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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 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 off...

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 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 off...

>> 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 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 proce...

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 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 ...

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