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Facility, he has found another means of liberation. >> music, to me, is more important than food, more important than water, more important than anything. it makes me free. it just makes me free. >> stroud makes the proiz choir. they perform during sunday church services and at special events. and his cell mate, curtis mcgrom, has been a constant source of help and inspiration. >> you had your chance, you should have made a change. theres nowhere you can run, theres nowhere left for you to hide....

Conduction of leadership roles and you know, i think now that he has seen you know, that it upset me and knows that its not really how we do business i think hes changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group services of the members and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby mcanalley faces a different challenge. he not only is isolated from his y...

>> the mother of my child. im kind of mad at her that she is holding my son from me. >> that could be changing. >> a recent letter and her submission of a visitation request is plans that she plans to let his son visit. >> this is not the first time. i mean im not going to get my hopes up. the last time i seen him he couldnt walk or talk or nothing. i cant wait to see him. >> reporter: while mcanalley clings to the hope that he will see his son. his cell mate is enjoying a visit with his 2-year-...

I knew i didnt been doing anything. >> open your mouth. thank you. >> although the prescription drug often creates problems whenevers hes tested, according to bean, its become his lifeline. he says he needs the drug to deal with the anxiety and stress for being incarcerated for the murder of his girlfriend. >> just when i think i have a grip on it, these wounds or scar tissue, you know, they thought was healed just opens back up all over again. and im, you know, sometimes even partially in tears...

Investigators can determine the cause of curtis cashs severe facial injuries. both cash and his cell mate dana woods claim cash simply fell. but internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn suspects a cover-up. >> the suspect probably told the victim, you know, you better not tell on me. say you fell. thats pretty typical in these types of situation. nobody follows and receives that many injuries. >> little johns suspects woods might have used the hot pot to assault his cell mate. >> this is w...

Stripped down cell and undergo around the clock observation. after they examined him, mental health staff determined mcdaniel was not suicidal. for refusing to take the drug test, he must remain in the custody control unit where he will be locked into his cell 23 hours a day. later he said it was because he had taken some of his cell mates prescription methadone. i refused it because i was positive too and ended up over here. >> can you talk to me a little bit about the letter? >> the letter was...

>> 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 another man for the rest of my life. >> 127. >> the prison officials disagree. we followed him to an administrative hearing on the matter. >> here we go. escort! >...

>> but at the brushy mountain correctional complex in tennessee we met two cell mates who were not only successfully living together, but doing so in a maximum security unit, locked up 23 hours per day. >> its not any kind of fun, stuck in a cell. you go out. me and him go out and work out every day, come back in the cell and watch tv and listen to the radio. thats our life every day. >> sky bishop was sent to the hole when he refused to share his cell with an inmate the prison assigned him. >> ...

He just -- just ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles and you know, i think now that he has seen you know, that it upset me and knows that its not really how we do business i think hes changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group services of the members and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby mcanalley faces a different challenge. he...

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