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Inman got the message in no uncertain terms. >> apparently another inmate or two went into his cell and put some knots on his head and said don't be giving us anymore heat over here. we seen inman a day or two later, of course, he won't tell what happened or what it was over or anything like that, because that's a convict code. but we know what it was over. i got enough people out there telling me what it was over. >> and now things are about to heat up even more for inman as the prison disciplinary board takes up his case. >> he's been charged with tattooing or possession of tattoo parapherna...

Shoes. >> two weeks after his brutal stabbing, ellerman has returned to general population. >> i was stabbed ten times. i think i won the fight, he won the war. >> stafford received a year in the hole despite ellerman's refusal to cooperate with the investigation. it's all part of the convict code. >> i'm a convict. you don't tell nothing. that's just the way it is. i mean i've got to live here the rest of my life. i don't want anybody thinking that i'm weak, that i'm going to talk, that i'm going to say anything about anything. i'm not mad at the guy. if more people would do what he did inste...

With inmates, they made it clear, if another inmate attacks me, they will not come to my aid. that's against the convict code. other prisons inmates told me they will protect me. i've even been told they are watching me to make sure nobody hurts me. >> in certain high security housing units, lockup field teams are required by the prison to wear stab proof vests before entering. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was in indiana at wabash valley and it was an uneasy feeling knowing i needed to wear this to walk onto the next unit i was going to, that the potential to be stabbed was higher he...

Here he kind of was bragging about that incident and how he came forward and gave us the information, and vazquez said, well, you're a snitch. started from there. and escalated. >> vasquez says he was honoring the long-standing convict code which says snitches should be punished. >> technically it is snitching. he kept calling me a bitch. we start, you know, had lunch and i was like, you a bitch, man. [ bleep ], the detectives. >> that was the right thing for me to do, was to tell them. if anybody -- if anybody do anything to anybody, they deserve to be told on. >> it wasn't a real thing. it w...

I've never felt in danger because of the bond that i feel like we have with these inmates and understanding of why we're there and what we're there to achieve. having said that though, i'm not naive. there is always the possibility that something could happen. >> we're told we have to prepare for that. but we always have staff around us and the case of doing a one on one interview, i tend to get fairly close to the person i'm interviewing because it's how i can engage and have communication. and i've always talked to my camera crew that god forbid something happens, i have faith that they as w...