On the bottom of my boot if i were out tending stalls. All of a sudden, they were kicking and kneeing and punching, and pretty brutally at that. Llg he and his cellmate had 22 shanks hidden in their light fixture. I try to make mine at least. 10 inches long, so i have plenta of handle room and plenty of blade. And we turned the cameras over to the inmates so they can record their personal thoughts s in private. Na if you aint strong, man, you going to crumble. Nobody want to die in jail, with their blood and their guts all around their cell. But now im in the state, locking in that tin, waking up at eight, not taking to the weight. If i cant appeal, im going to bring it to these pigs. Grab an ice pick and bring it to their ribs. Leave a scar from their belly to their jib. Some [ bleep ] make it home. Some stay for life. Some [ bleep ] live for peace, and others live for wreck. Look here, blood, you can stay on the humble or you can have a fight to the death. Thats just a couple bars, man, throwaway bars, man. Ya you know, donations, man, you know. Kn thats a dboys life. Carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the ar streets of plainfield, new jersey and pours it into rap. Now hes one of more than 2,000 inmates at the Wabash Valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana. Yeah, i had a great home, a c great mother. You know what i mean . But by the same token, when i by step outside my front door, its the jungle. Coming home from school, you may get into a fight, you may get jumped, you may get shot, you know what i mean, may get harassed by the police, but when you grow up around that, it becomes normal. You get accustomed to it, and some may make it out of the neighborhood, if you can see an alternative lifestyle. But a lot of people get consumed in a lifestyle that leads to prison or death. The streets dont give you too many bright endings, man. I ran the streets, man. I did the street life. Im in here washing clothes by hand and eating bull [ bleep ] chips like that. On the street i wear my white tshirtar one time and throw it away. Buy a new one. Here im washing the same damn shirt. You make do with what youve got in prison, you know . The things you think youll never do out on the street is like a luxury in here. This is everything, your kitchen, your bathroom, your laundry room, your bedroom, all in one cell. And you share it with another person. Another broman who farts and pisses and whatever else he does, you know, youre stuck in here and youre forced to deal with it. So you better pray you got a cool cellie, or it aint going to work. Being in prison, its reality, man. You know, people watching movies in prison, and you see them, oh, thats sad, and you turn it off and forget about it, but its our life. You know, we wake up every day i to this, living under these strict set of rules, no privileges, you know what i mean. This is reality. Theres no going home from this. And wright is a long way from home. This is my First Time Ever in indiana. Ive never lived in indiana prior to being incarcerated. I was here for two days before i caught my case. I originally ended up in kentucky, but i crossed the state line looking for a walmaru and i ended up in indiana. Wright might have been looking for a walmart, but his trip to indiana involved more than shopping. R i was pimping on my girlfriend well, you can cal her a girlfriend, female companion, whatever. Yeah, i was pimping. So thats what i was doing from state to state, for income. Ive got good communication skills. Io communication is my occupation. Im talkative, i meet different people. N believe it or not, a lot of people are looking to have a ve good time. My codefendant, you know, was t pretty young lady and basically, you know, sells herself. Sex is a billiondollar industry. Reporter wrights troubles began when he and his female companion met a potential john at their hotel. It was christmas eve. We went back to his home, spent time there. On the way back to the hotel, things got heated and out of control and, you know, she pulled a weapon out and she shoo him. The victim was shot in the head. Wright threw him out of his vehicle and left him for dead, but he survived, and a short time later wright and his a companion were arrested. She was sentenced to 30 years while wright received the maximum 50 years for robbery, bodily injury, and criminal e confinement. But he feels another factor contributed to his sentence. I believe the laws is more stronger on black guys here. I mean, thats my personal opinion. My whole jury was white, you know . I didnt have nobody of my peers, so they probably couldnt understand this type of crime or understand what happened. E they just associate black people with violence. Ha he did it. Th convict him. Id wright believes his race is also a detriment at wabash. Im on the wrong side of the color margin. Thats just honesty. This prison is predominantly s white people, you know what i mean . You know, im not saying theyre racist. Youve got people Walking Around with swastikas and hitler tattoos and it throws me off, like damn, this is their prison. You know what i mean . Theyre comfortable with doing it because its their prison. Gerald richey is exactly the kind of inmate wright tries to avoid. People like to dance around the racist word. Da theyll do anything in the world to not be called a racist. In i dont beat around the bush when it comes to the racist term. Im absolutely a racist. People like to say were in a quote unquote postracial society and race doesnt matter and that race is insignificant. Well, if race didnt matter, there