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>> but the inmates made it clear, they were just friends. youre both gay. >> mm-hmm. >> yes. >> so why would you not be interested in each other? gay people stay with gay people, no? >> thats a negative. >> no. >> thats a negative. >> can you explain to me? >> if we want the same in the relationship, theres like a role play. i guess youd say, sort of, huh? well, not really, vice versa. were more of the feminine side than the butch side. >> he look too much like -- for me. >> yeah. >> not only ha...

Say nothing. you do your time and mind your business. we met one inmate who observed the convict code but was also open about being gay, and thats a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nicknam...

How do i feel? sad. . theres not muchky say. im still in prison but everybody up and moves. everybody up and moves. im probably better off for me. >> coming. >> really wasnt thinking obviously even the best of us get caught up sometimes for the first time in my life my conscious didnt kick in saying dont do it. >> yuns o once a role model a young woman faces prison time tor the act of arson. yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it...

Drag and i said sure and turned around handed it to him boom its a lieutenant lo and behold its a lieutenant. i got in trouble. one cigarette. i dont care. >> with a second vials coming on the heels of his first, morgan would pay a more serious price. he was given 60 days in segregation and a transfer to a new prison. but not to the lower security prison he had wanted to go to. >> i think youve worn out the welcome and ive given you several chances. and i think a change of environment would do y...

Fan i like -- >> men. >> men. >> not only had morgan developed the friendship with the one other inmate most like himself he received good news from the disciplinary board. they decided to suspend his sanctions. as a result, his transfer request to the lower security prison was still under consideration. but near the end of our shoot in new mexico morgan had stumbled again. >> peaches. peaches is locked up again. >> smoking. >> on suspended sanctions. >> how does that affect you? >> my friend is...

Inmates facing sanctions for rule violations. >> on this im going to try to get you suspended sanctions. >> while morgan lived in the minimum security level two section of the penitentiary of new mexico, he was awaiting transfer to an even less restrictive level one prison, commonly known as the farm. >> i told them, its like disney land. oh, im going to disney land. go find a ride. >> the farm is a lot more freedom. its four-foot fences. you know, youre pretty much on your own will. you do what...

And i had just had enough. i mean literally had had enough. >> i know me going to prison messed him up a lot. because he feels like its his fault. and its not. if i wasnt doing the things i was doing i would have never went. >> i lived for two years blaming myself for it, because of the amount of time that he got for stealing stuff that he did. and then i realized one day that if i wouldnt have stopped him it could have escalated into maybe breaking into somebodys house that had a gun. and maybe...

Can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. i wasnt going to hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasnt considered a liar like somebody who is hiding it. its all about trust being in prison. its an open house. thank you. >> but honestly alone wasnt always enough. >> ive had to fight quite a few times. im not going to have anything taken from me. not material things, i mean sexual bodily function tngs, too. im not having anything taken from me. you have toe stand ...

Here and probation. so theyre asking for the minimum, which is good. im praying really hard for it. if i get it, you know, then im going to be happy. because ill already have more than halfway done. if i dont, then i honestly believe that god has a reason for me. something i havent learned yet. >> but things did not go as well for murillo as she had hoped. shortly after our shoot at maricopa she was sentenced to four years in prison and was transferred from the maricopa county jail to the arizon...

The convict code but was also open about being gay, and thats a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nickname, peaches. >> you going to get a tattoo on your back? >> it says peaches all the way...