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    I know him better than you do, she says. I know Bobby better than anyone; I’m not a trick and I’m not game, and I know what I am to Bobby Gilbert. Her name is Angel and she knows him alright; she married Bobby Ray Gilbert in prison. Gilbert robbed a gas station one night, pistol-whipped and shot the attendant. Bobby laughs when he says, I got thirty-five dollars. The gun I used cost thirty-seven. Once inside prison and to no one’s surprise, Bobby Gilbert killed again. A fellow inmat...

>> basically told me only way i could get my money would be over his dead body, you know. i was hot-headed then, so thats how i got it. >> how much money did he owe you? >> he owed me $36. and i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know -- >> once behind bars, gilberts violent temper led to numerous other crimes. including stabbing another inmate to death. this time for much less than $36. but gilbert made it clear to us, in prison, things arent always as they seem. >> everybody wants...

Of stimuli that has led to some of the most interesting parts about "lockup." >> the monotonous grind of life in prison can push some inmates to the limit. in trying to understand how they deal with the specter of never being free again, weve met some of our most memorable characters, and recorded some of our most dramatic footage. >> im serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. all together. ...

It aint about the soda pop no more. you call the police and put a stop to it. what do you do in here? i tell you what you do, you go get you a knife and you stab that son of a bitch and say you aint taking nothing else. thats the end of it. heres what happens when you come to take something from me. >> well want to do bobby gilbert first. >> 10-84 your unit. >> gilberts life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holmans warden grantt culliver. at the time, culliver and a d...

>> well want to do bobby gifford first. >> all right. >> a-1 to a-4. 10-84 on your unit. >> gilberts life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holmans warden grant culliver. at the time, culliver and a disciplinary committee were about to review gilberts recent behavior and his request for a transfer to a prison closer to his familys home. but within moments, other inmates seeing that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shu by banging on th...

>> im serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence, and a 10-year sentence, all together. >> at the time of our visit bobby gilbert had been at alabamas holman correctional facility for only four years. but he first landed in prison at the age of 18. he told us how a minor dispute over money led him to murder an acquaintance from his town. >> basically told me the only way id get my money would be over his dead body. yo...

First and get him out of the way. >> 801 to a4. 1084 to your unit. >> bobby gilbert has asked for a transfer to another maximum security facility closer to his familys home. he waits while a table is set up in the hallway. >> what is you chewing on? >> gum. >> where are you getting the gum from? >> nicorette gum. >> i dont even know that? how long you been on that? a year and a half. >> only thing that stops the cramps. >> is that right? does it really work? how much they give you? >> ten pieces...

>> one of holmans most notorious inmates, bobby gilbert, is serving multiple sentences for crimes committed inside prison. >> im serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. all together. >> gilbert has attacked several prisoners and stabbed one man to death at another prison during an argument. >> everybody wants to talk about, you know, i killed somebody over a carton of cigarettes. its not a c...

Inmates with the "lockup" cameras present decided to interrupt the shoot by banging on the cell doors. thats when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> you dont [ bleep ] beat on the door again. you, you! i want you to do it. you do it. you beat on the [ bleep ] door again. i dont be no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. once the inmates calmed down, gilberts hearing got under way. his appeal for a transfer was quickly dismissed. but it didnt take long for gilbe...

Pop and they come to me and say hey man i need to get that soda pop you owe me and i spit in their face and call them a bitch or something, and then they kill me whose fault is it? it aint about the pop no more. you call the police and put a stop to it. what do you do in here? i tell you what you do, you go get you a knife and you stab that son of a bitch and say you aint taking nothing else. thats the end of it. heres what happens when you come to take something from me. >> were going to bobby ...