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>> a-1 to a-4. >> 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 behavior and a transfer to a prison closer to his familys home. within moments other inmates had seen that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shoe by banging on the cell doors. thats when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> beat on th...

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 to talk about i killed somebody over a carton of cigarettes. you know, its not a carton of cigarettes. that may be the catalyst that leads to something, but, you know, if somebody owes me a soda pop or i owe him a soda pop and they come to me and say i need to get that soda pop y...

>> 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 behavior and a transfer to a prison closer to his familys home. within moments other inmates had seen that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shoe by banging on the cell doors. thats when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> beat on that door again. ...

>> 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. >> he said basically the only way i would get my money is over his dead body. you...

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. >> 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. >> he said basically the only way i would get my money is over ...

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? >> nick orate 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 piece...

You need to be able to say no. >> denied possession of his chess set, gilbert is outraged, claiming his punishment would never happen at other prisons. >> donaldson dont do this crap. st. claire dont do this, anywhere else. i received a lot -- i ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. thats rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isnt the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> are you going ...

>> the department of kreblgof cs denied an interview, but angel told us how she became involved with gilbert. angel had initially contacted another holman inmate featured on the series, sherman moore, who held the job as prison barber. >> i developed a friendship with sherman. . but i also saw the segment on bobby. and i inquired about bobby, what kind of person is he. >> thought maybe you were drinking that bottle of scope. >> sherman encouraged me to write to him. hes like, write him, angel. h...

And bobby asked me, he says, i love you, and ive never loved a woman as much as i love you, and will you be my wife? i mean, im crying, oh, yes, and i threw my arms around him, and that was it. >> angel quit her bartending job, packed up her teenage son and her life in illinois and moved to a small town in alabama where she would only be an hours drive from the prison. she got a job as a bartender and built her life around visits to gilbert. >> you got to be strong for it because its not all fun...

Doing something special. >> when we returned to holman in 2007 for our "extended stay" series, we found gilbert exactly where we had left him, in aztec, the administrative housing unit. it howsuses the most violent offenders, and it is is where bobby ray has spent most of his 25 years in prison. >> ive got two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a to-year sentence and 17 years. >> gilberts many convictions include robbery, assault, and two counts of murder, one of which was carried out agains...