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Penalties for attempting to alter his drug screen, including time in the hole, a loss of his prison job, and even a judgment that can make his whole plan backfire, a transfer to another prison. >> that's one punishment i really don't look forward to is being transferred somewhere else. >> ziggy's reluctance to leave prison became all the more puzzling when we learned some of what he'd endured during his 30 plus years of incarceration. >> i was not born gay and every relationship i've had has been a forced type, a, well, this is what i have to do type of thing, but i didn't enjoy it. as a young...

Recommended a job drop, which means i'll probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> but ziggy's first stop is the segregation unit, better known as the hole, where he will be locked up 23 hours a day. though for ziggy, it's not all that bad. >> i won't be granted parole in april, and that's mission accomplished, so i have to accept the consequences of what he said. please direct all my mail over to me. >> what mail? >> oh, yeah, true. all i can say is if you don't want to meet the parole board, come up with some other way than tampering with your drug screen. >> 42 to mobile 3, be advised...

Substance abuse class, any drug testing is to be kept confidential, so this issue is out of the area of the disciplinary board. >> results should be kept confidential. is that what you're saying? >> yes, sir. >> that would be the case had mr. hull took the test. he didn't take the test. >> with his first line of defense shot down, higgins pivots to explain ziggy's actions. >> richie, how many times have you been up for parole in the last 18 years? >> twice. >> what's happened each of those times? >> they've continued me because of something i've done. >> why would you purposely try to ditch yo...

Wow. and it became a defense mechanism, because in prison in this environment especially, if a person makes himself so easy, then those who prey on him don't -- it's too easy. it's no longer a challenge to them, so they leave him alone. >> the day after that interview, we met ziggy and higgins as they prepared to enter the disciplinary hearing. >> i'm anxious. i'm uncertain, but i've got confidence in my inmate adviser to bring out whatever and the best defense that i could have. >> higgins is basing ziggy's defense on a loophole having to do with his prior participation in a substance abuse p...

>> yes. >> i don't feel the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> and richie would like a little time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> no. >> one of "ziggy's" punishments is to spend five days in the hole. >> please direct all my mail over to me. i won't be granted parole in april and that's mission accomplished. so i have to accept the consequences of what he said. >> be advised, number one inmate from unit six to unit three through the access road. >> i haven't used a phone in i'd say four years. i've had one visit in the ...