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I mean, that's my personal opinion. my whole jury was white, you know? i didn't have nobody of my peers, so they probably couldn't 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. >> i'm on the wrong side of the color margin. that's just honesty. this prison is predominantly 's white people, you know what i mean? you know, i'm not saying they're racist. you've got people walking around with swastikas and hitler tattoos and it throws me off, like da...

Here and you're forced to deal with it. so you better pray you got a cool cellie, or it ain't going to work. being in prison, it's reality, man. you know, people watching movies in prison, and you see them, oh, that's sad, and you turn it off and forget about it, but it's 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. there's no going home from this. >> and wright is a long way from home. >> this is my first time ever in indiana. i've never lived in indiana prior to being incarcerated. i was here...

To get a hair cut or a shave, [ bleep ] none of that. i've 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 you're 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 don't know at this point what's going to be allowed to happen with wright, i don't know if he'll be allowed to...

Let me show you what's 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 grown-ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here to the left is my window. that's the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. see cars driving by? going place'ss i can't go. you feel me? so just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i'm going through. >> carlton wright's picture will change very little in the next 24 years. that's when he's eligibl...

You feel me? and if you ain't strong, man, you're going to crumble. you know what i mean? until you walk in my shoes and did this, you can't tell what it's like, man. it's hard. doing time is hard. >> during his time at wabash, wright says he's felt vulnerable because of the color of his skin. >> other prisons i've been at, it's more populated with hispanics and blacks, you know what i mean, but this is a heavily populated white prison. it's 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 groun...