you have inmates from all different blocks working there. considered a plum assignment. it wasn't just people from the honor block. david sweat was very well regarded within the tailor shop. he could move easily between the different floors. talking to different inmates. prisoners from different blocks. he had very big access. so when you talk about the culture of the prison you have those who were well regarded and you have those who wanted to sort of befriend those additional inmates. because there was a hierarchy within the prison. there was a sense of who had the juice to get things done. >> access is sort of power inside. >> 100%. >> you are learning more about gene palmer. >> this is very interesting. gene palmer was an intelligence officer, what inmates call a snitch officer. his job was to collect intelligence. because of that he would go to the tailor shop. speak to the inmates from the various blocks. though he himself was also assigned to the honor block, the a block, he too was able to go