wouldnt be different races. R, all people aint the same, you know . Ritchie is four months away from completing a twoyear sentence for intimidatioof a et peace officer. He is also member of a prison gang called the Saxon Knights. Aryan brotherhood and the saxon Knight Organization are both white supremacist organizations. They both share similar ideologies in their creeds and their oaths and in their bylaws. Saxon knights. Thats another one right there that im most proud of. My saxon knight crest with the bolts. Gh he actually was the saxon knight president for this facility at one time. These organizations start taking possession of certain parts of the facility, such as where the were working out, the Saxon Knights will say they own that part of the facility and no other offenders are allowed to a go on that turf without paying some sort of consequences. Richie and two other white inmates recently dished out . Consequences when they attacked a black inmate. Coming up the three white guys running around assaulting the one guy here. 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At the Wabash Valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana, prison officials allowed us to give cameras to some of the inmates in order to let them record personal thoughts in the privacy of their cells. Among them was Carlton Wright. Doing sometime a [ bleep ], man. Its nothing but you and your thoughts and these brick walls. You feel me . And if you aint strong, man, youre going to crumble. You know what i mean . Until you walk in my shoes and did this, you cant tell what its like, man. Its hard. Doing time is hard. During his time at wabash, wright says hes felt vulnerable because of the color of his skin. Other prisons ive been at, its more populated with hispanics and blacks, you know what i mean, but this is a heavily populated white prison. Its a culture shock. But not every inmate at wabash is concerned with maintaining a racial divide. Adrian davis and tim harris have found some common ground. Particularly when it comes to personal style. Davis regularly helps harris figure out what to do with his afrolike hair. Its harder to braid a white dudes hair than black guys. So ive got to part it certain ways and ive got to put more rubber bands in it to hold it. My hairs only been growing for five months, so ive only got it braided two or three times now. But its starting to get to the length where i can get it the way i want it. Probably in another month or so, ill be able to do a little more with it. But both men know that their friendship comes with risks. I mean, there are some white guys in here that wouldnt get it. So white guys who do get it, braids, they usually mess with black guys, period. They chop it up with us. They conversate with us. And the ones hon dont you going to know because they either got swastikas or they just got even doing this on camera is a jeopardizing situation for real. People will be like, man, why you do that on camera . Why you braiding another dude hair . You know what i mean . Anything can pop off from this situation. [ bleep ] you know, you got haters everywhere you go. Why do you do it then . Because im not afraid of nobody. Ive got 30 years. What you going to do me that i cant do to you . Im almost 185 pounds of Something Real vicious, and i dont think they want to see that [ bleep ]. Daviss 30year sentence is for dealing cocaine. Harris has ten years for theft and burglary, but hes been crossing racial lines long before prison. You know, you have, you know, your White Organizations and then you have your black organizations, and then you have, like me, im a White Organization thats affiliated with a black organization. It says white boy from the hood. That is where im from. I cant never change where im from. I can change where im going in life, but not where im from. My nickname is i. G. Im an insane gangster. You know, they call me i. G. Been calling me that for probably about ten years now. I mean, we have black members in the insane, but more white than black. Its more white people. Were g. D. S are more our black branch, you know, right there, as far as we are. Were just a branch off of them. Brothers with a struggle, you know . We struggle to survive together, and, you know, were here for each other. Me personally, i dont have too many problems. I havent had words with nobody since ive been transferred here. Its been more or less peaceful for me. You know, i hang out with a little bit of everybody. A lot of blacks, a lot of whites. You know, i meet in the middle with everybody. Gerald ritchie, a member of the white supremacist gang the Saxon Knights, doesnt believe such harmony between blacks and whites is possible. Were two different beings from head to the toe, from root to crown. And were not compatible. We are not compatible. The only time a white dude is compatible with a black dude in a cell is if, a, hes a fag or, b, he wants to be black. Thats the cold, hard truth about it. People are going to watch this on the news and hate me for it. Believe that. And prison officials believe racial pride might have contributed to a recent assault that landed ritchie in the secured confinement unit. What you see here is youll see ritchie, and theres another guy, a guy out here, and basically theyre just hanging out. They already know whats playing. I mean it was premeditated. The men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. Hes immediately met by ritchie. He was actually standing at his door waiting for the door to be opened. And he assaults him and chases him around with another this guy here