so much of their power has been taken away from them. their ability to do things. so for them to pray and to see god answer something is very, very special. it s empowering. when we really do have the tools in here to have a decent life. there s a lot of things you can do to make your time fulfilling. at age 19, travis wolfkill was convicted of stabbing and beating his grandmother to death over a $300 tax refund check. he s currently on appeal but his sentence is life without parole. you don t really wrap your mind around it. because i m not doing time. i m just living life. it s a life different from out there. we have a lot of the same things in here that you do have out there. it s a little world in here. wolfkill devotes much of his time to his religion, satanism. i m in a satanic group here. only about four of us here.
penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for a wide range of religious beliefs. a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. i m in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it s a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. it s about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check.
delwin vandekrol oversees the practice of over a dozen different religions inside the prison. a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. this is something they can do to empower themselves. so much power has been taken away, so for them to pray and to see god answer something is very, very special. it s empowering. when we really do have the tools in here to have a decent life. there s a lot of things you can do to make your time fulfilling. at age 19, travis wolfkill was convicted of stabbing and beating his grandmother to death over a $300 tax refund check. he s currently on appeal but his sentence is life without parole. you don t really wrap your mind around it. because i m not doing time. i m just living life.
it s a life different from out there. we have a lot of the same things in here that you do have out there. it s a little world in here. wolfkill devotes much of his time to his religion, satanism. i m in a satanic group here. only about four of us here. it s a small community. the thing about satanism, we don t encourage or condone the breaking of laws. one of the biggest misconceptions about satanists is that we worship the devil. we pay homage to lucifer. the truth is, we don t believe in satan, we don t believe in lucifer. satan merely is a symbol. who is satan? the original rebel. this actually has all of the teachings in it. this has what s called the 11 satanic rules of the earth. if you look at number nine, it says do not harm little children. number ten says do not kill nonhuman animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
when we visited iowa state penitentiary, we found the prison attempts to provide services for a wide range of religious beliefs. a lot of the religions are a quieting, mellowing, peaceful type of thing. for them to pray, to see god answer something is to have something answered is empowering. then we met an inmate named travis wolfkill. in the name of satan, ruler of the earth, the king of the world, i command the forces of darkness to bestow the infernal power upon me. i m in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. it s a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. it s about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life