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I knew that if i got caught in new york with hash, id be going to jail. it was fine until i had to make my way out to the door. and as i was walking, i realized im leaving a trail because my cast was literally breaking apart. all that clumping had loosened the cast up. i was terrified somebody is going to see this and realize that there is something wrong here, that this is not a real cast. but nobody said a word. so it just confirmed to me how clever i really was. i sold little pieces of this h...

New york with hash, id be going to jail. it was fine until i had to make my way out to the door. and as i was walking, i realized im leaving a trail because my cast was literally breaking apart. all that clumping had loosened the cast up. i was terrified somebody is going to see this and realize that there is something wrong here, that this is not a real cast. but nobody said a word. so it just confirmed to me how clever i really was. i sold little pieces of this hash to all my friends. i would ...

>> once the inmates calmed down gilberts hearing got under way. his appeal for a transfer was quickly dismissed. but it didnt take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just dont see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody ...

Quickly dismissed. but it didnt take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> this is segregation. what are you going to do with a chess set? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just dont see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constru...

It wasnt meant to be nice. you aint here because you were doing something constructive. if you had been doing something constructive -- >> i was doing something constructive when they [ bleep ] with me down the hall. >> it is always somebody elses fault. >> you want us to exhibit some form of model behavior. but yet every avenue is closed to do anything constructive. we cant read a novel because we cant have none. i cant play chess through the mail like i used to because my chess pieces took awa...

>> we supposed to be able to have books here. >> thats what im telling you. if they said that, youd have them. >> its segregation. it wasnt meant to be nice. you aint here because you were doing something constructive. if you had been doing something constructive -- >> i was doing something constructive when they [ bleep ] with me down the hall. >> it is always somebody elses fault. >> you want us to exhibit some form of model behavior. but yet every avenue is closed to do anything constructive....

New york with hash, id be going to jail. it was fine until i had to make my way out to the door. and as i was walking, i realized im leaving a trail because my cast was literally breaking apart. all that clumping had loosened the cast up. i was terrified somebody is going to see this and realize that there is something wrong here, that this is not a real cast. but nobody said a word. so it just confirmed to me how clever i really was. i sold little pieces of this hash to all my friends. i would ...

I knew that if i got caught in new york with hash, id be going to jail. it was fine until i had to make my way out to the door. and as i was walking, i realized im leaving a trail because my cast was literally breaking apart. all that clumping had loosened the cast up. i was terrified somebody is going to see this and realize that there is something wrong here, that this is not a real cast. but nobody said a word. so it just confirmed to me how clever i really was. i sold little pieces of this h...

Gilbert has made little, if any, progress while in seg, and prison officials have confiscated his most treasured possession, a chess set. >> right now, your behavior warrants no transfer. okay?

To be fair. you need to be able to say no. >> denied possession of his chess set, gilbert is outraged, claiming his punishment would never happen at other prisons. >> donaldson dont do this crap. st. claire dont do this, anywhere else. i received a lot -- i ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. thats rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isnt the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> ar...