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When i go to sleep at 10:00, 11:00, that's when i think about my family. that's the only thing i've really got, because in the end, no friends are going to do anything for you, but your family's the ones that are going to be there. >> it will now be up to administrators to determine if roca moreno will have his visitation restored. in the meantime, officers knight and demerey will update their photos with roca moreno's tattoos and question him about his ties to the nietas. >> on the wall, on the wall. >> just going to take a few pictures. >> what do they call you, roca? >> alfredo. >> alfredo?...

>> i need this mattress checked for contraband, please. >> we have to break this whole mattress down. regulations require that security check mattresses when they're brought in like this. lieutenant? this was the area that was concerned, right? >> yes. >> roca moreno is a known member of a puerto rican prison gang called the nietas. he joined during an earlier prison sentence he served in puerto rico, but he insists the nietas are not a gang. but a fellowship of sorts. >> it was a word from the warriors. they used to send it to the gods three times. that's why it means the birth of a new warri...

Inmates are notorious for cutting holes anywhere along the seam or the sides, stuffing it with contraband. then they sew their contraband back up in their mattress. >> here we have a spot. that just shows you right there. let's take this one out. this came off the bottom, right? >> right. >> most likely, it's going to be batteries. in this case, it's going to be a cigarette lighter, which is an indication we are probably going to find some tobacco in this guy's room. >> having a lighter is already a rule violation. but with roca-moreno's past history, it could have even more serious consequenc...

Inmates simply band together as nietas while they're in prison. >> that's why we fight against abuse. that's what we fight for, like health care that's not good. that's why we fight for, the toilets, the hygiene. but they want to label us as a gang. [ inaudible ] >> that's what i told you earlier, unity is power. >> are you satisfied? all right. >> while no other contraband was found in the mattress, the lighter could still carry a serious consequence for roca moreno, the extension of a visitation suspension. >> why were your visits suspended? >> different violations. i had just been back, but...

In the back prifrof the prison,. i don't want to be forgotten. >> he says he's already feeling forgotten. his numerous discipline air eye problems have resulted in his visitation privileges being suspended for the past three years. >> [ bleep ] bitch. >> now officers recently found a lighter hidden in his mattress, which will prolong his sanctions. >> i got screwed because of that lighter. i'm trying to do good. now the lighter's holding me here. i can't get to see my people because of the lighter. [ bleep ]. >> roca moreno's frustration has recently caused him even more problems. he has just ...