protect yourself. and my focus is to get through here with all my teeth. >> stephan learned early that no one is exempt from claiming a race allegiance, nor except from the associated violence. >> i had to fight somebody. and the reason i had to fight them was because at first i said i wasn't going to fight. it being my second or third day in prison, i was informed that if you didn't fight, it would put me at risk. i just accepted where i was and what i was going to have to do and it wasn't going to kill me, and so i -- i fought. and that was pretty much the first fight i've ever been in in my life. i couldn't walk very well for about three or four weeks. i had bruised ribs, bruised kidneys. i had black eyes for about six weeks. what i do to get by here is i make a purpose out of it. if you don't find something valuable in this experience, you're going to come back. and that's what i --