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School. >> i really didnt think they would go this far. it seems like poor decision-making op everybodys part. lack of support for the kids. >> andrea: so eric, rahm emanuel filed an injunction. we dont know how the court will rule. if it goes through, 350, 200,000 kids are back in school. why didnt he do it sooner? >> eric: he wanted to work with them. people who have a problem with scott walker in wisconsin, with chris christie in new jersey, who have broke in certain part of collective bargai...

School. >> i really didnt think they would go this far. it seems like poor decision-making op everybodys part. lack of support for the kids. >> andrea: so eric, rahm emanuel filed an injunction. we dont know how the court will rule. if it goes through, 350, 200,000 kids are back in school. why didnt he do it sooner? >> eric: he wanted to work with them. people who have a problem with scott walker in wisconsin, with chris christie in new jersey, who have broke in certain part of collective bargai...

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 to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says youre all...

>> 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. we cant read a novel because we cant have none. ...

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...

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? >> this is segregation. what you going to do with them? >> im going to 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 so...

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...

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...

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...

>> 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. we cant read a novel because we cant have none. i cant play chess through the mail like i used to because my c...