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Moving confinement inmates back to general population. but sarah herman thinks that is 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 ...

Youre going to do it, okay? >> okay. >> im serious. 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 cel...

>> 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 each other for survival. >> but some cell mat...

>> you dont want to do it, but youre going to do it, okay? >> okay. >> im serious. 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...

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 ...

>> and to me its like you dont even want these people in society, but you want me to feel 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. ...

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...

Including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. thats good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. couldve had a v8. while a good cell mate might help to make prison more tolerable for some inmates, others believe that any cell mate is a threat to their survival. >> if i dont take a cellie, i can be sure that a cellie wont murder me, a cellie wont rape

>> im happy. 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. >> you can? >> 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 want to look at who you -- >> doesnt ...

>> 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. >> ...