is just kind of being a spectator at this point. Youll see another inmate come running from this side that also aids. Now youve got the three white guys running around, assaulting the one guy here. And finally, they corner him and get him down and all three of them get on him before the officers can actually respond and activate their chemical agents. The victim received treatment at a nearby hospital and ritchie was transferred to the segregation unit. He has been extremely disruptive and disorderly in our general population. And ive given him multiple chances, so thats the reason i chose to place him in administrative segregation. Ritchie feels the prison went too far, and during his interview had something to say to staff about it. With all due respect, you know, to you guys, you know, mind your business, man. Mind your business, man. If im not killing this man or little joey down on the range aint getting raped, man, just be cool, man. Be cool. We dont want no trouble. We live here. Ritchie claims the fight wasnt racially motivated, but over a small debt. It was over a couple dollars. Thats about what it comes down to. There was a few choice words and i really dont want to delve too deep into it because im not the only one involved in this. I dont want to implicate or talk about anybody else or anything of that nature. Coming up this is what i dont like to see. Those are razor blades. Inmatemade shanks and one of the inmates who makes them. If it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. In my neck of the woods, if youve got a problem with a guy you you you and mind you, nobody nobody calls the cops. You go outside. One of you get beat up. You go back into the bar, and the guy that won buys the beer. My name is Joshua Coffey, but everybody calls me country. Why do they call you country . Because i was raised in the sticks. I stole some copper from a local junkyard, and the proprietor of the junkyard owed me some money, and like an idiot, i stole from him instead of trying to go about it the correct way. Figure i learned that lesson the wrong way. Joshua coffey has served more than four years of his sixyear sentence at the Wabash Valley correctional facility. His job in the kitchen helps him stay focused and out of trouble. Thats crazy. I came in at 4 30 this morning, and ill leave about 5 30. So i work 13 hours. Stacking the line the reason i do it is to get out of my cell, you know, come down here, get a little freedom. You know, eat a little better. The food that they serve doesnt taste bad, but its appeal is horrible. Some of the food they serve us looks like cat food. And im not even joking. I swear, if you put the food that they give us in a bowl and put a can of premium quality cat food and put it there in front of the inmate im not even saying a cat put it in front of a person thats locked up, theyre probably going to eat the cat food. Tonights meal is macaroni, mixed vegetables, bread, butter, and a cookie. While not everyone agrees on the best meal, there seems to be a consensus on the worst. The sloppy joe is bad, but that chicken a la king, oh, my god i was getting the ready to say, i swear you could take a can of alpo and dump it on a plate, and i would rather eat the alpo. Coffey will soon be able to broaden his food choices. He is due to be released on parole in three months and has a message for his future self. Youre a dumbass, aint you . Look, you sitting on the couch drinking a beer right now laughing at yourself, arent you . You idiot nice hands, baby short of being released, the strongest sense of freedom most wabash inmates ever experience is their time on the Outdoor Recreation yards. See that left hand . For the record, we won that game. While rec is a time to enjoy some fresh air and exercise, it is also one of the times inmates are most likely to exchange contraband, including shanks. Tell us whats going on out here. Well, right now theyre patting down the convicts that are going back in from recreation, to check and make sure they dont have any weapons. I guess theres been a tip that there was going to be some trouble. The officers just line them up, pat them down one at a time, make sure they dont have any weapons on them, pretty much as they come back in, and youll find a bunch of times after that happens, theyll find a bunch of stuff thrown in the grass. As the patdowns are conducted other officers walk the yard searching for discarded weapons. Go around where the inmates were standing watching the game. On this bench over here is always a good place. Youll see a shank. It could be buried just right underneath the grass. Thats usually the place where theyll drop it and hide it and maybe kick it with their foot into the grass. They want to dispose of it before we pat them down. This is what i dont like to see. This right here. Those are razor blades. Thats not something you want to step on. Really not something i like picking up. I dont care if you think thats a harmless piece of plastic, but they can literally melt that into here, and then youve got a slashing tool. Toothbrush handles and stuff like that. Theyre quite good at that. One inmate in particular at wabash has developed a reputation for his prolific production of homemade weapons. Brandon siverly has been in possession of multiple weapons multiple different times, which has eventually landed him in administrative segregation. Not only does he make the weapons, but he also stores them for organizations or individuals of organizations. At one time him and his cellmate had 22 shanks hidden in their light fixture. Brandon siverly would craft