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You know that. >> i understand im in jail, i understand im going to prison. but i might as well have some fun while im doing it. doesnt mean its a game and i want to keep coming back. a lot of people would assume that because of my attitude, no. >> i got assaulted. i got sexually assaulted by a new sound byte. you see that? he totally touched my penis. >> kenneth witty to this day is one of my favorites. and i know he was a challenge. but you know, you spend a lot of hours in jails and prisons, ...

♪ hey, look. when i first came to jail, you could read my tattoos on my stomach straight across. now its like a banner. >> we would soon learn that wittys decision to return to segregation, rather than lash out at the inmate he had problems with, didnt have anything to do with losing commissary privileges. but it had everything to do with not wanting to lose visitation privileges. >> the motivating factor for kenneth to move back into segregation and stay out of trouble was he had found love. ...

Thats the only way they can get attention to get their issues solved. what are small issues to us are large issues for the inmates. if you have somebody controlling you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, telling you when to get up, when to shower, when to eat, when you can have the phone, when you cant have the phone, when you can visit, when you cant visit with your friends, yeah, we pretty much control every aspect. little things are important to these people. >> reporter: one of the hot beds for ...

Has been here. now if he can continue, well, maybe were well on our way to the road to rehabilitation. >> im happy to be in segregation with the knowledge like sergeant colette said, when im calm, and im ready, i can go back. >> im not going to save the world but if i can get one or two of these guys that are in here to really stop and think about what theyre doing before they do it, ive done something. >> kenneth, is it possible im actually seeing you grow up? >> i think so. coming up -- >> a...

Fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. its what you do. put the fish in the cooler! >> at the tulsa county jail, kenneth witty is regarded by the staff as one of the better-known troublemakers and we got a small taste of that ourselves. >> kenneth was always messing with me in one way or another, whether it be i was doing a walking shot and he would start off at a nice pace and i would be backing up, but then he would slowly start to increase his speed and i would try to ...

Well, i stayed out of seg 72, maybe i can go longer. and it becomes a game to them and they get preoccupied with it. all of a sudden we changed our direction mentally with these inmates from looking for what i can do to get in to trouble to hey, i made it this far and im out of seg, see how far i can go without going back in. hes well aware of the fact when he comes back in he will lose everything. >> you said when, not if. >> yes, i did say when. when he comes back. i give him a month. hope he ...

The unofficial line is you have to have something to smoke in here. and it works. >> i have been in a lot of jails and prisons and believe it or not i have heard of people smoking banana peels before. i think i have also heard of orange peels. i think people will try to smoke anything if they think they will get a buzz or high off of it. >> witty kept both our field team and jail staff on their toes during our shoot. but then he showed another side. >> when were filming with inmates we also do w...

Jail, kenneth witty seemed to be adjusting well to general population, staying incident free for several days. but when he felt an angry outburst coming on, he requested a return to a segregation cell. officers praised wittys restraint, and told him that when he felt ready, he could return to general population. witty, however, seemed content on his own, as long as he had funds for the jail commissarys sugary snacks. >> it was pretty apparent early on with witty that he had a certain passion for...

>> why? >> because im afraid of my feelings getting hurt. yeah. she dumps me then im like, oh, man. >> so you are this hard-core guy whos a satanist but you dont want to get married because you are afraid of getting hurt. >> yep. >> you cant find nice satanist girl. >> i have been looking all over the place and havent found one. i been looking everywhere. >> maybe tulsa, oklahoma, isnt the place. >> im beginning to think that. i want to get out of here. i want to get out of tulsa. when i get out...

When we both finally sat down and it was one-on-one, i was stunned. he became this very calm, somber, self-reflective person who was very honest. >> i have spent over half of my adult life locked up. i was running the streets. i learned how to pickpocket and steal from stores. i didnt have time to sit here, i want to be a doctor when i grow up, or anything. i want to be an astronaut. i never was able to think of nothing like that. >> reporter: witty said in his early teens he joined one of tulsa...