what i mean? they make sure you know you're in prison everyday. >> who wants to be locked in a room with another man for 19 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, seeing people take for granted, we 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 nearly 2,200 out numbers local residents 4-1. many of indiana's most violent offenders are sent here. >> the approximate breakdown for offenders that have committed serious offenses against a 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 secured confinement unit. >> 1205. >> few however

. >> 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. he plans to pursue 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 getting 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. a special occasion. you know. sometimes it's hard to keep hope. sometimes it's easy to fall into negativity especially in the juvenile block when there are so many kids that just don't care. it took getting 36 years to wake me up to realize that's not what i want to do that it's not a game no more. >>> coming up -- >> just hit a man while you're down. >> james stone is challenged by the new kid on the block. >>> and an unexpected twist in the lukuman aderibigbe escape investigation. >>>

but wabash also houses men doing time for far more serious crimes. men like jeremy blanchard. >> i have never been a drug abuser. i've never been 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, triple murder, and the moniker the local media gave him, kokomo slayer. >> it's telling you that's what i've done. that's who i am. that's what i'm about. yes. >> blanchard tracked down his former girlfriend, jessica berg, her mother and her mother's boyfriend when they traveled to kokomo, indiana, to attend a funeral for jessica's grandmother. blanchard broke into the house they were staying in, hid inside until they came home and got ready for bed then stabbed all three to death with a b

. >>> indiana's wabash valley correctional facility houses nearly 2200 inmates.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 supremacist with somebody that might have a child molestation case. just to try to resolve the conflict before it happens. >> but even with careful screening conflicts can still arise between cell mates. >> there was a report we just had an assault. 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 curtis cash who is serving a 29-year sentence for burglary. >> cash? >> yeah. >> what's up with you, man? you

. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was in indiana at wabash valley.t was definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit an that the potential to be stabbed was higher here. it definitely makes you a little more on your toes and a lot more alert of your environment. >> we noticed that these vests said lock down. wile we're here we're going to slowly but surely change every stinkin' one of them. >> if i'm required to wear a stab vest, i usually just make light of it. i joke around about how it adds ten pounds to me and the color doesn't really go with my outfit. i just make it into a joke. >> and a sense of humor goes a long way in breaking the ice with many of the inmates featured on lockup. >>> coming up, the one "lockup" crew member inmates love to rib. >> sometimes i'll hear people say stuff through their cell, hey fat boy. i have to look at myself, really? >> and later, previously unseen clips there one of the more memorable inmates we've ever met. ting... 1, 2, 3, 4... ♪ ♪look out honey... ♪because i'm using technol

. >> the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana houses a large number of inmates who are, orally ill at the time of their crimes. 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. >> i'm frank 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 the people were out there hurting me. and i have this video cassette tape of a party showing people hurting me. and i showed my parents. they said no, no, there ain't nothing to that. i said well you guys are crazy. i'm watching it. they was thinking sane, i was the crazy one. >> a short time later street's delusions got the better of him. >> i load up the 30-30 because i thought people was coming a

but shortly after we met jones, his time at wabash was up. >> the day william jones jr.d, i was responsible for meeting the family at the front of the prison, and driving with them to the back of the prison where william would be released. >> middle arm rest will go up, that will make it a little easier. >> thanks, guys. >> i was riding in the car with casey, who was william's brother and casey's girlfriend, and then their kids. they were really excited. i mean, the energy level was really high. >> me and my brother are pretty close. i'm just glad i get to pick him up and not have to leave him here. i've been up here like eight different times and had to leave him here. it was hard. >> meanwhile, "lockup" director of photography, brian kelly, is covering jones as he processed out of the prison. >> there you go. take your i.d. with you. have a good one. >> appreciate it. >> good luck. stay out of here. >> it was very typical of what we do on a release. the paperwork, the processing, making sure they get their money, changing out the clothes. and very interesting stuff. bu

on msbn -- nsnbc, man, locked up wabash extended stay. msnbc, locked up wabash, extended stay.describe prison as the belly of the beast. >> this place sucks, man. >> it's usually not used to describe prison kitchens. but that might be the most appropriate use of the phrase there is. >> our crews are always looking for ways to get these kind of iconic prison or jail shots, and the kitchen is a great place to get them, because i don't think anything really says incarceration more than seeing some bland food scooped onto an institutional tray by a 6'4" inmate covered in tattoos. and the funny thing about the food is, inmates always complain about it but inevitably, they are always looking for ways to get more of it. >> this is so we don't starve later on. but if you want to see a real sack, look over there. show them what you got. >> but if you're going to do it, if you're going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. and since we can't go home -- >> this is how we do it here. >> most inmate meals are prepared and served by other inmates. kitc

five and you -- euclid, wabash. >>> a teacher under investigation. last night the board of education accepted the teacher's resignation. the investigation continues. the 32-year-old high school student was put on leave -- 32- year-old teacher was put on leave from the high school. >>> a shooting happened just a few hours ago at west boulevard in madison. police say a 30-year-old man was shot in the neck. no word tonight on any suspects or arrests. >>> a community coming together to help those who lost everything in an apartment fire that claimed the life of a four- year-old. it was breaking news we first frank lally's life and frank, the outpouring of support has been overwhelming. >> reporter: yes this is the backdrop for a lot of pain. families trying to put their lives back together tonight. i talked to people who are willing to help. >> everyone here knows the story. it only took four years for a gift to become a curse. somewhere in the flames, a little girl was forever lost. >> it's one of those things that you hold your children tighter. >> gra

. >> some of my buddies that patrol on the wabash river in vincennes, indiana, were on the river saide over here. >> mac calls troy and they set out on a fishing expedition they will never forget. >> all of a sudden, that first fish comes flying out of nowhere, passes between us, bouncing off parts of the boat. >> there's one! >> a single jumping fish is unusual, but it's not enough to shock troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. >> left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! there's one! up on my shoulder! >> the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it's no picnic for the cameraman either. >> boom! >> hit the cameraman. nailed me right in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp, also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding t