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I aint got to stay in the cell. i get my tv, radio, and property back. >> later we were with hamilton as officers escorted him to his new general population cell. >> its all right. just relax. dont get tense. i can feel you tense now. >> yeah? >> yeah. its all right. >> finally, hamilton reaches his new cell, and his new cell mate. the relationship is short-lived. >> i refuse. >> you refuse? go ahead, close it. >> close it. >> are you sure? you didnt even want to look at who you -- >> doesnt mat...

>> somebody wants to talk to him. you know what im saying? i got to sit down. >> i might have to come up like this, or he can just turn inside here and walk this way. >> yes. this is how you do it. you do your back that way. you know what im saying? >> aint nobody gay up in here. >> few things in prison are as key to survival as having a good cell mate. >> when you live with a person 24 hours a day, you build up a brotherhood, a sense of -- you build up a rapport that you dont have with your fam...

Person. >> ironically other inmates might not feel safe around hamilton either. hes serving a life sentence for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and say salt with a deadly weapon. nine years in, hes only now decided to make his stand against taking a cell mate. >> theres no rule that says i have to take a cellie. two, i dont want to live with

Safe inside a cell with this person. >> ironically other inmates might not feel safe around hamilton either. hes serving a life sentence for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon. nine years in, hes only now decided to make his stand against taking a cell mate. >> theres no rule that says i have to take a cellie. two, i dont want to live with another man for the rest of my life. >> 127. >> the prison officials disagree. we followed him to an administrative hearing on ...

One, two, three, and four. this is all youre going to move from now on. everywhere you go. theres four cells down here. okay? one, two, three, and four. look for that cell with your number and go. hurry up. hurry up! pick up your feet and move. you better start moving with purpose. is that cell number one does that look like a cell? is that cell number one? stay in school. learn your numbers. they feel like because theyre angry they can do whatever they want to do and anger will solve the proble...

Should have seen the look on those girls faces when they were shot. >> suggesting pretty clearly that he was there? >> absolutely. >> a story backed up by this affidavit from the girlfriend, who said at the time of the murders mcmahons behavior became increasingly erratic and paranoid and by a one-time cell mate who says mcmahon told him he had shot the three execution style. that cell mate told polk county investigators about mcmahons admission and they wrote this report in 1999, before scott c...

The yard to be my cellie because of who i am. >> just days before this interview, terry had another fight. >> i had a fight in my cell with my cellmate because i was tired of living with him. for like seven months, its like being forced into a relationship that you dont want, so when i moved out, he attacked me in the kitchen, and i seen tears and i seen frustration, but i didnt care. i mean, he stabbed me with a cigarette lighter, you make your homemade. he pulled out all my hair. it grew back ...

That it unlikely in jacksons case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in general pop with other inmates with a roommate and cell mate. weve tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didnt last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jacksons coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement....

Unlikely in jacksons case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in general pop with other inmates with a roommate and cell mate. weve tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didnt last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jacksons coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement. >> the ...

Addiction has even caused her to steal from her own mother. >> i actually wrote a check. it was only for 90 bucks. i called her account. thats what her account said, she had 90 dollars. i was like, all right, ill write a check for 90 bucks. she said i had overdrafted her account and now its $150 and the fees keep piling up. my family doesnt have it like that. she gets by paycheck to paycheck and she pays for everything. like, who am i to take her money? she doesnt know who i am anymore. she just...