knives out of nearly any object he found on prison grounds. If it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. Usually i would just keep it on me because its no good if its hidden somewhere. If somebody comes on to you and [ bleep ], you aint got it on you, you cant tell him, hold on, let me go get my knife. Thankfully, ive never had to use one. Usually if somebody sees one, its enough to keep them at bay. So you dont usually have to use it. I was prepared to use it. Siverly was 17 years old when he and a group of friends broke into a home and beat and robbed the occupant. He accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years. While at wabash, however, he received an additional fouryear sentence for possession of a dangerous device, a seveninchlong shank. Thats a baby. Thats a baby. Before that, i always tried to make mine at least 10 inches long. That way i had plenty of handle room and plenty of blade. Siverlys history has resulted him in being housed in the highly restrictive secured confinement unit. While he doesnt like it, he does understand it. From their standpoint, how can you have somebody who keeps repeatedly getting caught making mass quantities of knifes in population and keep population safe . Even if that persons not stabbing people, hes making the knives that are stabbing people. With few possessions and little if any contact with other inmates, siverly has refocused his energy from weapons to art. President barack obama, commander in chief of the United States of america. Greatest nation ever. So i figured we fight was a good statement. You know, barack obama being half black, the battle he had to fight to get just where hes at, i figured it was a bold statement. While siverly might respect obamas battles, he is firm and he wont help black inmates in wabash with theirs. Im not racist, but then again, i know where the lines are in here. So i know that if something goes down, just because im not racist doesnt mean if theres a race riot that theyre not going to stab me too. Im not going to arm a black so that a race riot can pop off at any time and all the blacks in the dorms got a knife and, you know, one or two white peoples got a knife, so im on the losing end. Eventually one of thems going to get to me. So i dont want to arm anybody thats going to potentially come back and use it on me, at all. Coming up they all think theyre gq material. Inmate picture day at wabash. Your feet cant be on the wall. Feet cant be on the wall . Man, youre so strict here. And Carlton Wright causes a disturbance. I came back, [ bleep ]. It takes a village to raise a child. To build a bridge. To throw a baseball. To throw yourself into the unknown. To lose fear, to create hope. We believe that it takes a village of over 200thousand dedicated, passionate, driven medical and nonmedical professionals to deliver on our belief in total health for all. We are kaiser permanente. Thrive. The amount of Student Loan Debt i have, im embarrassed to even say. 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It gives inmates an opportunity to connect with loved ones. Nah, im standing here waiting to get my picture taken so i can send them out to my people. I got a friend out there, shes been writing me off and on for the last three years, so ill send her one and probably my grandma and my mom and dad. All the Housing Units get them once a month. For any inmate willing to pay 1. 22, recreational coordinator Mark Cardinal will take a digital photo and deliver a set of four prints that can be sent to friends and family. Whats the biggest challenge for you, taking all these pictures . Trying to please them all. They all think theyre gq material. You get four copies. They print it out on regular papers, four pictures on one sheet. So it aint too bad of a deal. Other prisons you get one picture for it. Tim harris is one inmate who never misses picture day. Every month. This one right here is actually a photo that i took at last months pictures, which you can see it has a different background. We took this one inside of rec. So i got my fro out in that one, its looking a little bit rough. So i didnt send these out too much. I passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. The sun is bright. Makes a good picture. I cant really see too much. The sun is too bright. Its kind of reflecting off the screen. I couldnt see it that good. I guess when it prints out, well see how good it is. Feet cant be on the wall. Cant be feet on the wall . Man, youre so strict here. Privileges like this are reserved for general population inmates with Good Behavior records. Carlton wright, who is one year into a 50year sentence for robbery, has mostly stayed out of trouble. I cant see it . Carlton wright actually came to prison in 2010, and since hes been in hes received a few conduct reports, nothing severe. I had heard that he has a mouth on him and that hes pretty disrespectful towards staff and other offenders. Thats the only option . I cant take another one . No. So what was the point of seeing there was no point of really seeing it, then, right . Pretty much. You dont like it . This is wabash, man. They do what they want to do. Im not like a lot of inmates. I obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they really want you to be compliant, you know, like puppets. Dont do this, dont do that. Do it like this, do it like that. [ bleep ] here, eat here, no, cant talk to that person, get off the door all this [ bleep ] rules. Im in jail for not following the [ bleep ] rules. You think im going to come to prison and start following rules . Wright