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Willing to risk punishment to provide them. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. theres 11 in the last 10 years. >> 11 what? >> 11 convictions for tattooing. which aint bad. >> richard sampson is one of the more prolific tattoo artists at the limon correctional facility in colorado. he shared a handful of his disciplinary write-ups with us. >> one tattoo motor. connected to a razor belonging to inmate sampson. one radio, one medical syringe with needle. one bottl...

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...

>> 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 tattooing. >> thats cor...

Getting tattooed now. exploited and entered popular culture in a way it has never been accepted before. >> a recent fox news poll found that 20% or roughly in one in five have at least one tattoo. that figures up from 13% in 2017. and when it comes to women under 35, its nearly half or 47% compared to-mile-an-hour male who are onn four at just 25%. >> whats your craziest tattoo? >> i like my bat. >> um-huh. there is a bat. >> pretty much anything you can dream up. can you put on skin. >> were so...

As in other correctional facilities, tattooing is not allowed in bexar county jail. violators could get up to 60 days in segregation or even face criminal charges but the demand for tattoos on the inside are so great there are always inmate tattoo artists willing to take the risk for pay out or other forms of commissary. they make ingenious tattoo guns. by assembling the parts of other items they are permitted to possess. staff are constantly on the lookout for them. >> i was patting him down, d...

As in other correctional facilities, tattooing is not allowed at the bexar county jail in san antonio. violators could get up to 60 days in segregation, or even face additional criminal charges. but the demand for tattoos on the inside is so great there are always inmate tattoo artists willing to take the risk for a payout of commissary goods or other forms of compensation. they make ingenious tattoo guns. by assembling the parts of other items they are permitted to possess. and staff are consta...

>> hey. >> you ready? >> im ready. >> whats up? >> this is what i love doing. i love tattooing. i love the fact that, you know, we got our shop going, and it is what it is. tattooings like riding a bike. i mean, it comes back naturally. you know what im saying? ive been tattooing probably an average of three people a day, so im doing all right. bop! >> oh! >> you know you got the lifetime warranty, too? >> i better have one. >> narrator: though voltz professional life is back on track, he still ...

>> 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...

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 ...

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 inmat...