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This is what i sleep on. this is my cellies rack, five feet above him. his bed, where another grown-ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here to the left is my window. theres the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is a highway, i think? see the cars going by, going places i cant go. you feel me? so just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change very little in the next 24 years. thats when hes eligible for pa...

Is released. >> rotate around like im working on a loading dock or something. call it a workers workout. that why if i do get out, job aint going to kill me. im ready for it. when you get to be my age you got the stay in shape. that way when the guys half my age want to mess with the old man it aint my fault. >> there is always a new guy or two arriving every week. for some its just a short walk from a special unit at wabash for minors who have been convicted as adult. miles folsom has been in t...

>> thats the difference. >> you think highly of yourself. >> i would like to see christopher trotter go back to general population because of the length of time he has been in segregation. but should he go? im so thankful im not making that decision. >> bottom line here is where were at. it is up to me to make that recommendation. some staff here in this unit have recommended you be released and some havent. >> id like to know who havent? >> you are not going to know who did and didnt. the impor...

Staff or other offenders and are in windowless single man cells 23 hours a day. they take their meals alone and phone calls made once a week are made from the isolation of their cells. >> in this confine mt. unit we have to deliver all of their services. i try to make contact with every one of my offenders at least once a week. thats all 144 of them. >> case manager beverly gill more is the link to the rest of the world for the inmates. >> i came from the south. i was so protected and so green w...

Without my personal property. and i dealt with that in a good manner. >> you dealt in that with a loud manner. i remember. >> i have a tame tongue not an untamed tongue. >> thats the difference. >> you think highly of yourself. >> i would like to see christopher trotter go back to general population because of the length of time he has been in segregation. but should he go? im so thankful im not making that decision. >> bottom line here is were at. it is up to me to make that recommendation. som...

Wounds. >> the judge in the case saw nothing to laugh about. >> i was found guilty of one count of attempted battery, and count of rioting and sentenced to 142 years. i was like, wow. most violence is spontaneous. thats what that was. it was spontaneous. one incident led to something else that led to something else led to something else but it is never the solution. >> trotter has been in prison for 26 years. due to his role in the riot and disciplinary problems, he has spent 16 of the years in ...

For the murder of a corrections office at a prison 16 years earlier. he has been in administrative segregation at wabashs secured confinement unit. >> read the koran every day. >> the other books in his cell have helped him grow physically. >> this is what i call my weight bag where i every day i do me some curls, right? i do these. i do shrugs. what they call shrugs. do these. do back arms like this. like this. this is probably about -- probably about 55 or 60 pounds. >> mcquay has spent years ...

This is my bed right here. this is what i sleep on. this is my celly rack which is five feet above me where another grown ass man sleeps at. to the left is my window. this is my window. thats the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. see the cars running by going places i cant go. feel me? im trying to paint the picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change little in the next 24 years. thats when he is eligibl...

You know what i mean? this is what i sleep on. this is my celly rack which is five feet above me where another grown ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here, to the left, is my window. this is my window. thats the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. you see the cars going by, going places i cant go? you feelin me? im trying to pain the the picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change little in the next ...

This is my celly rack which is five feet above me where another grown ass man sleeps at. to the left is my window. this is my window. thats the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. see the cars running by going places i cant go. feel me? im trying to paint the picture for you so you can understand what im going through. >> carlton wrights picture will change little in the next 24 years. thats when he is eligible for to role after his sentence. >> you want to go ...