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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 have something semi-constructive...

>> i follow the regs. >> thats what im saying. thats your decision. >> i follow the regs. >> 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 exhibi...

Behavior. >> you have to come in stern. you need to come in firm, need 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 fines...

Out of here. >> after the inmates quiet down, gilberts review gets under way. 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? anything you would like to talk about? >> you about summed it up. 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 chess pieces? >> play chess...

By jumping up odoor every time a female came in there i guess thats model behavior. >> our cameras followed gilbert back to the cell, where he fumed over his chess set. >> id like somebody give me one reason, a semi intelligent reason, locked in here by myself with dchess pieces, i aint hurting nobody in the world. thats doc. thats rehabilitation at its finest. >> next, on "lock up raw.". >> there is nothing i have done that god has not forgiven me for. >> a serial killer claems he found god. an...

Headlines. ukraines interim prime minister is sounding the aliving room saying it looks like russia wants to start world war iii. so the question is, is help on the way? the president of the united states is saying hess set to speak with european leaders about a response to the aggression in ukraine but hes indicating any action will take time that its going to be slow before they can slow down the russians. russia seemingly dismissing all the talk is just that, empty words. now performing mil...

Some of the girls really like it when, when i say girls, i dont mean actually girls, but they prefer to be called girls. which boggles my mind. but to each their own, i suppose. >> he is awaiting extradition to illinois on a bribery charge on which he plans to plead not guilty is grouped with the masculine inmates. i am a man that wants to be with another man. i dont want a girl. if i wanted a girl. i would be straight. but i am also, i wont date a guy that is taller than me. i wont date a guy t...

Which he plans to plead not guilty is grouped with the masculine inmates. >> i am a man that wants to beep with another man. i dont want a girl. if i wanted a girl. i would be straight. but i am also, i wont date a guy that is taller than me. i wont date a guy that is bigger than me. i am more of the masculine man. >> rhode has been teaching his inmate, the finer points of chess, a creative challenge kidding they dont have a chess set in their cell. >> we need to make some more squares. i ripped...

My [ bleep ] every time a female came up there, i guess thats the model behavior. >> our cameras followed gilbert back to his cell where he continued to fume over his chess set. >> the only thing i had going for me. youre locked in a cell 24 hours a day. i would play in chess tournaments through the mail. im a member of the u.s. chess federation. thats how i did my time. and the warden walks by one day sees my chess pieces on the table. you cant have those. and that was the end of it. i would li...

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 have something semi-constructive...