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>> 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. i obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they really want you to be compliant, you know, like puppets. dont do this, dont do that. do it like this, do it like that. [ bleep ] here, eat here, no, cant talk to that person, get off the door! all this [ bleep...

May stay for life. some [ bleep ] live for peace, and others live for wreck. look here, blood, you can stay humble or you can have a fight to the death. thats just a couple bars, man, throwaway bars, man. you know, donations, man, you know. thats a d-boys life. >> carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the streets in plainfield, new jersey, and pours it into rap. now hes one of more than 2,000 inmates at the wabash valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana. >> yeah, i had...

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 reflecting off the screen. i couldnt see it too good. i guess when it prints out, well see how good it is. >> feet cant be on the wall. >> cant be on the wall? man...

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 pressure? you feeling me? you get killed 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 tran...

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 maintaining a racial divide. adrian davis and tim harris have found some common ground. particula...

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 pop off at any time and all the blacks in the dorms got a knife and, you know, one or two white peoples got a knife, ...

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. that mice 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 hi...

Violence happens, you know? what do you expect? you throw a 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 into his original housing unit. >> at this point, i dont know whats going to be allowed to happen with wright, i dont know if hell be allowed to return to p-house because of all the animosity...

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 then enters the cell and then seconds later exits with wrights television. the inmate then places ...

>> 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. i obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they really want you to be compliant, you know, like puppets. dont do this, dont do that. do it like this, do it like that. [ bleep ] here, eat here, no, cant talk to that person, get off the door! all this [ bleep...