20/20 Wednesday (ABC) - 1999-12-29 - 1 of 2

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[0:22] The National Enquirer weekdays at noon,

[0:24] right after Channel 2 News on K2.

[0:30] From ABC News around the world and into

[0:33] your home, the stories that touch your

[0:36] life. This is 2020 Wednesday

[0:40] with Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson.

[0:47] Tonight, this could be it. Hell on

[0:50] Earth. Solitary confinement. Home to the

[0:53] most dangerous inmates. irrational

[0:55] criminals like this man.

[0:57] >> Here's a man that, you know, scares

[1:00] people in a maximum security prison.

[1:02] >> Locked up, isolated 23 hours a day, a

[1:05] cage, their only playground. Imagine

[1:08] what can happen when they're back on the

[1:10] streets.

[1:11] >> I'm so furious in my head. I just, you

[1:14] know, I lose all control.

[1:16] >> Chief correspondent Chris Wallace with a

[1:18] chilling view of a place few people ever

[1:20] see. Solitary confinement. prison within

[1:24] a prison.

[1:28] And she's been called the mother of all

[1:30] shoplifterss, stealing $250,000 in

[1:33] goods, piece by piece.

[1:36] >> There was 248 pairs of shoes, five

[1:39] bridesmaid's dresses, and one big

[1:42] kitchen sink.

[1:43] >> She eluded security cameras and sales

[1:46] clerks, used her own daughters as

[1:48] decoys, and no one was the wiser. Was

[1:51] there any store you couldn't shoplift

[1:54] from? No.

[1:56] >> An irresistible urge to steal. She

[1:59] turned her home into a warehouse,

[2:01] putting everything she held dear at

[2:03] risk. Is she mentally ill or just a

[2:06] common thief? Sylvia Chase with the

[2:09] queen of shoplifting?

[2:12] Plus, does this sound familiar?

[2:15] >> Sorry. Don't let her shoes inside or

[2:18] we're not going on a picnic. Parents

[2:21] getting angry at their children,

[2:23] y

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