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I mean, he dont know the dude. i mean, hes probably talked to him a few times. but that guy has his own circle of friends. nobody was messing with him. everybody kind of knew who he was but -- >> hes claiming that he was forced to hold that hooch. >> thats probably crap, man. >> my only warning to you is keep your hands off these guys, okay? >> all right. appreciate it. >> i cant make a decision now. because i havent talked to the other two. but just from what i know now weve got nothing on holl...

Front of other inmates, laudone has made that hard to do. >> thats not how you handle things. you dont walk into the sergeants office and point at other inmates and say them are the bad guys there. go arrest them. thats not how you handle things. not in a prison setting. i dont think he realizes how much peril he put himself in. >> holloman, wright, and laudone, himself, were immediately locked up in administrative segregation. after questioning holloman, gang intelligence coordinator lieutenant...

>> of course. >> theres no doubt hes scared about something. dont know what it is. i have no idea what hes scared of. whether its a gambling debt or whether its something to do with the super bowl. hes truly scared to the point that he turns in and fingers at the 211 leader here. you know? he knows thats a death sentence. regardless of what it is, hes going to have to leave this facility. >> yeah, hes done. whatever facility he goes to. >> holloman, wright, and -- just those two happy cats for n...

>> youre here for threats on another inmate, or actual assault on another inmate. how much did you have to do with that? or did you have anything to do with him? >> i had a little bit to do with him. i just told him, hey, put that in your house and everythings going to be good. >> so you told him to hold the hooch? >> yeah. >> you didnt threaten him, beat him up? >> no, he was all for it. he was like, im going to get to drink? i was like, yeah, and he was good to go. i didnt have to threaten him...

You know, tommy and his bros are going to get me for whatever reason. and they have to do an investigation about it because theres like a threat of violence and extortion and things like that. >> as a result of laudones allegations, holloman and wright were taken from their cells in housing unit number two and moved to administrative segregation, where they were locked down without their tvs, forcing them to miss the super bowl. the next day lieutenant jim fox, the prisons gang intelligence coor...

Several other 211 gang members. >> holloman and wright are two guys that i want to keep together. well, theyre known 211 members. you think if you have all of one group in one area it seems like, okay, theres too many of them in one group. but theyre actually much more manageable that way. theyre happier that way. which makes me happy. well, well, well. my favorite two. so heres what going to happen. ready? >> yeah. >> over there. you know where youre going. where? >> yeah. >> where? >> 23. >> h...

Same thing i am. i mean, he dont know the dude. i mean, hes probably talked to him a few times. but that guy has his own circle of friends. nobody was messing with him. everybody kind of knew who he was but -- >> hes claiming that he was forced to hold that hooch. >> thats probably crap, man. >> my only warning to you is keep your hands off these guys, okay? >> all right. appreciate it. >> i cant make a decision now. because i havent talked to the other two. but just from what i know now weve go...

>> look, theres church and theres unicef and the pope and theres me. ive given all i can give. no, ive given all im going to give. you two stay together. everybodys happy. i know i am. >> 2-3. >> 2-3. god bless us all. >> lieutenant fox had a reason for releasing holloman and wright from segregation. >> the main reason i wanted to get them out as soon as possible is to lessen the impact theyre going to have on the guy. laudone did pretty much everything he could to ruin his life in prison. and i...

Tommy holloman, identified by prison officials as the leader of a white gang called 211, and jason wright, have both been accused by convicted sex offender david laudone of several serious offenses. laudone says he was beaten and forced to store hooch, homemade alcohol. laudone also says hes been extorted, forced to buy $25 a month in canteen items for holloman and wright. but lieutenant fox feels laudones story doesnt add up. >> i went back and pulled your canteen records. and he spent like $96...

>> because they never found no marks on you as far as you assaulting him or anything like that. there was hardly any marks on him. all im going to warn you is youre on radar. being on my radar isnt a good idea. >> no, im not trying to be on it. at all. >> go out there and maintain and stay low-key and leave people alone. take him back and bring the other one in now. >> wright is returned to ad seg as fox continues the investigation by interviewing the alleged victim, david laudone. >> this past ...