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Fights with cellmates. >> it takes a stronger person on 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 he make, l...

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. >> you refuse? go ahead, close it. >> close it. >> are you sure? you didnt even want to look at who you -- >> doesnt matter. >> okay....

>> why wont you take a cell mate? >> i feel threatened place in a cell with another person. i feel my life is in it danger. >> okay. let me tell you what path youre going down right now. right now it seems like its no big deal. been locked up twice for it. theres documentation on one, theres going to be another documentation on another one. and if you keep going and you dont take a cellie, guess what happens? >> what? >> indeterminant shu. >> the shu is the secure housing unit, where inmates liv...

Tried to throw him off the tier. >> i tore the sheet and wrapped it around his head and i said, 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 li...

Smaller cell and got put into a bigger one. i had a cell mate up there. they moved me into a cell for one night last night, and now i have another cell mate today. so so far its good. its always good to be around somebody. you know, you can talk and communicate instead of just sitting there gathering thoughts. they said ill be classified to maybe here, maybe to another penitentiary within 30 days. then sometimes the waiting list can be eight months, so theres really no telling how long ill be he...

>> not all inmates are in ad seg for violence or contraband. some are here because the prison doesnt know where else to place them inside the facility. dennis hamilton is in ad seg for refusing to be housed with a cellmate. hes serving a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon. >> for one, theres no rule that says i have to take a cellie. and, two, i dont want to live with another man for the rest of my life, you know? to me, the cells are too small. i think th...

>> theyre going to pull me out here right now anyways. >> back up a little bit. im going to open up this door. whats your name again? >> brett. >> go ahead and have a seat at that table. yes, so were moving this inmate into a cell where hes compatible with a cell mate and hell have his own cell and were going to figure out where -- who to move where later on. >> in order to keep casper separated from cash, deputies decide to move big daddy to the upper tier. and big daddy is none too happy about...

>> a few hours later, scotto was given orders to pack up his possessions and move to a new cell. >> my partner confronted the inmate with the injuries and during his interview, he was able to identify that his cell mate was the perpetrator of that assault. he actually admits that he and his cell mate weston kruger had gotten 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 televis...

>> thank you. >> while scotto will be moved to a higher security level, markus cash, after serving ten days in isolation for fighting with his boyfriends cell mate, has just been moved back to mod q. >> i just got back, like, seriously three, four hours ago. i just got here. so, of course, everyone is banging on their doors, screaming my name, you know? im a star here. yeah. im crazy. >> not only is cash grateful to be out of isolation, hes especially happy about the location of his new cell. >>...

Brett, aka casper, has been moved to a new cell. his new cell mate asked that we not use his real name, but did permit us to use his nickname, big daddy. casper claims that he and big daddy have a past history that could lead to violence. >> weve had problems from the street. were from the streets. we dont get along. >> the jail takes inmate claims of potential violence seriously. and in this case, there is an easy solution. >> were going to -- you cant be in the group upstairs. you cant be cell...