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Hackensack, new jersey, is the last place michael bates wanted to be today. not only did he recently complete a nine-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, hes now awaiting trial on two new counts of aggravated assault. if thats not bad enough, today is his birthday and all he has is a gift from another inmate. >> he told me happy birthday and gave me toilet tissue with my name on it and gave me some of these. >> having served time before, bates knows this is no random collection of ...

Problems, so they removed her. chelsea came out of her room from upstairs and started talking so i told her to come down and say it to me. she came to the top of the stairs, so i decided to meet her up there and she just kept getting in my face and she shoved me. >> the whole unit got in everybodys business. just stupid, petty drama. >> both women will receive several days in segregation for fighting. tensions continue to rise in another unit as well. enrique cruz says he came to s-4 on his own ...

He has a 12-year-old son that he has missed out on raising due to the years he spent behind bars. >> im supposed to show him exactly what he is supposed to do, aint supposed to do, right from wrong, to be there as a plan and father to do that. when i was 12 i was smoking weed and cigarettes and having sex. that was back then. now its more, the world is more advanced now. so i can imagine the positions he put in right now. >> can you imagine if your son ends up like you? >> i dont even want to th...

Not only did he recently complete a nine-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, hes now awaiting trial on two new counts of aggravated assault. if thats not bad enough, today is his birthday and all he has is a gift from another inmate. >> he told me happy birthday and gave me toilet tissue with my name on it and gave me some of these. >> having served time before, bates knows this is no random collection of items. theyre to make a device known in jail as a fifi. >> you could get a t...

>> its real hard. you got to know people who people up there high in rank. where you can go to them and you can plead your story. you may get blessed out and you may not. im not going to say tomorrow im not going to be a blood or next year i might not be a blood. who knows? but i know what i want for myself. i just dont know when its going to happen. >> and right now bates cant take any risks. another member of the bloods with a reputation for violence, enrique cruz, recently transferred to bate...

Stuff but his punches were bouncing right off my head. >> just one hit. he was all over the place. he couldnt stand up. >> he hit me first, and yes, after three or four times of him punching me in the face, i realized i wasnt able to calm him down. i hit him with an uppercut. brought him to the ground and thats when we both got maced. >> were you injured? >> no, not at all. >> not injured. >> no, not at all. >> but cruz says he had a secret motive for the fight, one that has nothing to do with f...

Although i can point my finger and have someone murdered, i dont. >> i never heard of him before. never heard of him. now ill make the necessary phone calls and get the necessary contact i got to make and im going to see about this guy. see whats up. to me in my heart and my mind i know i feel hes nobody but i cant just go with what i feel. i still have to do my home work. i still got to do a proper investigation. if hes not who he says he is, hes going to get dealt with. >> while bates has chos...

View. this is what i like. >> bates says hes playing it cool until he has accurate information on who cruz really is. >> i think hes retarded, kind of slow. i think something is wrong with him. something is wrong with this guy. >> all day, blood like that, five, all day. recognize real when you see real. you know? aint nothing hidden about this. this is straight blood love. you know what i mean? this is what i do. >> hes going to get dealt with either here or when he goes down to prison somewher...

>> enrique cruz has also had a change of scenery. he was deemed the instigator but not necessarily the victor in a recent fight with inmate food server jonathan bevelac. cruz says it was all a ploy to get back to his former housing unit in order to confront fellow bloods gang member michael bates. but after serving 15 days in segregation, cruz was assigned to a different unit. bates, a recognized leader of the gang, says he is still baffled by cruz and his allegations. >> i never knew this dude....

Down and say it to me. she came to the top of the stairs so i decided to meet her up there and she just kept getting in my face and she shoved me. >> the whole unit got in everybodys business. just stupid, petty drama. >> both women will receive several days in segregation for fighting. tensions continue to rise in another unit as well. enrique cruz says he came to s 4 on his own free will in order to investigate the alleged misdoings of fellow blood member michael bates. >> i was sent here. aft...