violence. >> showed up, saying that macbeth sent him. >> it was about shakespeare. >> it was really bizarre. because the inmates are not allowed out of their cells. so they're having this lively conversation through the pie flaps in their cell doors, but other than that, it was like being in a college classroom, listening to a literary debate. >> the general and he got, he got, i think he might have been prepared for that, so when it came, he would have been, like, my god, how you doing? you know what i'm saying? >> through a program called shakespeare in the shu, inmates here have a brief escape from the relentless boredom of being locked down. indiana state university professor laura bakes started the program. >> i went door to door, cell to cell and had experiences like walking up at one cell and completely unannounced, mentioned shakespeare and the offender started quoting from shakespeare.