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>> thanks to his good behavior, stanton has just been approved for a job in the garment factory, one of the highest paid inmate positions in the prison. >> first thing you have to know is the right side of the fabric. >> theyve changed this place around a lot. do a lot of lockdown around here now. kind of get you out of the cell a little bit. feel a little bit more normal. >> where we work, were in close contact with them all every day. theyre around you. you just cant avoid that. >> not too str...

Good things. ive cleaned myself up. i really, really -- ive started this new job, maam. please dont set me back. its like -- a fresh start is what im trying to do here. >> where? you know why im so skeptical. youve been telling me the same thing every time you come to see me. you tell me the same thing. so how am i supposed to believe you this time? >> have somebody come search. i dont know what to tell you except this is -- >> i believed you two times before, i believed you. i gave you the bene...

He knew the female officers were counting. >> as i was walking by for count, he had his hands down his hands making the masturbating motion. i asked him to stand for count. he kind of sat there, rolled his eyes for a second and slowly stood like he was annoyed. he just kind of looked at me and pressed his face up against the window and stood there for a few minutes. i walked down the tier and walked back by and his eyes had followed me the entire time. >> it was not true. i was sitting on my bun...

How long have you been at this facility? >> well, the thing is, when they started it, ive never really had issues about -- >> youve just been able to accommodate -- >> ive been able to secure that. any other time i refused to sit down and leave i never had an issue. they let me leave. this is the first time they stopped me. >> this is that big of a deal to you? to you, seriously? >> for where i sit? >> yes. >> it really is. hamburgers and french fries are my favorite meal. ive missed that twice ...

I received a life sentence under what they call the habitual criminal clause because i was convicted so many times of theft, shoplifting and just being a pain to the members of society in midtown memphis. >> richie hall, nicknamed "ziggy," has spent 35 of his 50 years of life behind bars. most inmates dream of the day theyll leave prison. "ziggy" clearly isnt one of them. hes been known to sabotage his own parole hearing. >> i got a write-up. and i got a copy of it here. >> let me see. >> its re...

Seven have come up positive for meth. >> so now we are currently writing them up. getting all the paperwork done. and moving everybody off the floor. >> kimbro is one of the seven who tested positive. >> well do 30 days, right? well do 30 days. 20 to 30 days, yeah. >> romero you are going to 310. kimbro, youre going to 308. >> do drugs, do time, you know better. here you go. >> this is my lovely write-up. they make me sign it. i have to agree. its stupid. >> during her 30 days in the hole, kimbr...

In fact, it earned him a disciplinary write-up in the chow hall. >> while he were there we got word adam got into trouble and was locked up which was really surprising because he was a model offender. the prison had just implemented a policy where offenders had to sit down in the first available seat. so for adam that was intolerable. >> i like to sit in this chair facing that way, so this would be southwest -- southeast facing northwest. nothing really in the northwest i got to look at. i just ...

Personal problems. all he really wants to address is whats in the write-up. >> ziggy faces several potential penalties for attempting to alter his drug screen, including time in the hole, a loss of his prison job, and even a judgment that can make his whole plan backfire, a transfer to another prison. >> thats one punishment i really dont look forward to is being transferred somewhere else. >> ziggys reluctance to leave prison became all the more puzzling when we learned some of what hed endured...

Prison. >> during our shoot, ziggy was facing a disciplinary board hearing for altering his urine test. >> let me see the text in the write-up here. >> in his hour of need, ziggy turned to an unlikely ally, fellow inmate and convicted serial rapist mark higgins. higgins prison job is as an inmate adviser, a sort of layman defense lawyer. >> therefore, inmate hull is being charged with dsa, drug screen alter. >> i did this for a reason, was because im coming up for parole here in less than three ...

I was holding it for a friend. you know. >> you know were taking this stuff. >> yeah. >> lets take a walk up front real quick. straight up to the podium. >> this write-up may be minor but enough violations could earn an inmate a cell in administrative segregation. >> my case right now is from receiving stolen property in 2001. im on parole right now, been on parole for the last three years. so im just getting violations. just getting violations. i came to prison for a dui. they gave me 90 days f...