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Time. you know what im saying? >> you want to play some chess, man? >> hes trying to communicate with another inmate to play chess with him. and theyll do it verbally through the vent system. >> all right, hold on. >> we play by calling out the numbers, like 12 to 28, 52 to 36. he has to have the same type of board, set up 1 through 64. >> 12, 28, man. >> i think most inmates dont want to go to segregation. its not a pleasant place to live. you get a limited amount of material in your cell. whet...

Its a clear violation of human rights. these folks are sentenced to their term for the crime they committed. many nonviolent offenders who go in nonviolently, for whatever, often because of the war on drugs, and come out a different person because they had nothing to there to help them get past what they were dealing with in the prison setting. >> you didnt just do this as a policy exercise, you did it as you wrote, a personal exercise, the differences between you and some of the folks in the pr...

That mean for my community, and how do i prepare best to welcome these return citizens back to the city, and whats happening in the prisons is not just and its a clear violation of human rights. these folks are sentenced to their term for the crime they committed. many nonviolent offenders who go in nonviolently, for whatever, often because of the war on drugs, and come out a different person because they had nothing to there to help them get past what they were dealing with in the prison settin...

Inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent world, most of these people feel they have to be violen...

>> thats not how you handle things. you dont walk into the sergeants office and point at other inmates and say them are the bad guys there. go arrest them. thats not how you handle things. not in a prison setting. i dont think he realizes how much peril he put himself in. >> holloman, wright, and laudone, himself, were immediately locked up in administrative segregation. after questioning holloman, gang intelligence coordinator lieutenant jim fox now moves on to the alleged assailant, jason wrig...

And i be like, i be thinking, yeah thats one right there. nine times out of ten, they just give me what i want, i dont have to play them. >> because there are penalties for having sex in prison, inmates will sometimes cover for other inmates to allow them a private moment. >> like i say, chelsea, ten-four for me and my girlfriend while we go in here. know what im saying? >> im about to have a seizure. >> because shes going to fall down and have a seizure. >> thats another inmate ten-fouring for ...

And i be like, i be thinking, yeah thats one right there. nine times out of ten, they just give me what i want, i dont have to play them. >> because there are penalties for having sex in prison, inmates will sometimes cover for other inmates to allow them a private moment. >> like i say, chelsea, ten-four for me and my girlfriend while we go in here. know what im saying? >> im about to have a seizure. >> because shes going to fall down and have a seizure. >> thats another inmate ten-fouring for ...

It still surprises me at times hearing some of these inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent wo...

Prison, punk, bitch, lame, things like that, its an automatic fight word. its hard to explain to somebody not in the prison system because most people are like, i dont care, one day im walking away no matter what happens. but its not that easy all the time. i wish it was. >> i had to do what i had to do. sometimes it goes like that. >> both inmates involved in the fight are brought in front of the icc to discuss the incident. >> this was not necessarily a real simple case of a fight in prison. e...

You know what im saying? >> you want to play some chess, man? >> hes trying to communicate with another inmate to play chess with him. and theyll do it verbally through the vent system. >> all right, hold on. >> we play by calling out the numbers, like 12 to 28, 52 to 36. he has to have the same type of board, set up 1 through 64. >> 12, 28, man. >> i think most inmates dont want to go to segregation. its not a pleasant place to live. you get a limited amount of material in your cell. whether th...