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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 had words with nobody since i've been transferred here. it's been more or less peaceful for me. you know, i hang out with a little bit of everybody. a lot of blacks, a lot of whites. you know, i meet in the middle with everybody. >> gerald ritchie, a member of the white supremacist gang, the saxon knights, doesn't...

>> as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be placed back into his original housing unit. >> at this point, i don't know what's going to be allowed to happen with wright, i don't know if he'll be allowed to return to p-house because of all the animosity he caused himself that night because of his tv, so i'm sure we'll be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while authorities determine a safe housing placement for wright, he will remain in confinement. >>on i don't like it, but i'm adapting. i got to make it work, you know what i mean? these people place ...

The kids talk but to everybody all the time and they tell them 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 completing his two-year sentence. >> do the right thing. got it figured out. i got it licked. i got it licke...

The one guy here. and, finally, they corner him and get him down and all three of them get on him before the officers can actually respond and activate their chemical agents. >> the victim received treatment at a nearby hospital and ritchie was transferred to the segregation unit. >> he has been extremely disruptive and disorderly in our general population. and i've given him multiple chances, so that's the reason i chose to place him in administrative segregation. >> ritchie feels the prison went too far, and during his interview had something to say to staff about it. >> with all due respect...

On the news and hate me for it. believe that. >> and prison officials believe racial pride might have contributed to a recent assault that landed ritchie in the secured confinement unit. >> what you see here is you'll see ritchie, and there's another guy, a guy out here, and basically they're just hanging out. they already know what's playing. i mean it was premeditated. >> the men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. >> he's immediately met by ritchie. he was actually standing at his door waiting for the door to be opened. and he assaults him and chases him around with another -- ...