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We struggle to survive together. me personally i don't have too many problems. i haven't had words with nobody since i was transferred here. i hang out with a little bit of everybody. a lot of blacks and a lot of whites. i meet in the middle. >> gerald ritchie, a member of the saxon knights doesn't believe such harmony between blacks and whites is possible. >> we're two different beings from head to the toe from root to crown and we are not compatible. the only time a white dude is compatible with a black dude is if he is a fag or b wants to be black. that's the cold hard truth about it. peopl...

He believe another element contributed to his sentence. >> i believe the laws is stronger on black guys here. my whole jury was white. i didn't have any of my peers. they couldn't understand this type of crime or understand what happened. they just associated black people with violence. he did it, convict him. >> wright believes his race is a detriment at wabash. >> i'm on the wrong side of the color margin. that's just honesty. this prison is predominantly white people. you know what i mean? i'm not saying they're racists. you have people with swastikas and hitler tattoos. it throws me off, l...

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 to you guys, mind your business, man. if i'm not killing this man or joey down the range ain't getting raped, just be cool, man, be cool. we don't want no problem. we live here. >> ritchie claims the fight wasn't racially motivated but over a small debt. >> it was over a couple dollars. that's what it comes down to. there was a few choice words and i don't want to go too deep into it because i'm not the only one involved in t...

This is the downside of prison. violence happens. what you expect. you expect us not to clash and at the end of the day you better pray you be the one left standing. >> arkansas authorities investigate the stolen tv he has petitioned to be put back in the housing unit. >> i don't know if he will return to p house because of the animosity for the accusations about his it have. we'll be evaluating his housing assignment. >> while authorities determine a staff housing option for wright he will stay in confine mt. >> these people put you in situations to cross-examinable you or break you but you h...

Contributed to a reen at salt that landed ritchie in the secured confinement unit. >> what you see here is you see ritchie and another guy, a guy out here. and basically they are just hanging out. they already know what's playing. it was premeditated. >> the men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. >> he is immediately met by ritchie who was standing there waiting for the door to be opened. he assaults him and chases him around. this guy is a spectator at this point. you'll see another inmate come running from this side that also aids. now you have the three white guys running arou...