says his attitude is the result of growing up in a tough new jersey neighborhood. Either you sink or swim, you know what i mean . And i grew a hard exterior because i didnt want to be the victim, and over the course of time that became a part of my character. And recently wrights character was put to the test. He came back from recreation one night and noticed that his tv had been missing, so obviously he knew someone had took it. So he was pretty upset about that, as anybody would be. This is the penitentiary. Are you serious . People [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. Surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wrights cell. He then enters the cell and then seconds later exits with wrights television. The inmate then places the tv inside another cell. Someone stole my tv while i was gone, so you know, when i came back and [ bleep ] things got ugly. From what i heard, he approached several offenders, kind of called them out, wanting to know if they had taken his tv. I started going from cell to cell, searching my [ bleep ]. Im going to search everybodys [ bleep ] until i find what im looking for. Wrights aggressive behavior soon created problems with other inmates. Im not looking for trouble, but at the same time, im definitely not ducking them either. You feel me . You know, this is the penitentiary. Youve got to stand tall, ten toes down. You know what i mean . You cant take no losses. You know what i mean . Its the wrong place to be a bitch. You feeling me . Its the pressure. You feeling me . You get killed for stealing on the streets, so why not in prison . As wright continued his tirade, staff became concerned it would lead to a fight and sanctioned wright for taking matters into his own hands. He was transferred to administrative segregation in the custody control unit or ccu. Welcome to the belly of the beast, man. [ bleep ]. I hate lockup. [ bleep ] back here, for real, for real. Just make your time hard. All you do is think. Aint no books in this bitch, nothing. When youre in ccu, you dont get really nothing but a bar of soap, some toothpaste, a pair of shower shoes. Youre a really in survival mode back here. My hair [ bleep ], i aint able to get a hair cut or a shave, [ bleep ] none of that. Ive been back here just slumming it, you know. This is the downside of prison, you know what i mean . Violence happens. What do you expect . You throw a bunch of violent offenders together and you expect us not to clash . At the end of the day, you better pray youre the one left standing and not hurt. As authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be placed back into his original housing unit. I dont know at this point whats going to be allowed to happen with wright, i dont know if hell be allowed to return to phouse because of all the animosity he caused himself toward himself that night because of his tv. So im sure well be evaluating his housing assignment. While authorities determine a safe housing placement for wright, he will remain in confinement. I dont like it, but im adapting. I got to make it work, you know what i mean . These people place you in all kinds of situations to try to break you. But thats what im doing, man. Im surviving. Ive got too much time to start crumbling now. Gerald ritchie is also in one of the confinement units, and hes not happy about it. Its horrible. They had punishment in mind when they built this place. Thats a fact. Lets make these guys understand that, hey, if you come to prison this is how youre going to live. This is how youre going to live and were going to take these rules to the nth degree. Ritchie says that even though hes in confinement for being one of three white inmates caught assaulting a black inmate, the fight was not racially motivated. But he admits his tattoos are. My swastika. Even though its not necessarily the best artistically, its one of the ones that im most proud of, because it means the most on the whole. Its empowering and uplifting. Its a symbol, man. Not only does it elicit a response from others, but it elicits a response from myself. Thats what symbolism does for you. Thats what symbolism has done since the beginning of forever. The right hand is mine, and the left hand says era, which means honor. So together they say my honor. And its the first half of our forward mote that motto that hitler gave the ss, which is my honor is loyalty. Theyre meant to Say Something to you without spitting it out and blurting it. So when i look in the mirror, i see these things, man, and im on the right track and doing the right thing. It makes me feel good. When weather permits, confinement inmates are allowed one hour of Outdoor Recreation. Its in a small cagelike enclosure, but it provides the one chance ritchie has to see friends, like brandon siverly. Whats happening . Chilling. Its hot out. Super hot. Cool to get out here in the afternoon, though. A lot better out in the afternoon. You dont see the sun a whole lot. Ritchie, hes a really good dude. Dont let anybody say you cant make friends in prison. See that, j. J. . What happened . Thats why i didnt play basketball. No. You see that . Thats why i dont play basketball. Thats why i was sitting right there. It aint even rocking. Thats 03 right there. Im on a roll. Coming up well, there was a child molester that got mouthy with one of my buddies, and it escalated quickly, and he took an ass whooping. An act of violence threatens Joshua Coffeys release from wabash. The victim gets up, and then they grab him, just shove him against that rail and begin kicking him and hitting him. Let me give you a