i m knee to knee with the most dangerous man in the state of kentucky. and he s not chained to anything. all of a sudden all of my questions, everything i prepared for the interview, went completely out of my head. victor, tell me what, originally what your crime was that brought you to kentucky state penitentiary, how long that sentence is, and then how long of that sentence you have served? i m in for murder. life sentence. convicted in 2001. are you proud of that notoriety? i mean, we ve heard you are one of the most dangerous guys here. how does that that s what i hear. i m actually one of the most laid-back guys here. as all officers, i ve received threats from different inmates for bodily harm. he s the only one that s actually ever tried to follow through with it. come on in! i ll show you what a redneck can
i m pretty off balance, but i keep it in a certain amount of control. another inmate at kentucky state penitentiary who is no stranger to cell extractions is victor hiatt. prior to interviewing him, our producer was duly warned. victor hiatt is a very, very dangerous individual. probably the most dangerous individual in this institution. i remember watching victor being led to the interview. and he had such an intense security detail that it almost felt like i was about to interview hannibal lector, quite frankly. he was cuffed behind his back. but i ll never forget, it was like a normal, fiberglass and metal cafeteria chair. there was nothing special about that chair. and he wasn t chained to the chair itself. the chair was not secured to the ground in any way. i start to think to myself, here i am about to interview this guy.
state and had to wear restraints for this interview. i ve accepted my own death so i don t worry about dying. so i don t really have a whole lot of respect for life in general, my own or anybody s. victor hiatt has clearly made it known to staff and inmates that he would like to kill a staff member. in 2003, hiatt threw books and spit at officers. a use-of-force team was called in to extract him from his cell. he s got some, appears to be water or urine in his hands. solitude can make you climb the walls, especially long term like i do. i have until 2017 on that walk. it messes with my head. i ll be honest about that. that s probably why i m so violent. i take it out in anger.
he has since calmed down tremendously. with age, the inmates tend to slow down with their poor behavior. they learn that arguing with authority figures is not the way to go. here s my rap sheet. like you can see, armed robbery, 74. these is all the charges, wanton endangerment in the first degree, assault, first degree. assault in the third degree, assault in the third degree, another assault in the third degree. another assault in third degree. them is all the charges i picked up in the prison system. so now things are different. see, i done growed up. while fleece johnson s violent acts are in his past open number 20. there is one inmate at ksp who is considered the most menacing. victor hiatt is serving a life sentence for murder. he has the reputation of being the most violent inmate in the
and he wasn t chained to the chair itself. the chair was not secured to the ground in any way. i start to think to myself, here i am about to interview this guy. i m knee to knee with the most dangerous man in the state of kentucky. and he s not chained to anything. all of a sudden all of my questions, everything i prepared for the interview, went completely out of my head. victor, tell me what, originally what your crime was that brought you to kentucky state penitentiary, how long that sentence is, and then how long of that sentence you have served? i m in for murder. life sentence. convicted in 2001. are you proud of that notoriety? i mean, we ve heard you are one of the most dangerous guys here. how does that that s what i hear. i m actually one of the most laid-back guys here. as all officers, i ve