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Come out here, get air, you know, look at the sky. you know whey mean? look at the sky. this is about as free as we get. >> robert gave up his freedom on the streets when a kidnapping went sour, earning him a life sentence in prison and the nickname phantom. >> they say i'm fast. know? >> fast? >> well, what i do, you know, hurting people. you know, they'll have holes in them and i'll be gone, you know, like a ghost. >> what got you into prison? >> kidnap for ransom. >> tell me how that works. >> you know, you got the college kids out there, you know? you know they got money, take one of them....

Family. >> after my visit, i'm "phantom." during my visit, i'm robert. cranberry juice? wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. between taking insulin and testing my blood sugar... is this part of your life? freestyle lite test strips?

That's going to be something to look forward to. >> for angel, the promise of contact visits is enough of a reason to drop out. but for robert, not even family can break his loyalty to the gang. >> you know, when i go to visiting, i don't talk about it this place here, you know what i mean? they don't need to be hearing about what's going on in here. it's about things out there. positive things. >> so how do you portray yourself when you're around your family? >> well, like i used to be when i was out there, you know? >> are you very excited? >> it's only for an hour, you know, it's hard to se...

They affiliated or they joined together with the intent of not being governed by any other prison gang. >> bulldogs they're not as organized as your other gangs. they don't have the leadership in their organization. their rule of thumb is, that majority rules. basically if there's issues on the yard that they have to try and resolve, the bulldogs would get together and take a vote if you will. and the majority rules to go with that, there's no set leader of bulldog. >> if a bulldog has a chance to attack a southern hispanic, right now on this institution in this yard, it's on sight. if they ca...

With society, i don't fit in with the scum either, if that makes any sense, you know what i'm saying? so, i'm really hating life right now and -- to me life doesn't have any meaning at all. >> in exchange for the opportunity to get out of the shu, kenneth smith had to give up the gang, a decision he regrets and one that robert would never make. instead of looking for a way out, robert finds ways to thrive in his environment. >> this is the only place we get to come out, you know, to program, rec, work out. this right here. that. this is my -- this is my shoe sole. i put it up here so i don't m...