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Inmate with the injuries and during his interview, he was able to identify that his cell mate was the perpetrator of that assault. he actual hi admitted that he and his cell mate got in a fight. he had told us that the fight was over a disrespect issue. he was trying to watch tv from his cell, which is a challenge because you cant always hear the television from your cell. and his cell mate was in the rear of the cell, shouting through the vents to someone else. a common way that inmates communi...

Now i have another cell mate today. so far its good. its always good to be around somebody. you know, you can talk, communicate, instead of just sitting there and gathering your thoughts. they said id be classified to maybe here, maybe to another penitentiary in 30 days. sometimes the waiting list can be eight months. theres really no telling how long ill be here. >> thats my daughter. shell be 8 next month. >> antwan sales is determined to maintain a close relationship with his daughter in spit...

Another guy one night last night. now i have another cell mate today. so far its good. its always good to be around somebody. you know, you can talk, communicate, instead of just sitting there and gathering your thoughts. they said id be classified to maybe here, maybe to another penitentiary in 30 days. sometimes the waiting list can be eight months. theres really no telling how long ill be here. >> thats my daughter. shell be 8 next month. >> antwan sales is determined to maintain a close rela...

With his cell mate, jon antonucci who is in court for sentencing. he could be facing anywhere from 7 to 21 years. >> i told him to wake me up this morning when he went to court. we talked for a little bit. he was very nervous. he was shaking. he was near tears and i was near tears for him. i know hes done some dumb things too but he is a good person. i know that inside jon is a good person and i hope that the judge saw that today. so im just waiting on him to come back and give me the news. i th...

And it was really emotional. it was really an emotional moment, because after sitting in here for three years now and not knowing whats going to happen and believing that there was even potential for me to spend the rest of my life in prison and now that that is completely gone, knowing that i will have an actual second chance at life, you know, a chance to redeem myself. its a huge relief. if something is unjust and unfair, you have to fight. unfortunately, so many guys come in here and have be...

>> 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 the matter. >> here we go. escort! >>...

You dont have to marry him. >> yeah, i mean, it seem that way. youre placing this inmate in the cell with me. i mean were not -- were not outside the cell all day. were inside that cell all day. >> yeah, but that should have been a consideration before you went to prison. >> the committee is baffled, not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other state prisons. >> you have been taking a cellie up until the time you got here. once you got her...

Nope, you aint doing nothing. >> 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 inmat...

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 the tenseness. >> yeah? >> yeah. its all right. >> finally, hamilton reaches his new cell, and his new cell mate. the relationship is short-lived. >> you refuse? go ahead, close it. >> close it. >> are you sure? you didnt even look at who you -- >> doesnt matter. >> okay, we gotta turn back. >> before hamilton ...

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 family. and youre both dependent on e...