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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 a minor dispute over money led ...

>> a-1 to a-4. >> 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 behavior and a transfer to a prison closer to his family's home. within moments other inmates had seen that "lockup" cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shoe by banging on the cell doors. that's when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. >> beat on that door again. beat on the door again -- you, you do it. beat on the [ bleep ] again. i don't b...

Tomorrow may be the same incident, but you have to make a different decision. >> working in ad seg, sergeant banks has to deal with many problematic inmates. >> put me in my cell, nobody going to [ bleep ] on my head. >> i deal with jammy bell, i'm dealing with issues only. bobby gilbert, i don't have problems with. i know the problems other people have. >> does any particular inmate give you a particular problem? >> yes. >> who? >> terrence mosley. >> he says he's infatuated with me, he's obsessed with me, he'd do anything for me.

Behavior. >> you have to come in stern. you need to come in firm, need to be fair. you need to be able to say no. >> denied possession of his chess set, gilbert is outraged, claiming his punishment would never happen at other prisons. >> donaldson don't do this crap. st. claire don't do this, anywhere else. i received a lot -- i ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. that's rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isn't the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> are you going to give me? i...

Out of here. >> after the inmates quiet down, gilbert's review gets under way. gilbert has made little, if any, progress while in seg, and prison officials have confiscated his most treasured possession, a chess set. >> right now, your behavior warrants no transfer. okay? anything you would like to talk about? >> you about summed it up. i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why can't i have my chess pieces? >> this is segregation. what are you going to do with chess pieces? >> play chess! >> let me tell you what you do, get you some paper, draw you out a checkerboard -- >> i ain't pl...