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Do you understand these charges? >> yes, sir. >> you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> during our shoot at holman, inmate ivan johnson faced disciplinary hearing for a rule 38 charge. >> i looked up to the main count, j-3 standing at the door with his body halfway behind it and he was fully exposed and he was masturbating. >> i was not exposed nor masturbating watching officer barnes. i stepped outside the old jail with an associate whom i was horse playing with. i never saw ...

Generally influent person and i dont get along well with others. they dont like my religion. they discriminate against me because of that. >> johnson practices an obscure religion called asatru. >> its a european -- before we were christians, we were asatru. basically a medieval religion. classical. >> prison officials maintain religions like asatru are really covers for white supremacist gangs. >> its a problem. because you cant violate their religion freedom. >> take it easy, huh? >> for fathe...

the time or let the time do you. >> i went ballistic, a little bit insane. >> you have guys in here, 17, 18 years old. their puberty is just now coming. they have a lot of tension. a lot of energy. locked up since 15. that frustrates these dudes. >> on a good day, too much idle time can invite mischief. >> there is a lot of sex in prison. >> they will masturbate. curse you out. call you names. >> idle hand is the devils playground. >> on a bad day, too much time can lead to mayhem. >> ...

Ive been in a couple fights. generally influent person and i dont get along well with others. they dont like my religion. they discriminate against me because of that. >> johnson practices an obscure religion called asatru. >> its a european -- before we were christians, we were asatru. basically a medieval religion. classical. >> prison officials maintain religions like asatru are really covers for white supremacist gangs. >> its a problem. because you cant violate their religion freedom. >> ta...

Bonds. do you understand these charges? >> yes, sir. >> you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> during our shoot at holman, inmate ivan johnson faced disciplinary hearing for a rule 38 charge. >> i looked up to the main count, j-3 standing at the door with his body halfway behind it and he was fully exposed and he was masturbating. >> i was not exposed nor masturbating watching officer barnes. i stepped outside the old jail with an associate whom i was horse playing with. i nev...

>> johnson practices an obscure religion called asatru. >> its a european -- before we were christians, we were asatru. basically a medieval religion. classical. >> prison officials maintain religions like asatru are really covers for white supremacist gangs. >> its a problem. because you cant violate their religion freedom. >> take it easy, huh? >> for father mcnally, the choice or legitimacy of an inmates religion is a secondary concern. >> heal in vain first. deal with them as they are. as i ...

>> despite his denial, johnson is quickly found guilty of his charge. >> solitary confinement is only the first half of the prisons disciplinary action for rule 38 violators. >> they have to go through the class, make the guys think about the behavior. we trying to help guys change their deviant behavior. the regular meeting of sexual love addiction anonymous. the only qualify indication is desire to stop living, love addiction. >> the inmates attending the 12-step meeting opened up to our crew....

They dont like my religion. they discriminate against me because of that. >> johnson practices an obscure religion called asatru. >> its a european -- before we were christians, we were asatru. basically a medieval religion. classical. >> prison officials maintain religions like asatru are really covers for white supremacist gangs. >> its a problem. because you cant violate their religion freedom. >> take it easy, huh? >> for father mcnally, the choice or legitimacy of an inmates religion is a s...

>> a sign of disrespect. and not only disrespect to those officers because they know the environment theyre coming into, but you flow its disrespectful to expose yourself even to the man standing next to you. >> inmate johnson, ivan black, 206812, standing behind the old jail door with half his body showing fully exposed masturbating watching officer bonds. do you understand these charges? >> yes, sir. >> you wish to plead guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> during our shoot at holman, inmat...

Ill be back in a couple weeks. >> ill be here, i promise. >> okay. well see you later. >> take it easy, father tom. >> i will. >> the thing with the chaplin, its an outside person coming in the unit. we want the outside people to come in here and talk to them. it helps keep the violence down. >> serving 26 years for robbery, ernie johnson landed in ad seg for assaulting an officer. >> have you taken a look at that book yet? i dont want it back unless youre finished with it. >> ive read about hal...