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Prepared to enter the disciplinary hearing. >> i'm anxious. i'm uncertain. i've got confidence in my inmate adviser to bring out whatever best defense that i can have. >> higgins is basing ziggy's defense on a loophole having to do with his prior participation in a substance abuse program but ziggy's fate rests in the hands of lieutenant tommy vance. >> charged with refusing or attempting to alter drug test. how do you plead to the charge? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty as part of the policy for the substance abuse class, any drug testing is to be kept confidential so this issue is out of the a...

Recommend a job drop. do you want to appeal this? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir, i don't think the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> okay. and richie would like time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement and he recommended a job drop, which means i'll probably go to pots and pans in the kitchen. >> ziggy's first stop is the segregation unit, better known as the hole, where he'll be locked up 23 hours a day...

>> no. everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the results of a drug test. >> i was given five days in solitary confinement, and he 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 ...

All he really wants to address is what's in the write-up. >> ziggy faces several potential 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 force...

Guilty or not guilty? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty. as a part of the policy for the 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. hall 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 co...