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>> all these, you can feel theyre new. >> those are notes, i guess theyd call them. >> first of all, im just disappointed. you know? >> okay. >> 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 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 gett...

>> finding true friendship in prison might be a dicey proposition. but at the spring creek correctional center in alaska, we found a pair of cellmates who seemed more like frat house brothers rather than inmates at a maximum security penitentiary. >> look at the nugget, dude. >> no [ bleep ]. >> when we met richard evans and roger boshears the high-spirited duo had recently reunited as cellmates after boshears release from a 14-month stay in the hole. >> i was in the hole for tattooing. >> who w...

Another illegal, yet very common practice behind bars. tattooing. >> mines art work. you know what i mean? i did this myself. >> where? >> in a cell like this. >> how? >> how? see this cassette player? i ripped the motor out of it, and i attach a tube to it with the needle, spin the needle back and forth. and i make the ink. burn plastic or baby oil, and the soot will go up. i collect the soot and mix it with shampoo to make a thick black ink. >> tattooing in prison is illegal and poses a variet...

I guess i got too good of a 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 ...

My name is michelle boyer. im the hearing officer. >> 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...

>> okay. >> 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 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 some...

I tried three times and i just couldnt. i had peed before i went over there. >> its probably because i was pretty much appointed. im educated. i know whats going on. >> 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 bu...

>> 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. its my understanding now that he picked up a report on the weekend for tat...

The soot will go up. i collect the soot and mix it with shampoo to make a thick black ink. >> tattooing in prison is illegal and poses a variety of health risks, but weve met countless inmates who have gotten their ink both on the outside and inside. many tattoos represent gang affiliation and are documented by prison officials. most of the rest have a meaning all their own. >> what my trip is is physics. my tattoos represent it. on the back of my legs it says quantum physics. ive got an atom on...

I dont -- i dont mind it, though. >> i say i got too good of a 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 ...