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Jumping up on the door, sticking 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 t...

>> beat on that door again. beat on the door again -- you, you do it. beat on the [ bleep ] again. i dont beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. [ bleep ]. >> 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 hav...

>> the regs say were supposed to be able to have books in here, dont it? >> nope. thats what im telling you. get the regular and read it. because it dont say that. its segregation. it wasnt meant to be nice. you aint here for going to church. you aint here because you were doing something constructive. >> sure. >> if you had been doing something constructive you never would have been here. >> i was doing something constructive. [ bleep ] >> too late. >> its always somebody elses fault. you want ...

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. >> are you going ...

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! >> let me tell you what you do, get you some paper, draw you out a checkerbo...

>> 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 that is bigger than me. i am more of the masculine man. >> rhodes has been teaching his inmate the finer points of chess, a creative challenge considering they dont have a ches...

>> 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 that is bigger than me. i am more of the masculine man. >> rhode has been teaching his cell mate, kyle, the finer points of chess, another creative challenge, considering they ...

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 away from me. jumping up on the door, sticking my [ bleep ] e...

Home. within moments other inmates had seen that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shoe by banging on the cell doors. thats when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> beat on that door again. beat on the door again -- you, you do it. beat on the [ bleep ] again. i dont beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. [ bleep ]. >> once the inmates calmed down gilberts hearing got under way. his appe...

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 finest. >> gilbert isnt the only inmate in se...