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Break you. you got to overcome that. so that's what i'm doing, man. i'm surviving. that's what i'm doing, man. i've got too much time to start crumbling now. >> gerald ritchie is also in one of the confinement units, and he's not happy about it. >> it's horrible. they had punishment in mind when they built this place. that's a fact. let's make these guys understand that, hey, if you come to prison, this is how you're going to live. this is how you're going to live and we're going to take these rules to the nth degree. >> ritchie says that even though he's in confinement for being one of three ...

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 as where they were working out, the saxon knights will sa...

Deal with. they ask about me all the time. they know i'm locked up. i've been locked up a lot. 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 keep 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 have the opportunity to get out twice, and got out and ended up coming back both ...

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 -- this guy here is just kind of being a spectator at this point. you'll see another inmate come running from this side that also aids. now you've got the three white guys running around, assaulting the one guy here. and, finally, they corner him and g...

And, you know, we're here for each other. me, personally, i don't have too many problems. i haven't that 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 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're not compatible. we are not compatible. ...