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My food, we're gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i just choked him out. >> narrator: other inmates step in to break up the fight when an off-camera officer arrives and threatens to use pepper spray. after initial interviews with both inmates, staff identified reeves a...

Going to give me some of your food or you got to get up. and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, we're gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i punched him in the mouth like four times, and then he tried to take another tray and pour it overtop of my head. and then i got him in a headlock, and i just choked him out. >> narrator: other inmates step in to break up the fight when an off-camera officer arrives and threatens to...

It's like trying to fit five families in a house. you know, it just don't work. and you have, you know, animosity and people getting up in each other's faces and trying to kill each other. whenever you have that many personalities clashing, it's gonna happen. >> narrator: and less than 24 hours earlier, ben thompson, serving time for burglary, was at the center of one such clash. >> yesterday, i guess it was my eighth day here. >> chow! make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and get my tray, and i hear somebody say something to me when we're in line, but i didn't really pay ...

It's like trying to fit five families in a house. you know, it just don't work. and you have, you know, animosity and people getting up in each other's faces and trying to kill each other. whenever you have that many personalities clashing, it's gonna happen. >> narrator: and less than 24 hours earlier, ben thompson, serving time for burglary, was at the center of one such clash. >> yesterday, i guess it was my eighth day here. >> chow! make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and get my tray, and i hear somebody say something to me when we're in line, but i didn't really pay ...

Make sure you got your... >> they holler "chow." i get up and get my tray, and i hear somebody say something to me when we're in line, but i didn't really pay attention. i was half asleep. and i walked back to my place, and i'm sitting there, and this guy -- he says, "either you're gonna give me some of your food or you got to get up." and i said, "hey, if you touch my food, we're gonna have a problem." and he proceeded to touch my food. >> narrator: thompson rises from his seat. seconds later, the other inmate, keith reeves, appears to put a hand in his face, and thompson strikes back. >> i p...