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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 chas 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 checkerboa...

>> 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 to give me? ive been in seg sin...

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 ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldsons. id have art supplies at st. claire. only here do they strip you of everything but a naked cell. thats rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isnt the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> youre supposed to give me -- ive been in seg, man, since ive been here since 2004. they be...

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? >> let me tell you what to do. 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 librar...

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 ] 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 ...

Prison closer to his familys 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 he...

It wasnt meant to be nice. you aint here for going to church. you aint here because you were doing something constructive. if you were out there doing something constructive, youd never be here. >> i was doing something constructive. [ bleep ]. >> its always somebody elses fault. >> you want us to be -- exhibit some form of model behavior, but then every avenue is closed to us to do anything constructive. we cant read a novel because we cant have none. i cant play chess through the mail like i u...

Beat on that [ bleep ] door again. beat on the door again. you, i want to do it. you beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ]. beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ]. put his ass out the door. the sooner we get his [ bleep ] 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 chess set. ...

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>> your chess set in your library. >> no. this is bigger. this is bigger. >> wow. and its sold, look. >> i bought this one, right. >> is this yours? >> thats a sold sign. means its for me. >> how much is that one? >> did we get this one -- >> its only 89,000. >> did we get this one? >> no. >> can you put that on the list? >> of course. >> just get your pen so you can mark and not forget. >> im getting the list now. >> did we get those? >> i dont believe so. >> i like those. why dont we order tho...