Page 5 - Carlton Wright News Today

>> what you see here is youll see ritchie, and theres another guy, a guy out here, and basically theyre just hanging out. they already know whats playing. i mean it was premeditated. >> the men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. >> hes immediately met by ritchie. he was actually standing at his door waiting for the door to be opened. and he assaults him and chases him around with another -- this guy here is just kind of being a spectator at this point. youll see another inmate come...

[ bleep ] until i find what im looking for. >> wrights aggressive behavior 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? you get killed for stealing on the streets, so ...

>> doing time is a. [ bleep ] man. its nothing but you and your thoughts and these brick walls. you feel me? and if you aint strong, man, youre going to crumble? you know what i mean? until you walked 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 populate...

Know what i mean? and i grew a hard exterior because i didnt want to be the 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. i think 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. >> surveill...

Never misses picture day. >> every month. 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 these ones 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 ...

So youre really in survival mode back here. 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...

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To prison in 2010, and since hes been in, hes received a 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 kn...

This is my bed right here, you know what i mean? what i sleep on. this is my cellie rack right above me. this is where another man sleeps. understand? out here to the left is my window. this is 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 ...

Pisses and whatever else he do, you know, youre stuck in here and youre force today deal with it. so you better pray you got a cool cellie, or it aint going to work. being in prison, its reality, man. you know, people watching movies of prison, and you see them, like, oh, thats sad, and you turn it off and forget about it, but its our life. you know, we wake up every day to this, living under these strict set of rules, no privileges, you know what i mean. this is reality. theres no going home fr...