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Her about. >> my lawyer filed a new motion for reconsideration. >> if vogt is found guilty of capital murder, his sentence is automatic, life in prison without parole. a fate already handed down to his co-defendant in the case. vogt clings to the hope that his lawyer can have the charge reduced. >> going with the mexican mafia was only supposed to be a temporary thing. i didnt know it was supposed to -- i didnt know that was supposed to be like a permanent thing. >> coming up. >> facing the back...

Down every month. they mess up everything, but thats the choice you have to make to go in jail. >> there is a shake up of another sort in the homosexual unit. the inmates are on the move. >> we move inmates out of these units often so that we can do unit repairs. theyll be relocated to another unit while thats being done. >> stuff behind your back and hands on the wall. >> the inmates carry their possessions inside sheets. but before theyre allow today enter the new unit, officers conduct a shak...

The pod to cut my hair. i was getting a little hot doing dryer work. i like it a lot. hes been cool. >> change has also come to beachums former cell mate joey rhodes. he has just received permission to transfer to an all-straight male generation population pod. >> i requested it only because i had stuckers. it got a little hectic there. it wasnt what i was really expecting out of all that. i was going there to say, hey, maybe ill have more in common with these people, maybe ill find better fri...

Extradition to illinois on a bribery charge to which he plans to plead not guilty, is grouped with the masculine inmates. >> im a man that wants to be with another man. i dont want a girl. if i wanted a girl, id be straight. but im also -- i wont date a guy thats taller than am me. i wont date a guy thats bigger man me. so, i guess i am more of the masculine man. >> roeds has recently begun teaching his new cell mate kyle the finer points of chess, another creative challenge considering they don...

[ laughter ] >> shows you how much i know. >> only time can tell how permanent or sincere the changes claimed by those in the ex-gang unit will be. kyle beachum, however, has experienced some undeniable changes in his stay at bear county. hes now a trustee, or inmate worker. >> ive been working laundry for about a week now. i work from like 9:45 till 10:00. it could be 6:00 in the morning, 7:00 in the morning. one of the biggest benefits of working the laundry could be coming out, eight, nine ho...

Others to participate. do you understand? >> yes. >> beachum has requested to move to the trustee pod, a housing unit for inmate workers. though they are not paid, there are some other benefits to be had. more time-out of their cells and extra food. >> im a trustee. on the day that they do work, which is more than likely every day, they would get two trays at the end of their work period. >> is that your main motivation? >> yes, that is my main motivation for being in trustee pod. >> but eloy ne...

>> bear county dont really care. >> beachum says most of the inmates here have been respectful of his sexuality. >> you know, hes very flamboyant and come up to me, give me massage or something like that. he wouldnt go too far because he knew i was straight. >> i know a lot of people were staying there, was something going on between me and him. i could have messed around with him if i wanted to. of course, you get a straight guy walking in the door, everybody is saying, well, nobody has had him...