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During our time at any prison we need inmates to help share the talents with us. more often than not, rap is the artistic expression of choice. ♪ pull the trigger suddenly ♪ locked up, locked up ♪ thinking about some things that never change ♪ ♪ my game takes flight ♪ love is just a feeling but pain is life ♪ ♪ all the bad at the scene im trying to make it right ♪ >> with so many rappers to choose from, its difficult to decide who makes the cut. ♪ i got a chip on my shoulder ...

But that was not his choice. he chose to align himself with the inmates. he completely identified as an inmate. >> but rapatz recognized his past would always make his safety in prison a gamble. >> all it takes is one inmate trying to get his bones, what we call stripes. he might come and try and hit me on the line somewhere. thats a chance i was willing to take, you know? i wanted to do a waiver. i wanted to be on the line. and you know whatever happened happened, you know? to me it sucks. im n...

♪ [ .32 with a clip ♪ >> fishers cellmate is 20-year-old dinell thompson. better known here as duker. thompson was at maricopa appealing two murder kwishgzs convictions that could land him in prison for at least 32 years. >> keep the noise down over there. >> rap has helped the two men bridge their generation gap. >> trying to film [ bleep ]. >> the cellies share one other thing in common. theyre both members of the crips street gang. >> but they were at very different stages in their life. ...

And thats something titus fisher was determined not to see happen to his own children. he moved his family from california to arizona to help them avoid a future of gang-banging. >> ive seen my son getting ready to start when he was only 14. so, i hurried up and got him out of there. thats another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now hes straight-as. he hasnt got a "b" in, like, three years. hes straight-as. on the...

Suffer and lose a son, you know? you know, it was pretty amazing. i mean, i had a lot of people, they spoke at the hearing. >> you ket a whoa new perspective. a chance outside of prison. >> i get my sentence cut in half when i dont deserve it. i wasnt doing anything to better myself in prison. just because i gave back all that time, you know, im still a convict now. and this is still my world until i get out. so, i mean, it was tough to balance that, to you know, try to do good and better myself...

Accusation was angling for a transfer to another prison. and holloman was cleared. but holloman has had his share of trouble. he was originally sentenced for 30 years for assault and attempted robbery, after he stabbed a man during a street fight. >> i was charged with first-degree assault which i thought really wasnt that serious. i thought, oh, its not murder then maybe he wasnt too bad. it turns out that i stabbed him in his lung and he bled out, like, twice. had to go through a couple surger...

Another environment, it might be a parent saying to their child, if you dont end up being a doctor ill still love you. with duker it was, like, if his son didnt end up being a crip, he would still love him. ♪ thats easy gang bang and so backpack before you get your first clip ♪ >> my children. i was born into it, you know what i mean? youre going to end up in prison or in a casket. you know what i mean? ♪ coming up -- >> im part of a pretty intimidating group. when were on the yard, were...

Im not a punk, bitch or any of the lesser areas of being in prison. >> two things that were notable about cephis. he was always alone. i dont think i ever saw him hanging out with another inmate. his fixsation on food. whenever you bumped into him, he was talking about food, looking forward to his next meal. >> breakfast at 6:15 in the morning. chow for lunch about 12:00, give or take. and suppers 5:30, give or take. theyre giving us reruns two nights in a row. if i only had pork chops, i would ...

Child or of a sexual nature against a woman and he lives by the convict code, which in pr prison is a big deal. >> the laws of the convict is, you respect others, you dont steal, you pay your debts, you can never become a punk or a bitch. ive done that. my reputation is clean. >> the pasco status as a convict was threatened by another distinction in prisons complicated social structure. >> are those animals out so we can go eat? feeding time at the zoo. >> we were interviewing cephis at his cell...

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