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Why can't i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just don't see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructive to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run this place. >> i follow the regs. >> that's what i'm saying. that's your decision. >> i follow the regs. >> we supposed to be able to have books here. >> that's what i'm telling you. if they said that, you'd have them. >> it'...

His appeal for a transfer was quickly dismissed. but it didn't take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why can't i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just don't see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructive to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess p...

Quickly dismissed. but it didn't take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why can't i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just don't see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructive to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run...

>> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run this place. >> i follow the regs. >> that's what i'm saying. that's your decision. >> i follow the regs. >> we supposed to be able to have books here. >> that's what i'm telling you. if they said that, you'd have them. >> it's segregation. it wasn't meant to be nice. you ain't here because you were doing something constructive. if you had been doing something constructive -- >> i was doing something constructive when they [ bleep ] with me down the hall. >> ...

>> ask the law library clerk next time to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says you're allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run this place. >> i follow the regs. >> that's what i'm saying. that's your decision. >> and i follow the regs. >> the regs say we're supposed to be able to have books here. >> that's what i'm telling you. it don't say that. if they said that, you'd have them. it's segregation. it wasn't meant to be nice. you ain't here because you were doing something constructive. if you had been doing something constructive you never would have -- >> i was do...