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. he said basically the only way i would get my money is 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. 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.
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 i killed somebody over a carton of cigarettes. you know, it s not a carton of cigarettes. that may be the catalyst that leads to something, but, you know, if somebody owes me a soda pop or i owe him a soda pop and they come to me and say i need to get that soda pop you owe me, i spit in their face and talk to them like they a bitch or something and they kill me, whose fault is it? it isn t about the soda pop no more. on the street, you call the police to 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 that. here s what happens when you come to take something from me.
a-1 to a-4. 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 behavior and his request for a transfer to a prison closer to his family s home within moments other inmates had seen that lockup cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shoe by banging on the cell doors. that s when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. beat on that door again. beat on the door again you, you do it. beat on the [ bleep ] again. i don t beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. [ bleep ].
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. he said basically the only way i would get my money is 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. i paid $37 for the gun i killed him with. so, you know
tomorrow may be the same incident, but you have to make a different decision. working in ad seg, sergeant banks has to deal with many problematic inmates. i asked you not to put me in my cell and nobody going to [ bleep ] on my head. i deal with jammy bell, i m dealing with issues only. bobby gilbert, i don t have problems with. i know the problems other people have. does any particular inmate give you a particular problem? yes. who? terrence mosley. come look at. come look at it. you ain t got nothing to see. he says he s infatuated with me, he s obsessed with me, he d