quick look around my cell. Let me show you whats going on with my cell. This is my red right here. You know what i mean . This is what i sleep on. This is my cellie rack right above me. This is where his bed where another grownass man sleeps at. You understand . Out here to the left is my window. Thats the gate teasing me with freedom. And right there is the highway, i think. See cars driving by . Going placess i cant go. You feel me . So just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what im going through. Carlton wrights picture will change very little in the next 24 years. Thats when hes eligible for parole on his 50year sentence for robbery, bodily injury, and criminal confinement. You want to go out right now . All right. But he has had one bit of good news. Open 308. He has been released from the confinement unit. He was sent there for threatening other inmates while trying to locate his stolen tv set. Whatever happened with the guy who stole your tv . I dont know. I aint seen him yet. Did you ever get your tv back . I got another one. So the guy who stole your tv was never prosecuted . He i dont know. I mean this is wabash. I mean, im not tripping. This is a small prison. Youre going to bump into him again. Its hard to live in a place like this for 40 years and not have an altercation. Everybody walks around with a chip on their shoulder. Under the mindset i dont give a [ bleep ] i dont got [ bleep ] to lose. And we put a bunch of angry people in a small facility, [ bleep ]s going to clash. [ bleep ] acting like that. You know what i mean . You never know what [ bleep ] about to happen. You have to know what conversation not to get involved in, and how to [ bleep ] let go, because if not, you can be in the infirmary fighting for your life. Thats what happens, you know . But it come with this prison [ bleep ], man. Kids dont see that [ bleep ]. They see money, they see this, what money can get me, but they dont see the consequence of the actions that come with it, until its too late, you know . You cant really experience [ bleep ] until you living it. Me personally . I really dont have no problem with anybody. I may believe in my own set of personal values, but i mean im not going to i dont hate other people because of who or what they are. But there is one type of person Joshua Coffey doesnt tolerate. And now one week away from his release, that intolerance will keep coffey in prison longer. Right now were watching a video of an assault that happened in phouse unit. Right here you see offender anderson walking up the steps and offender coffey walking up behind him and theyre preparing to go into a cell and assault someone. Well, there was a child molester that got mouthy with one of my buddies and, honestly, it just kind of escalated quickly, and he took an asswhooping. The first offender enters the cell with the second offender, offender coffey, standing outside the door, watching for staff, to make sure theyre not going to see this. Anderson goes in and starts to rifle through some of the offenders stuff. It appears that anderson is talking to the victim and that theyre having a bit of a disagreement. Child molesters, i think they should take them, chop off their junk, put them on an island, and let them just live together and eventually they would die off. If somebody molested my son, i dont want to come back to prison, but i probably would for murder. Here in just a second, youll see where the victim gets up and starts to run out of the cell and tries to defend himself, and then they grab him, shove him against that rail, and begin kicking and hitting him. Then the door starts to shut, so theyre all getting slammed in the door. Then right here you see both of them pushing him back into the cell. All the meanwhile, theyre kicking and kneeing and punching, and pretty brutally, at that. And then when they decide that the victim has had enough, i guess, or theyre worried about getting caught, they depart the area, and the victim is standing there on the upper range. His face is bloody, hes leaning against the rail for support, and hes holding his head. Hes been worked over pretty good. I dont regret it, one bit. Did you beat him because he was a child molester or because of Something Else . 50 50. I mean honestly, if the guy wasnt a child molester, it probably would have just blowed over. But child molesters are the theyre the crap on the bottom of my boot if i was out tending stalls. Honestly, the guys got 50 years, and i hope the rest of the time that hes incarcerated he takes a whooping at least once a month. The incident resulted in a postponement of coffeys release. Offender coffey received commissary loss, segregation time, which was suspended, and then loss of good time. How much time did you lose . I only lost a week but, you know, a week is a week. I regret losing time that i could have spent with my family. And you know what . I apologize. I sincerely apologize, guys. To be honest, i kind of lied to them why i lost a week. Because its kind of hard to tell them the truth. When they see this, theyre going to know the truth but, you know, thats why i apologized, you know. Hopefully by then it will have everything is smoothed out. Theres some people that, they honestly, they dont deserve a second chance. Now, i might be one of those people. I dont know. Because honestly, i had a second chance. I get released this time, this is my third chance. Coming up every choice, theres a consequence, man. So before you do something, youve got to think, damn, whats the possible consequence that could happen behind this . Wabash inmates