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    I know him better than you do, she says. I know Bobby better than anyone; I’m not a trick and I’m not game, and I know what I am to Bobby Gilbert. Her name is Angel and she knows him alright; she married Bobby Ray Gilbert in prison. Gilbert robbed a gas station one night, pistol-whipped and shot the attendant. Bobby laughs when he says, I got thirty-five dollars. The gun I used cost thirty-seven. Once inside prison and to no one’s surprise, Bobby Gilbert killed again. A fellow inmate this time. Now serving multiple life sentences, Gilbert won’t leave ‘til the day he dies, and ...

>> basically told me only way i could get my money would be 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. 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 somebody over a carton of cigarette. you know, it's not a cart...

Of stimuli that has led to some of the most interesting parts about "lockup." >> 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 ...

It ain't about the soda pop no more. you call the 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 say you ain't taking nothing else. that's the end of it. here's what happens when you come to take something from me. >> we'll want to do bobby gilbert first. >> 10-84 your unit. >> gilbert's life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holman's warden grantt culliver. at the time, culliver and a disciplinary committee were about to review gilbert's recent behavior and his request for a tr...

>> we'll want to do bobby gifford first. >> all right. >> a-1 to a-4. 10-84 on your 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 inmates seeing that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shu by banging on the cell doors. that's when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> beat o...