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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? >> for tattooing. >> prison t...

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>> 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 recognize an opportunity. >> right now, if you get caught tattooing, you run the risk of ge...

Pretty much appointed by all the inmates to do it. its probably because im educated. i know whats going on. >> put in the paperwork and everything showing i will represent you, everything like that? since you gave 24 hours prior. >> 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 i...

>> 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 arms, 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...

My name is michelle boyer. im the hearing officer. will the inmate please state his name and number for the record. >> 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, ...

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 everything for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. 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 hel...

>> 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 everything for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. 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 pos...

Since tattooing violates jail rules, bernard is confined to a disciplinary cell. he now shares with lewis. >> i wanted to represent bronze star or a general star to symbolize the military, because i know a lot of the guys that had passed away had gotten bronze stars, medals of valor, quite a few got purple hearts before they even got killed, so i wanted to go along those lines. and ill probably get a tattoo of a purple heart later on down the road. >> bernard says he chose the star to honor men ...

Appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> along with needles, tattooing can also be made from everyday items. >> thats where usually they will burn soot. theyll take paper and oil and burn on it the bottom. >> burn baby oil or hair oil, hair grease, styrofoam cups back in the day. styrofoam cups, chess pieces. anything that doesnt burn complete. thats what soot is, unburned carbon. put it underneath a desk or in your locker box or something. >> then you put that in your body. >> oh, yeah. >> does ...