leave with them and they could film themselves. i gave a camera to brian, and all i asked of him was to be honest. he might be a little more honest on his own. coming up exclusive truth for msnbc. brian collins gets honest. whoooo.
there. brian had a history of aggressive behavior, a history of getting into fights with inmates and staff. he was a convicted sex offender, obviously in jeopardy inside a prison, so i think a lot of his aggressive behavior was a means of protecting himself. prison officials allowed us to give collins a small videocamera to record his personal thoughts inside his cell. he gave us a rundown of the numerous disciplinary write-ups that he had taped to his wall. this is a battery. this is a battery. this is a battery. all of these are batteries. influence to others, disruptive, temperament, volatile, safety habits, careless, supervision required, constant. but what we really wanted from collins was the truth about the fight. there are two offenders over there that have been messing with me so i went in their room and hit him one time. actually i i hit him here. you have an equilibrium station.
apparently another guy over there said that i hit him and that s all it took because of my, you know, my history for violence on the idu. it means a setback. a serious setback. i m not allowed to come out but one hour a day. no matter what i do. i can whistle dixie all day long, not talk to nobody, cause no problems, not say nothing, i ll still be over there. he told me that. how badly injured was this man? no injuries. not a mark on him. i got the impression he was vastly minimizing what had ppened i think th part of the problem is we re a television crew standing in front of his cell, and for him to admit it, other people would have heard the truth. indiana state prison allowed us to give certain inmates little personal cameras that we would leave with them and they could film themselves. i gave a camera to brian, and all i asked of him was to be honest.
of the outside world. just like on the outside a person will try to move up the social ladder. it s the same in prison. the bottom of that ladder is segregation, the hole, where the inmate will spend most of their time by themselves without any privileges. at the top of that laddeis general population, where an inmate will have about as much freedom as you can in prison. serving a 60-year sentence for several crimes including rape and with a long list of violent offenses inside indiana state prison, inmate brian collins was fortunate to have been moved out of the intensive detention unit to the less restrictive chronic care unit. but not long after the move his luck ran out. mr. collins has been accused of assaulting another inmate. there was never a verification of that, but the accusation was there. brian had a history of aggressive behavior, a history of getting into fights with
of the outside world. just like on the outside a person will try to move up the social ladder. it s the same in prison. the bottom of that ladder is segregation, the hole, where the inmate will spend most of their time by themselves without any privileges. at the top of that ladder is general population, where an inmate will have about as much freedom as you can in prison. serving a 60-year sentence for several crimes including rape and with a long list of violent offenses inside indiana state prison, inmate brian collins was fortunate to have been moved out of the intensive detention unit to the less restrictive chronic care unit. but not long after the move his luck ran out. mr. collins has been accused of assaulting another inmate. there was never a verification of that, but the accusation was there. brian had a history of aggressive behavior, a history of getting into fights with