work as men. they were using arms and they get written off as kind of helpers. and assistants. when, in fact, lisa was second in command of resistance troops behind the summer of summer 1944. when the american breakout happened at the peninsula, she was there in command. so part of what we need to do is recognize that she wasn t just a helper. she was a commander. did the three women you focused on, did they survive the war? they didn t all make it. odette sampson, however, was captured and she spent the rest of the war in robins brook. when she escaped, she brought out evidence with her that helped put the commander of the largest women s prison in history behind bars and condemned him to death. and the other two? lisa bezak lived into old age, which is wonderful for us. she lived past the moment of declassification. when the file was opened, she was there and we could interview
uh-huh. by the judicial part of the system. they took her, this once promising honor-bound college student, to a cell in the women s prison where she instantly became the youngest inmate in the place. and two months later those attorneys stoft and battle who declined our requests for interviews were off the case. that civil lawsuit was dropped. and that s when justine winter finally now on her own decided to tell us her side of the whole sad story. an exclusive interview with justine. you say you probably caused that accident. are you able to say, i take responsibility for that? i m just a normal person who got an awful skin condition. with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis,
arrives to capture the moment. i don t want to get that shot. she didn t take to him at first. she didn t want him to hold her. turn around here. look. we ll try later. we ll try later. fortunately, they get like a four-hour visit. so, hopefully, in the latter part of the visit, she ll be warmed up a little bit more to try again. but komyatti helps other families make the most of visitation. it s been 26 years since he s seen his own family. that s how long he s been in prison for participating in the murder of his father. my dad was an alcoholic. i was like a little kid, 7, 8 years old. i was crawled up under the kitchen table and he s got this belt with a buckle, putting marks all over my face and everything, all over my body,
i haven t seen her since we were sentenced in december of 1983. but once i make parole in may, i would hope that either if not that day, then the following day, i would get to see her. my mom will be 83 thursday of next week. all these are in prison? yes. indiana woman s prison. other offenders see their families frequently. in addition to regular visitation, the prison hosts an annual family day event. this is something the church put together, family day, so people can spend some time with their family and reunite. people trying to build bridges back that they lost before. this is my father, jerry, this is my mother, martha. we first met jerry bonds during our shooting of the original lockup at indiana state prison in 2006.
if you get caught in this grind here, this prison will eat you up and spit you out. it s crazy, man. this is my cat, cletus. he s crazier than hell. he loves ice cubes. he goes crazy. loses his mind. he s my partner. that s one of the many things they allowed us to do on death row was adopt a cat. he s real important to me. it s a big day for aaron brown. he, too, is about to receive a shelter cat. i ve played with all the cats in here. but i ve never had one of my own, and it s going to be different. i mean, this is something i m going to spend years of my life with. and there s the responsibility aspect.