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Of theft, shoplifting and just being a pain to the members of society in midtown memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates, because this is a world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world. and its a changed world. and to be honest with you, im very, very scared....

Criminal clause because ive been convicted so many times before for theft, shoplifting, and just being a pain to the members of society and midtown memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates because this is the world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world, and i...

>> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in river bends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates, because this is a world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world. and its a changed world. and to be honest with you, im very, very scared. >> during our shoot ziggy was facing a disciplinary board hearing for altering his urine...

Memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates because this is the world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world, and its a changed world, and to be honest with you, im very, very scared. >> our crew would soon learn just how scared. >> every once in a while you meet...

And just being a pain to the members of society and midtown memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates because this is the world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world, and its a changed world, and to be honest with you, im very, very scared. >> our crew would s...

Innocent of their crimes. they long for the day when theyre free again. thats what made the case of richard z. hall so baffling. when we met him, ziggy was fighting to stay in prison. life out on the street wasnt all that great. so i just looked around me and say, hey, this is where its at. >> we met ziggy at the river bend maximum security institution in tennessee, the last stop in a long life of incarceration. >> ive been locked up virtually since age 12 in institutions and reform schools and ...

And just being a pain to the members of society and midtown memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates because this is the world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world, and its a changed world, and to be honest with you, im very, very scared. >> our crew would s...

And just being a pain to the members of society and midtown memphis. >> ziggy had grown accustomed to life in riverbends minimum security unit. he has what he calls a cushy prison job, editing the inmate newspaper. >> my punishment is not going to begin until i walk out those front gates because this is the world ive gotten used to since age 12. but when i get out there, its an entirely different world, and its a changed world, and to be honest with you, im very, very scared. >> our crew would s...