affairs of witchery and death with the skills of mere mortals such as macbeth. it s a nice two-way collaboration. i think that s very important for the segregated population in particular, a chance that their voices are heard. that there s an audience awaiting what they are writing. the authors there have been very much aware that they want to speak to the general population through shakespeare s language. it s not a vacation. and time we dare not waste. this is the first time iras white, one of the writers of the play, has seen his work performed. when he was speaking, i knew everything i knew the words as he was saying it, right, it was crazy to hear it. that s when i told you back there, to see the words come to life, make you want to continue to do it. it s like art imitates life, no doubt.
punishment. i have been down 9 1/2 years. i got 22 1/2 more to go. i ve been my crime is murder, and i cannibalized during the process. on christmas night, 1996, joseph thought his father was preventing the second coming of christ. i tackled him from behind and somehow got around behind him and slit his throat. and i remember him saying, please don t kill me. and that s when i realized, oh, my god, what am i doing? i said whatever is done has already been done. by this time, i m totally wigged out and i pulled his brain out, you know, and took a bite out of it. joseph garner s treatment in the rtu helped him assimilate into the level four general population, but still he struggles with his crime. oh, it s it s heinous. if i had i believe in an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. if i had my way, i believe they should take my life. even though there were extenuating circumstances that were both mitigating and aggravating, still having crossed that line, it would, the
serving time in the shu at wabash means being locked in a 7 by 12 foot cell 23 hours a day. these places can make a monster. you know, you can come to prison and you can halfway educate yourself on how you re going to stay out, get an education in life. or you can come in here and learn how to be a better criminal. a lot of people just just can t deal with isolation. oh, man, you read my eyes like in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses literature. this particular group is discussing macbeth, shakespeare s tragedy about a general s murderous rise to power and eventual demise. i m from the hood, you know, i m from the hood. and since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life, you know, to urban lifehood, you know, the 21st century in comparison to
such as macbeth. it s a nice two-way collaboration. i think that s very important for the segregated population in particular, a chance that their voices are heard. that there s an audience awaiting what they are writing. the authors there have been very much aware that they want to speak to the general population through shakespeare s language. it s not a vacation. and time we dare not waste. this is the first time iras white, one of the writers of the play, has seen his work performed. when he was speaking, i knew everything i knew the words as he was saying it, right, it was crazy to hear it. that s when i told you back there, to see the words come to life, make you want to continue to do it. it s like art imitates life, no doubt. up next i was the lower life of society.
maximum security prison, the rtu is helping mentally ill inmates live a relatively balanced life. and hang on to a thread of hope for the future. got me some shots, you know, some hygiene, some food. i m glad that the people here do their job to the extent that they they help you out. they help you out. next on lockup he s just going through that stage and developing into that state that he is. shakespeare in the shu.