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Personal needs. the challenge is just as big for women as it is for men. when we arrived at the tennessee prison for women, we found that meeting personal needs had led to a dilemma for mary beth. >> they done wrote me up. >> what? >> what for? >> look, it says that they found a glove in two trash cans and a tampon. they're trying to say i had -- >> sexual activity of any sort is against prison rules. and even though she's allowed to have the individual items she was caught with, she was written up for how they were assembled, or at least partially assembled. >> i'm pleading not guilty because...

Myself and a lieutenant. and it progressed towards then. >> why you got handcuffs on me. huh? >> nobody hit you. >> you did hit me on my mother i swear to god [ bleep ] you hit me now. you hit me again. when they leave you're going to hit me again, man. don't touch me, man. [ bleep ] >> as captain morgan processes the paperwork -- >> he severely hit me in the back of my hand, after he handcuffed me and twist my ankle. >> the inmate continues his tirade against him. >> turn the feds on you. on my momma, man. >> captain morgan completes the paperwork and then escorts him towards segregation. a 2...

Rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates' lives. >> for the most part you're separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and things like that. it's a territorial thing. so we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so we can give ourselves distance so we won't cross paths in the wrong fashion. >> the rules are merciless. and ignoring race politics can lead to catastrophic results. >> i'd be in violation of prison rules if i were to...

Rigid demands, which control the smallest details of inmates' lives. >> for the most part you're separated and broken off. you pretty much can walk around, but there are certain areas where you can just hang and sit. the same way it is on the street. we have neighborhoods and things like that. it's a territorial thing. so we try to keep it like that and give each other respect so we can give ourselves distance so we won't cross paths in the wrong fashion. >> the rules are merciless. and ignoring race politics can lead to catastrophic results. >> i'd be in violation of prison rules if i were to...

He started talking [ bleep ], i talked [ bleep ] to him. i don't know, i was talking to him. he's a bench. i told him he's a bench. [ bleep ]. >> with his months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught with possession of marijuana. >> what's been going on since last time we saw you? >> just sitting here drawing, watching the time go by, thinking about what i'm going to do with the rest of my life. >> smith hopes to someday make a living from his art skills but admits he might have to break a few more prison rule...