basically told me only way i could get my money would be over his dead body, you know. i was hot-headed then, so that s how i got it. how much money did he owe you? he owed me $36. and i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know once behind bars, gilbert s violent temper led to numerous other crimes. including stabbing another inmate to death. this time for much less than $36. but gilbert made it clear to us, in prison, things aren t always as they seem. everybody wants to talk about, you know, i killed somebody over a carton of cigarette. you know, it s not a carton of cigarettes. that may be the catalyst that leads to something, but, you know, for if somebody owes me a soda pop, or i owe them a soda pop and they come to me and say, hey man, i need to get that soda pop you owe me and i spit in their face and call them a bitch or something, and then they kill me whose fault is it?
of stimuli that has led to some of the most interesting parts about lockup. the monotonous grind of life in prison can push some inmates to the limit. in trying to understand how they deal with the specter of never being free again, we ve met some of our most memorable characters, and recorded some of our most dramatic footage. i m serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence and a 10-year sentence. all together. at the time of our visit, bobby gilbert had been at alabama s holman correctional facility for only four years. but he first landed in prison at the age of 18. he told us how a minor dispute over money led him to murder an acquaintance from his town.
it ain t about the soda pop no more. you call the police and put a stop to it. what do you do in here? i tell you what you do, you go get you a knife and you stab that son of a bitch and say you ain t taking nothing else. that s the end of it. here s what happens when you come to take something from me. we ll want to do bobby gilbert first. 10-84 your unit. gilbert s life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holman s warden grantt culliver. at the time, culliver and a disciplinary committee were about to review gilbert s recent behavior and his request for a transfer to a prince closer to his family s home. but within moments, other inmates seen that lockup cameras present decided to interrupt the shoot by banging on the cell doors. that s when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. beat on the [ bleep ] again. you, you, you do it. you beat on the [ bleep ] door again.
we ll want to do bobby gifford first. all right. a-1 to a-4. 10-84 on your unit. gilbert s life behind bars is often punctuated by his frequent battles with holman s warden grant culliver. at the time, culliver and a disciplinary committee were about to review gilbert s recent behavior and his request for a transfer to a prison closer to his family s home. but within moments, other inmates seeing that lockup cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shu by banging on the cell doors. that s when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. beat on that mother [ bleep ] door again. beat on that door again. you, you, i want you to do it, you do it. beat on the mother [ bleep ] door again. i don t beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. the sooner we get the [ bleep ] out here
i m serving a life without parole sentence, two life sentences, two 99-year sentences, a 40-year sentence, a 20-year sentence, and a 10-year sentence, all together. at the time of our visit bobby gilbert had been at alabama s holman correctional facility for only four years. but he first landed in prison at the age of 18. he told us how a minor dispute over money led him to murder an acquaintance from his town. basically told me the only way i d get my money would be over his dead body. you know. i was hot-headed then too. so that s how i got it. how much money did he owe you? he owed me $36. i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know once behind bars, gilbert s violent temper led to numerous other crimes, including stabbing