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>> it's hot out. >> super hot. >> good we got out here in the afternoon, though. >> a lot better out in the afternoon. you don't get chance to see the sun a whole lot. >> ritchie, he's a really good dude. don't let anybody say you can't make friends in prison. see that, j.j.? >> what happened? >> that's why i didn't play basketball. >> no. you see that? that's why i don't play basketball. that's why i was sitting right there. it ain't even rocking. >> that's 0-3 right there. i'm on a roll. coming up -- >> well, there was a child molester that got mouthy with one of my buddies, and it escalat...

If race didn't matter, there wouldn't be different races. all people ain't the same, you know? >> ritchie is four months away from completing a two-year sentence for intimidation of a peace officer. he is also member of a prison gang called the saxon knights. >> they both share similar ideologies in their creeds and oaths and in their bylaws. >> that's another one right there that i'm most proud of. my saxon knight crest with the bolts. >> he actually was the saxon knight president for this facility at one time. these organizations start taking possession of certain parts of the facility, such...

Know, me being locked up and his kids, he wrote me the other day, and when he wrote me, he said, the kids talk to everybody about you all the time and talk about how you used to do everything with them. it's kind of depressing and stressing, and it's hard to deal, but they know i'm locked up. they understand i'm just locked up, but i hate them having to know that i'm locked up. but i put myself here, and maybe me letting them know where i'm at and telling them how i feel about it will help them from having to come down this road that i do. >> gerald ritchie is only one week away from completin...

Stressing, and it's hard to deal, but they know i'm locked up. they understand i'm just locked up, but i hate them having to know that i'm locked up. but i put myself here, and maybe me letting them know where i'm at and telling them how i feel about it will help them from having to come down this road that i do. >> gerald ritchie is only one week away from completing his two-year sentence. >> do the right thing. got it figured out. i got it licked. i got it licked, i promise. i'll get the opportunity to get out twice. got out and ended up coming back both times. i've got brothers in here, man...

That is where i'm from. i can't never change where i'm from. i can change where i'm going in life, but not where i'm from. my nickname is i.g. they've been calling me that for probably about ten years now. i mean, we have black members in the insane, but more white than black. it's more white people. we're -- g.d.s are more our black branch, you know, right there, as far as we are. we're just a branch off of them. brothers with a struggle, you know? we struggle to survive together, and, you know, we're here for each other. me, personally, i don't have too many problems. i haven't that words wi...