deal with the consequences of their choices. Some prison sentences dont end, you know what i mean . Its a hard pill to swallow. In the human brain, billions of neurons play in harmony. For people with parkinsons, some neurons change their tune, causing uncontrollable tremors. Now, abbott technology can target those exact neurons. Restoring control and harmony, once thought to belost forever. The most personal technology is technology with the power to change your life. Not only are you bleeding like a [ bleep ], but youre doing 50 years. You know what 50 years feel like . People forget about you, man. Leave your ass in here to rot. And not out of spite like [ bleep ], but more or less like life is busy, man, you know . The average person aint going to slow down and reach out. The notion of being forgotten is something every inmate must contemplate at some point during their incarceration. That one . Yep. How do they look . Different. I cant do that over, man . You got me right there. Where your finger is right there. Right here . Tim harris, serving ten years, makes it a point to never miss the prisons photo day, so that he can send pictures of himself to loved ones. That aint bad. I think i should have one in there with some sweatpants on. All right, there. Took a couple pictures to send friends and family. And this is what they look like. As you can see, theyre not the greatest quality ever, but theyre pictures, you know . They look at them and they get the idea. You know, its just nice to sometimes see your loved ones. This is the other one i took. Its hard for me. Now, you know, my brother, you know, me being locked up and his kids, he wrote me the other day and when he wrote me he said the kids talk to everybody about you all the time and talk about how you used to do everything with them. Its kind of depressing and stressing but at the same time, you know, its hard to deal with. They ask about me all the time. They know im locked up. Ive been locked up a lot. They understand uncles locked up. But i hate them having to know im locked up. But i put myself here, and maybe me letting them know where im at and telling them how i feel about it will keep them from having to come down this road that i did. Gerald ritchie is only one week away from completing his twoyear sentence. Do the right thing. Got it figured out. I got it licked. I got it licked, i promise. Ill get the opportunity to get out twice. Got out and ended up coming back both times. Ive got brothers in here, man, that are never getting out. Talk to people, it makes me feel like im selfish, like im not taking advantage of something that i absolutely need to take advantage of, because not everybodys got that chance. Some prison sentences dont end, you know what i mean . Its a hard pill to swallow. Its heavy [ bleep ]. Im not trying to [ bleep ] die in here, but this, you know im good at it but [ bleep ] this. Just got to get out and stay sober and find a job. Thats about what it comes down to. If im not drinking or doing drugs and im employed, how can you go wrong . What could happen . In spite of seeing his release get delayed by seven days because he chose to assault another inmate, Joshua Coffeys also preparing to go home. You already got a job . Yeah, my brother owns a construction company. Oh, thats cool. I got a job as soon as i want it. Hopefully. As long as he dont get pissed at me for something. How do you like that . Is that short enough or long enough . A little bit shorter. Thats the one good thing. If its not good, ill wear a hat anyway. Well, you will not be wearing a hat out of here. I guarantee ill be wearing a hat. As a matter of fact, ill be wearing this hat. This is my fishing hat now. I swear to god it is. I will be wearing that hat when i go fishing every time. Wearing the hat, honestly, will remind me not to come back. Because i cant come fishing if im in jail. First day, ive got that one all the way down. Im getting out, i have nothing. So im going straight to the welfare office, and im going to get me my little 137 worth of food stamps so ive got something to eat. Im going to the private Salvation Army to make sure that ive got any type of hygiene materials or clothes i need. But after i get all those things done, im going to go see a reentry coordinator, im going to call my parole officer, call the n. A. Coordinator, and then im going to the french lick casino. Every choice has a consequence, man. So before you do something, youve got to think, damn, whats the possible consequence that could happen behind this, you know . And a lot of people dont think about that, man. A lot of people dont ponder the outcome of what they doing. They just do it until they realize damn, man, this consequence is too harsh, what i just did. The reward dont outpay the risk. And before you know it, youre paying with your life, man. Im paying with my life. Ive got 50 years, man . You know, thats a life. Im 27. 50 plus 27. 77 years old, are you serious . Come on, man. Thats life. Im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. I caught something out of the corner of my eye. It was my mom. She was laying on the ground. I went over expecting her to get up or to Say Something. I put my hand on her shoulder. I kind of turned her. And i could see blood everywhere. Their family always made the best of bad times. My mom always looked for the good in everything. But no one could fix this. The autopsy showed a total of five shots. She didnt deserve to die that way. Detectives had a suspect. But not much of a case. I was told,
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