brushy mountain has had a long history of attempted escapes. and i guess this would be the most maximum security penitentiary in the state. michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison in 1994. i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. i ve taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there. very cramped position. brought some water with me and everything else. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out, they put me in the back of the truck. then they took me to north carolina. they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. king was sent to brushy mountain s max unit. this is supposed to be the most secure building in the state. and that s why they house them here because they ve got the wall around the outside. in between the stone wall and
it s kind of depressing. this is prison. this the first time i ve ever seen it, so i m kind of nervous about it. i don t know, i m kind of in awe right now. reality, yeah, that s what i m feeling, reality. it don t feel the same, but i have to adapt to that. coming up guys have nothing to lose. they would rather die trying to escape than to stay here. inmates risk everything for a chance at freedom. i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out.
eight hours after arriving, rogers faces his first night in the penitentiary. it s kind of depressing. this is prison. this the first time i ve ever seen it, so i m kind of nervous about it. i don t know, i m kind of in awe right now. reality, yeah, that s what i m feeling, reality. it don t feel the same, but i have to adapt to that. coming up guys have nothing to lose. they would rather die trying to escape than to stay here. inmates risk everything for a chance at freedom. i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. ied to kt all the water, but water got inside
to escape than stay here. brushy mountain has had a long history of attempted escapes. and i guess this would be the most maximum security penitentiary in the state. michael king, serving a life sentence for murder, managed to break out of another tennessee prison in 1994. i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of a warehouse crew. i ve taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there. very cramped position. brought some water with me and everything else. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out, they put me in the back of the truck. then they took me to north carolina. they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. king was sent to brushy mountain s max unit. this is supposed to be the most secure building in the state.
how are you going to be remorseful about something you intended to do? i lived my whole life as a criminal. i just finished a 12-year sentence in the northeast. i wasn t out a month and got new charges. i escaped from a secure compound, northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i got nothing to lose. they would rather die trying to escape than stay here. from. best thing to do, keep your eyes open. all facilities working at all times. because anything can happen at any time. if we see anything whatsoever funny, that inmate s not going out. we don t want what happened to one of the best officers here to happen to somebody else. the brushy mountain correctional complex in eastern tennessee serves a unique purpose in the state s prison system. for first-time inmates, it s often just a point of entry. for the most violent prisoners, it s the last stop. as a result, brushy mountain has an unusual population, young men facing the harsh reali