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Soon created problems with other inmates. >> im not looking for trouble, but at the same time i will duck when i feel it. you feel me? this is the penitentiary and you have to stand tall and tend to it. you know, what i mean? you cant take the losses. this is the long place to be a bitch and it is the principle, you feel me? you dont steal an ink pen for me. you get killed on the streets for stealing, and the same in prison. >> staff led that it would lead to a fight and sanctioned wright for ta...

Few conduct reports and nothing severe. i heard he has a mouth on him and disrespectful to the staff and other offenders. >> thats my only option? i cant take another one? >> no. >> so whats the point of seeing it then? this is wabash, man. they do what they want. >> im not like other inmates. i obey the rules, but other times they want you to be in compliance like puppets. dont do this. dont do that. do it like this. do it like that. [ bleep ] here. eat here. no, you cant talk to that person. g...

A haircut or shave or nothing like that. i am back down here slumming it. this is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect? you group a bunch of violent offenders together, and you dont expect a clash. at the end of the day, you pray you are standing and not hur. >> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be back into the original housing unit. >> i dont know what at this point is going to happen h with wright, if he can allow back to p-hou...

This is my bed right here. you know what i mean? this is my cellie rack and his bed where another grown ass man sleeps at, you understand? out here to my left is my window. and this is my window, and that is the gate teasing me with freedom. right there is a highway i think. you see the cars going by, and going places that i cant go. you feel me? so im trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what im going there. >> carlton wrights picture will change very little in the next 24 ye...

I did want to be a victim and over time it came a character. >> and recently, wrights character was put to the test. >> he came back from the recreation one night and noticed that the tv was missing and he knew that somebody took it and he was upset about that as anybody would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious? [ bleep ]. they kill for that. for real for real. >> surveillance video shows another inmate standing outside of wrights cell, and he enters the cell and then exits seconds...

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 reflecting off the screen. i guess when it prints out, well see how good it is. >> feet cant be on the wall. >> man, youre so strict! >> pr...

This is my cellies rack, five feet above him. his bed, where another grown-ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here to the left is my window. theres the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is a 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 sente...

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 pressure? you feeling me? you get killed the for stealing on the streets, so why not in prison? >> as wright continued his tirade, staff became concerned it would lead to a fight and sanctioned wright for taking matters into his own hands. he was transferred to administrative segreg...

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 anyone would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you with serious? people [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wrights cell. he then enters the cell and secs later exits with wrights television. the inmate then places the ...

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 a race riot can pop off at any time and all the blacks in the dorms got a knife, and you kn...