Chris Tapp's life in prison | Forensic Files

thank you Chris how you doing man thank you so much no problem for doing this thank you for me you good to meet
you it seems like something you probably oh you get accustom to it keep hearing but you get accustomed to it it's an
amaz like I say it's an amazing thing how accustomed you get to life in prison I mean it's sad to say but you
do this is this is it this is not what I expected at all this is home yeah away from home so how many other people are
in here with you 54 56 other people so it's crowded it sucks I mean you do the best that you can yeah you know with
everything that you have this is pretty much my home this is it this is it right
here this is all she wrote not allow of space no none but you get the little conveniences of Home pillow blanket TV
fan it's pretty small it's not enjoyable to be an arm length away from another man this is probably the size of
something I slept in when I was a kid yeah and this is what I've been living on for 20 years I've been in this unit
since November of last year so what 4 months when you first came to prison it was the setup wasn't like this no no I
soon as I came to prison I went to the maximum security here in Idaho for the first 3 years of my sentence what was
that like scary to actually be around Killers you know rapists people that beat people up and stuff like that
is there anything about this experience that has made you a better man I've had to grow up growing up in
here you realize that what you can or cannot handle emotionally physically you know mentally in here I
grown up to where I know what I can or cannot do now out there I I can't decide because I
don't know what it's like to be out there

Chris Tapp, serving time for the murder of Idaho teen Angie Dodge, shows CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green what his life is like inside the Idaho State Correctional Center.

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Brief Summary

Chris shares his life in prison, emotional growth, and challenges faced in cramped living conditions.

Key points

Life in Prison. A poignant reflection on adapting to life behind bars.
Facing Fears. Describing the fear of being around dangerous inmates.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

This is pretty much my home.

Reflecting on life in prison.

0:43WatchApr 14, 2017

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