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>> not all inmates are in ad seg for violence or contraband. some are here because the prison doesn't know where else to place them inside the facility. dennis hamilton is in ad seg for refusing to be housed with a cellmate. he's serving a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon. >> for one, there's no rule that says i have to take a cellie. and, two, i don't want to live with another man for the rest of my life, you know? to me, the cells are too small. i think the cell in itself breeds an environment for homosexuality. >> hamilton is going before the discip...

>> he was offering candy to us, to the officers, to other inmates. steven actually even asked one of the officers to take his canteen to the new inmate, but he made no attempt to hide his real motive for being such a nice guy. >> why am i giving him any? doesn't have any money, doesn't have any canteen. i thought, oh, future. it's all about, you know what i mean? thinking ahead, you know what i'm saying? as you know, nothing for nothing in prison. >> when mar returns to his cell, he finds the house warming gift left by galloway or as others here refer him as the skouse.

>> so i only got one chance left. if you can be clean in a place like, there you can be clean outside. i'm 42 now. i've been in all my life. and all of a sudden i'm 42. 42. so i want to try and, you know, get out and stay out. >> but an adulthood in prison doesn't always prepare one for life on the outside. >> for me to go out there and get a flat on my own, i'd just be lost. i can't cook, i can't do nothing, you know. you got to have life skills down here because everything's done for you in this place. you got no bills or, you know, nothing, nothing. >> how do you manage your cell here? >> h...

Out, hey, go ahead and write me off. it's going down. >> i think the officers who escorted tracy out to the sny area of the prison knew something was up because they could tell that when he mentioned to his cellblock, hey, i'll be back in an hour, i think they knew that he was working the system. >> during the long walk to sny, washington finally cleared up the mystery and admitted that he had, in fact, requested the transfer but he had no intention of following through. he had another motive. >> when they was trying to send me to a prison way up north about 1,000 miles away from where i live ...

But with his past record another conviction could send him away for good. >> so i only got one chance left. if you can be clean in a place like, there you can be clean outside. i'm 42 now. i've been in all my life. and all of a sudden i'm 42. 42. so i want to try and, you know, get out and stay out. >> but an adulthood in prison doesn't always prepare one for life on the outside. >> for me to go out there and get a flat on my own, i'd just be lost. i can't cook, i can't do nothing, you know. you got to have life skills down here because everything's done for you in this place. you got no bills...