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>> they get a motor, find a battery or electrical socket or something to drive this. >> spin the needle and it will go back and forth. >> we used to always joke if we were to ever accidentally leave a camera in prison overnight, that when we came back in the morning, it would be 15 tattoo guns. >> before being sent to the hole for practicing his craft, roger bosheres was a prolific tattoo artist at the spring creek correctional center in alaska. he feels punishing tattoo artists is to not recogn...

Ffa behind bars, tattooing is more than a favorite pastime, its a passion, if not an addiction in every prison we visited. >> thats the first thing they do when they come in here, tattoo their body up. >> tattooings cool. its a fun thing to do. >> some of them dont make a bit of sense but they have them on there, theyre covered. they all want them. >> ive got a couple years on a grave stone down here, a couple of my prison years, just a bunch of evil, crazy stuff. i was going through a bunch o...

Tony peak were covered head to toe in tattoos. many of which were applied by algire, himself. >> i do my whole face, my left arm, my legs, my stomach. >> how do you deal with the pain? >> when you do it yourself, its not near as bad. >> in the prison system, we do not authorize or condone tattooing. but the inmates are very creative. they come up with methods to do it. >> its a serious enough violation that it can land an inmate in the hole for months. >> i just did 14 months in the hole. >> why...

>> showing i represent you. anything like that. >> 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 ...

>> my name is felix lewis. 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 v...

I mean, living in level two is a privilege, you know? i dont expect people to be tattooing or using drugs or smoking cigarettes or introducing contraband. thats not going to be tolerated here. and especially from somebody whos been given a break. >> and once again, felix, you know, no hard feelings, but i do believe that this facility isnt working for you right now. >> so if im found guilty of this and then -- >> your status will change to -- pending transfer hold to level two, unless they decid...

This is like a bump in the road for me. perfect, im going home. yes. some people, its like hereditary, they stay here. >> lewis. the warden needs to talk to you in the office. 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 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. to my under...

>> all these ones, you can feel that theyre new. all these, i dont know if theyre -- i guess you would call them. >> first of all, im disappointed. i mean, all we have in this world is our word, and you came to me and you said i give you my word. you wont have any more problems with me. okay. 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....

For me. thats perfect. im going home. yes. >> 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 th...

I mean, living in level two is a privilege. you know? i dont expect people to be tattooing or using drugs or smoking cigarettes or int introducing contraband. thats not tolerated here, and especially from somebody whos been given a break. >> and once again, felix, you know, no hard feelings, but i do believe that this facility isnt working for you right now. >> a transfer hold for an alternative level two. >> im not going to stay there six, seven months. >> no, youre not. thats not going to happ...