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He has just received another disciplinary report for kicking his door after a dispute with an officer. >> well, i told him to get me out because i was going to rec, i was supposed to go to rec. he said he wasnt going to talk me out. was a bitch [ bleep ]. >> with his recent setbacks, roca moreno faces six more months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught with possession of marijuana. >> whats been going on since...

Last time we saw you? >> just sitting here drawing, watching the time go by, thinking about what im going to do with the rest of my life. >> smith hopes to some day make a living from his art skills but admits he might have to break a few more prison rules to do so. >> going to be doing a lot of tattooing. i mean, you know, i know its against the rules in here, but ive got a mandatory sentence, so im pretty well looking at this time as like a skin school. ive got all the skin in the world to wor...

Supposed to go to rec. he said he wasnt going to talk me out. i started kicking the door. he started talking [ bleep ]. i started talking [ bleep ] back to him. i dont know, i was talking over him. i a bitch. >> with his recent setbacks, roca-moreno faces at least six more months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught in possession of marijuana. >> whats been going on since we last saw you? >> just sitting here d...

Women as it is for men. when we arrived at the tennessee prison for women, we found that meeting personal needs had led to a dilemma for mary beth. >> they done wrote me up. >> what? >> what for? >> look, it says that they found a glove in two trash cans and a tampon. theyre trying to say i had -- >> sexual activity of any sort is against prison rules. and even though shes allowed to have the individual items she was caught with, she was written up for how they were assembled, or at least partia...

The challenge is just as big for women as it is for men. when we arrived at the tennessee prison for women, we found that meeting personal needs had led to a dilemma for mary beth. >> they done wrote me up. >> what? >> what for? >> look, it says that they found a glove in two trash cans and a tampon. theyre trying to say i had -- >> sexual activity of any sort is against prison rules. and even though shes allowed to have the individual items she was caught with, she was written up for how they w...

>> hit me pretty hard for a while but, you know, you kind of get over it a little bit. its been pretty rough. i really miss him. she did, too. >> after being locked up two years, adam will now be free of prison rules. lucky for him, his grandparents have never wavered in their support. for 24 months, they visited ?h@% every two weeks. >> hope it does some good for him up here, you know. it got to where we couldnt do nothing with him. weve had him ever since he was 8 months old. >> its been diffi...

While but, you know, you kind of get over it a little bit. its been pretty rough. i really miss him. she did, too. >> after being locked up two years, adam will now be free of prison rules. lucky for him, his grandparents have never wavered in their support. for 24 months, they visited every two weeks. >> hope it does some good for him up here, you know. it got to where we couldnt do nothing with him. weve had him ever since he was 8 months old. >> its been difficult, but its worth it. >> i know...

Right there. ill do that for five bucks, six, seven bucks, something like that. i could do much better than this. its just people dont want to pay, you know what i mean? so the lowest prices ill give them, ill give them low quality. not that im a [ bleep ] but, you know, you get what you pay for in here. >> but tattooing is strictly against prison rules. >> tattooing is always a big deal at prisons. the inmates use it as a way to make money. it causes us big problems just from the health standpo...

>> for the most part youre separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and things like that. its a territorial thing. so we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so we can give ourselves distance so we wont cross paths in the wrong fashion. >> the rules are merciless. and ignoring race politics can lead to catastrophic results. >> id be in violation o...

Make it. theres a lot of prison politics, as far as races. you have to know where youre at and know how to conduct yourself. it all depends on your stay here at corcoran how things turn out. >> the politics of race creates rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates lives. >> for the most part youre separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and th...