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Thats like an hour and a half 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 problem...

Heart, but nick gets it done. some people, i think, im like, you know, hes a good guy, just let him go with that. but nick likes to charge everybody for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. sometimes i dont mind doing favors. but nicks good about it, though. were going to go broke if we dont -- dont charge for everything. >> got to look out for me. >> got to make money. >> in the end, its jail, so its all about me. >> battaglia got his new position when the inmate...

Let him go with that. but nick likes to charge everybody for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. sometimes i dont mind doing favors. but nicks good about it, though. were going to go broke if we dont -- dont charge for everything. >> got to look out for me. >> got to make money. >> in the end, its jail, so its all about me. >> battaglia got his new position when the inmate who held it prior to him got into trouble. >> i replaced bernard. he got caught tattooing. ...

56056. >> do you wish to be assisted by a staff member or another inmate? >> yes, davon lymon. >> do you need an interpreter to assist you in presenting your defense? >> si, no. no. >> do you wish to call anyone in this testimony as well that would not be accumulative this case? >> theres no witnesses. >> youve been charged with category 8, paragraph 30, tattooing and/or tattooing or paraphernalia. do you admit or deny it? >> i deny it. >> do you wish to present your version? >> my version, i wa...

>> felix lewis, when he first got here, we had given him a urine test and he came up positive for thc. basically came to me, told me that he would participate in substance abuse if i suspended the sanctions on that report. so i gave him a break. i suspended the sanctions for 180 days of clear conduct. its my understanding now that he picked up a report on the weekend for tattooing. >> thats correct. >> at this point i want us to impose the sanctions from the misconduct report. im -- i want to se...

You said, i give you my word, you wont have any many problems. okay? and so -- and so then i hear that youre tattooing in the unit. >> okay. >> and i see evidence of that on your arm. you know? and so what am i to think? >> im getting aimed at. im getting shook down more than anybody. im getting my money counted more than anybody. all of a sudden, ive been getting picked on. >> somebody who had suspended sanctions and somebody who wants to be able to visit with their family and enjoy their daugh...

>> 24 hours prior and then maybe -- >> 24 hours after? >> after. >> since you did that and then youre clean on that one and then we can probably get -- like 30 days or 30 to 90 days youll be sanctioned. >> thats cool. >> i enjoy what im doing. i enjoy helping people. it keeps my day busy. >> but peaches isnt the only game in town. davon lymon heads to level five to represent his friend felix lewis in his hearing about a tattoo charge. >> we have a hearing today. an inmate had a misconduct report...

>> youre going home? >> some people, its like hereditary. they stay here. >> right here, sir. >> lewis, myself, the deputy warden, the captain, needs to talk to you in the office, so come on down. >> felix lewis, when he first got here, we had given him a urine test and he came up positive for thc. basically came to me, told me that he would participate in substance abuse if i suspended the sanctions on that report. so i gave him a break. i suspended the sanctions for 180 days of clear conduct. ...

>> do you wish to be assisted by a staff member or another inmate? >> yes, davon lymon. >> do you need an interpreter to assist you in presenting your defense? >> si, no. no. >> do you wish to call anyone in this testimony as well that would not be accumulative this case? >> theres no witnesses. >> youve been charged with category 8, paragraph 30, tattooing and/or tattooing or paraphernalia. do you admit or deny it? >> i deny it. >> do you wish to present your version? >> my version, i was in th...

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