Page 10 - Carlton Wright News Today

My hair [ bleep ], i aint able to get a hair cut or a shave, [ bleep ] none of that. ive been back here just slumming it, you know. this is the downside of prison, you know what i mean? violence happens, you know? what do you expect? you group a whole bunch of violent offenders together and you expect us not to clash? at the end of the day, you better pray youre the one left standing and not hurting. >> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be placed back...

And carlton wright causes a disturbance.

This one right here is actually a photo that i took that last months pictures, which you can see it has a different background. we took this one inside of rec. so i got my fro out in that one, its looking a little bit rough. so i didnt send these out too much. i passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. >> the sun is bright. >> makes a good picture. >> i cant really see too much. the sun is too bright. its kind of ref...

Victim, and over the course of time, that became a part of my character. >> and recently wrights character was put to the test. >> he came back from recreation one night and noticed that his tv had been missing, so obviously he knew someone had took it. so he was pretty upset about that, as anybody would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious? people [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wrights cell. he t...

Thats my personal opinion. my whole jury was white, you know? i didnt have nobody in my peers, so they probably couldnt understand this type of crime or understand what happened. they just associate black people with violence. he did it. convict him. >> wright believes his race is also a detriment at wabash. >> im on the wrong side of the color margin. thats just honesty. this prison is predominantly white people, you know what i mean? you know, im not saying theyre racist. youve got people walk...

Soon created problems with other inmates. >> im not looking for trouble, but at the same time, im definitely not ducking them either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. youve got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you cant take no losses? you know what i mean? its the wrong place to be a bitch? you feeling me? its the principle. you feeling me? dont steal an ink pen from me. you get killed for stealing on the streets, so why not in prison? >> as wright continued hi...

You know, barack obama being half black, the battle he had to fight to get just where hes at, i figured it was a bold statement. >> while siverly might respect obamas battles, he is firm and he wont help black inmates in wabash with theirs. >> im not racist, but then again, i know where the lines are in here. so i know that if something goes down, just because im not racist doesnt mean if theres a race riot that theyre not going to stab me too. im not going to arm a black so that a race riot can...

You feel me? and if you aint strong, man, youre going to crumble? you know what i mean? until you walk in my shoes and did this, you cant tell what its like, man. its hard. doing time is hard. >> during his time at wabash, wright says hes felt vulnerable because of the color of his skin. >> other prisons ive been at, its more hispanics and blacks, you know what i mean, but this is a heavily populated white prison. its a culture shock. >> but not every inmate at wabash is concerned with maintaini...

This is my cellie rack right above me. this is where another man sleeps. understand? out here to the left is my window. thats my window. thats the gate that teases me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. see the cars going by, going places i cant go. you feel me? so just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change very little in the next 24 years. thats when hes eligible for parole on his 50-year sentence...

Hes been in, hes receive add few conduct reports, nothing severe. i had heard that he has a mouth on him and that hes pretty disrespectful towards staff and other offenders. >> thats the only option? i cant take another one? >> nope. >> so what was the point of seeing -- there was no point of really seeing it, then, right? >> pretty much. >> you dont like it? this is wabash, man. they do what they want to do. >> im not like a lot of inmates. i obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they re...