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I was hot-headed then too. so that's how i got it. >> how much money did he owe you? >> he owed me $36. and i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know. >> once behind bars, gilbert's violent temper led to numerous other crimes, including stabbing another inmate to death. this time for much less than $36. but gilbert made it clear to us, in prison things aren't always as they seem. >> everybody wants to talk about, you know i killed someone over a carton of cigarettes. you know, it's not a carton of cigarettes. that may be the catalyst that leads to something. but you know if somebo...

>> the monotonous grind of life in prison can push some inmates to the limit. in trying to understand how they deal with the specter of never being free again, we've met some of our most memorable characters and recorded some of our most dramatic footage. >> i'm serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence, and a 10-year sentence, all together. >> at the time of our visit bobby gilbert had been at alabama's holman correctional facility for only four years. but he first landed in prison at the age of 18. he told us how...

Police and put a stop to it. what do you do in here? i tell you what you do. you go get you a knife and you stab that son of a bitch and you say you ain't taking nothing else. that's the end of that. here's what happens when you come to take something from me. >> a-1 to a-4. 1084 a unit. >> gilbert's life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holman's warden grant culliver. at the time, culliver and a disciplinary committee were about to review gilbert's recent behavior and his request for a transfer to a prison closer to his family's home. but within moments other inmat...

>> he said basically the only way i would get my money is over his dead body. you know. i was hot-headed then. so that's how i got it. >> how much money did he owe you? >> he owed me $36. i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know -- >> once behind bars, gilbert's violent temper led to numerous other crimes, including stabbing another inmate to death. this time for much less than $36. but gilbert made it clear to us, in prison, things aren't always as they seem. >> everybody wants to talk about i killed somebody over a carton of cigarettes. you know, it's not a carton of cigarettes...

>> the monotonous grind of life in prison can push some inmates to the limit. in trying to understand how they deal with the specter of never being free again, we've met some of our most memorable characters and recorded some of our most dramatic footage. >> i'm serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence, and a 10-year sentence, all together. >> at the time of our visit bobby gilbert had been at alabama's holman correctional facility for only four years. but he first landed in prison at the age of 18. he told us how...