since coming to prison 14 years ago nieves has received more than 130 major conduct reports including two near-fatal batteries of female staff. his nickname is the monster. i m a laid back, quiet type of individual. i was born in puerto rico. when i was 10 i moved to new york. i spent most of my life in new york. when i was 16 i moved to milwaukee, wisconsin. lived with my mother and then in 1992, that s when i caught my case. i had a good life, good parents, even though they were separated. but it was a good life. never needed anything. i worked. it s just one of those things. i m just another man in another prison, just one of the guys. b range, joe. i m not an angel, i can tell you that.
on them. we have plastic hammers. when you hit a bar that s been sawed on it makes a special tink. at one point we have found some bars that had been sawed through. at one time we found three bars that were pulled out. they were glued back in there by toothpaste and then painted over with the same color paint. c.e.r.t. s efforts are part of the prison s security crackdown following the widely publicized escape of two inmates in november of 2005. two murders are now in their 27th hour on the run. the two men escaped from the state prison in ft. madison. martin moon, the man on the left was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder out of clark county and 27-year-old robert legendre was serving a life sentence for kidnapping, weapons charges as well as murder. unmanned towers provided just the opportunity for three inmates to make their move. the two inmates that escaped were both captured in a week s period of time.
escape like i did, you ve got to take it while the opportunity exists. the prison came up with a plan to cut back on expenses. they were going to put in new electronic fencing cameras. they started pulling out guard towers. that s when my plan developed. a lot of anxiety. because now you re going to be a hunted man. we started out with three. the last guy in the chain couldn t make it over one of the fences. went down the rope on the outside wall and as soon as his feet hit the outside of the wall, he broke his leg. we discussed a broken leg, what was going to happen. he knew at that time i was going to have to leave him. i did get him away from the wall where he had a chance. once i was away from here, it felt pretty good. i m not going to lie. i covered close to 30 miles the first night. traveled out until i hit a small town. i scoped it out right before it turned daylight. i noticed the car business, a mechanics business. i know from prior experience, a lot of mechanics when you bri
one was returned to iowa. the other one was involved in numerous crimes in the state of missouri, i believe. and he is still in that state facing additional charges. the inmate that was returned to the iowa state penitentiary was charged for escape. he pled guilty and the sentencing is tomorrow. he ll receive a five-year consecutive term. one of the inmates, martin moon, now resides in cell house 220, a far cry from the freedom he had a few months ago. he is once again serving a life sentence for killing a man in a dispute over drugs. moon insists he is not guilty. me being an innocent person, i ve been compelled more than say the person that knows they re guilty and have been found guilty. i feel they tend more to lay down and do their time and accept the punishment. i m not willing to lay down and accept the punishment. i ve been here going on my sixth year. i still got a couple steps in my appeal process left. when an opportunity arises to
i m a laid back, quiet type of individual. i was born in puerto rico. when i was 10 i moved to new york. i spent most of my life in new york. when i was 16 i moved to milwaukee, wisconsin. lived with my mother and then in 1992, that s when i caught my case. i had a good life, good parents, even though they were separated. but it was a good life. never needed anything. i worked. it s just one of those things. i m just another man in another prison, just one of the guys. b range, joe. i m not an angel, i can tell you that. you understand? i m not here for being an angel i can tell you but, you know, i m not a monster like everybody believes me to be.