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Prepared to enter the disciplinary hearing. >> im anxious. im uncertain. ive got confidence in my inmate adviser to bring out whatever best defense that i can have. >> higgins is basing ziggys defense on a loophole having to do with his prior participation in a substance abuse program but ziggys fate rests in the hands of lieutenant tommy vance. >> charged with refusing or attempting to alter drug test. how do you plead to the charge? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty as part of the policy for the s...

Recommend a job drop. do you want to appeal this? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir, i dont think the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> okay. and richie would like time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement and he recommended a job drop, which means ill probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> ziggys firs...

>> no. everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement, and he recommended a job drop, which means ill probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> but ziggys first stop is the segregation unit, better known as the hole, where he will be locked up 23 hours a day. though for ziggy, its not all that bad. >> i wont be granted parole in april, and thats mission accomplished, so i have to accept the consequences of what...

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 during his 30 plus...

Guilty or not guilty? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty. as a part of the policy for the substance abuse class, any drug testing is to be kept confidential, so this issue is out of the area of the disciplinary board. >> results should be kept confidential. is that what youre saying? >> yes, sir. >> that would be the case had mr. hall took the test. he didnt take the test. >> with his first line of defense shot down, higgins pivots to explain ziggys actions. >> richie, how many times have you been up...

Recommended a job drop, which means ill probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> but ziggys first stop is the segregation unit, better known as the hole, where he will be locked up 23 hours a day. though for ziggy, its not all that bad. >> i wont be granted parole in april, and thats mission accomplished, so i have to accept the consequences of what he said. please direct all my mail over to me. >> what mail? >> oh, yeah, true. all i can say is if you dont want to meet the parole board, c...

>> i dont feel the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> and richie would like a little time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> no. >> one of "ziggys" punishments is to spend five days in the hole. >> please direct all my mail over to me. i wont be granted parole in april and thats mission accomplished. so i have to accept the consequences of what he said. >> be advised, number one inmate from unit six to unit three through the ...

Defense shot down, higgins pivots to explain ziggys actions. >> ritchie, how many times have you been up for parole in the last 18 years? >> twice. >> whats happened each of those times? >> theyve continued me, because of something ive done. >> why would you purposely try to ditch your parole? >> because im scared of getting out. >> you met the parole board before? >> yes, sir. >> if you didnt want to make parole, can you say i dont want to go? >> i dont know if you would understand but a convic...

>> therefore, inmate hall has been charged with dsa, drug screen alter. >> i did this for a reason. it was because im coming up for parole here in less than three months. and i guess i needed a way to delay that. to delay getting out. im not ready to get out. >> lieutenant vance, the d-board chairman has a tendency to have an attitude of dont know, dont care when it comes to your personal problems. all he wants to address is whats in the write-up. >> ziggy faces several potential penalties for a...

Segregation, assess a fee of $25. $4 fine. recommended job drop. you want to appeal this? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir, i dont think the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> okay. >> and ritchie would like a little time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> no. everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement and he recommended a job drop. which means ill pr...