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That's why i stopped fighting because i seen blood on my 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 ...

Anywhere. what are they going to do? that really doesn't bother me. i really don't have a control issue that way. they let us control and manipulate how they live and what they do. >> they got their rules. we got ours, you know. there's a code of conduct in here that you got to follow if you want to, you know, make your time easy, you know. you don't rat on people. there's all kinds of stuff you don't do. >> that code of conduct is the convict code. and the penalties for violating it can be severe. >> the fourth deck's pretty high, you know. people take an elevator ride. the problem is there a...

>> utah state inmate tony duran is well-versed in the convict code. he has spent the majority of the past 23 years behind bars for burglary, robbery, and a slew of parole violations. >> the convict code is a person that carries himself with respect. he doesn't -- he only talks to the man when he has to. you know, he don't sit there and kick it with the man. you don't tell on nobody. you don't let nobody know your business. you don't get in other people's business. you respect yourself. you respect others around you. >> but these days old-time inmates like duran all agree the convict code is ch...

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Man, that's a myth. because someone's running his program. so he can walk with his head puffed up, his chest out and everything and think he's really badass, but he's going to follow orders just like anyone else. for every badass, there's someone badder. coming up on "lockup: raw" -- >> i'm a man that is attracted to young women. god forbid. 99% of us are. >> how the convict code applies to sex offenders. >> on main line, they walk around and they slide a knife under your door. here, kill your celly or we kill you when you come out.