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My food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i just choked him out. >> narrator: other inmates step in to break up the fight when an off-camera officer arrives and t...

Going to give me some of your food or you got to get up. and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i just choked him out. >> narrat...

Its like trying to fit five families in a house. you know, it just dont work. and you have, you know, animosity and people getting up in each others faces and trying to kill each other. whenever you have that many personalities clashing, its gonna happen. >> narrator: and less than 24 hours earlier, ben thompson, serving time for burglary, was at the center of one such clash. >> yesterday, i guess it was my eighth day here. >> chow! make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and g...

Its like trying to fit five families in a house. you know, it just dont work. and you have, you know, animosity and people getting up in each others faces and trying to kill each other. whenever you have that many personalities clashing, its gonna happen. >> narrator: and less than 24 hours earlier, ben thompson, serving time for burglary, was at the center of one such clash. >> yesterday, i guess it was my eighth day here. >> chow! make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and g...

Make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and get my tray, and i hear somebody say something to me when were in line, but i didnt really pay attention. i was half asleep. and i walked back to my place, and im sitting there, and this guy -- he says, "either youre gonna give me some of your food or you got to get up." and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the o...

Guy -- he says, "either youre gonna give me some of your food or you got to get up." and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i ju...

Guy -- he says, "either youre gonna give me some of your food or you got to get up." and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i ju...

>> narrator: and less than 24 hours earlier, ben thompson, serving time for burglary, was at the center of one such clash. >> yesterday, i guess it was my eighth day here. >> chow! make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and get my tray, and i hear somebody say something to me when were in line, but i didnt really pay attention. i was half asleep. and i walked back to my place, and im sitting there, and this guy -- he says, "either youre gonna give me some of your food or you g...

And im sitting there, and this guy -- he says, "either youre gonna give me some of your food or you got to get up." and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, were gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i ...

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