amenities that camp j offers are eliminated. the different sanctions we can place on an inmate when they get a write-up at camp j, one of the sanctions is called a food loaf. a food loaf will be issued to an inmate who has been caught holding food in his cell, holding utensils or cups, that kind of thing, in his cell. gets caught throwing food or throwing other objects, he can be put on food loaf. basically, you have a serving of everything from every chow, like if it s for lunch, you ll have everything on the lunch tray, with the exception of dessert, will be placed in a food loaf. can you imagine everything this is the result, right here. for men serving solitary time, keeping their sanity is the hardest challenge.
each man has his own way to stay strong. i spared your queen. i m going to take him this time. it expands your thoughts, you know, your thinking ability. you develop a lot of skills from playing chess. it s a thinking man s game, you know? the best move you can make. the hardest part of being in a cell 24 hours a day, really, just maintaining your sanity and not letting the pressures get to you. you got a lot of pressure being in the cell. not even being able to have the proper spacing and just, you know, not being able to get out a lot. that s difficult, you know. it s hard to maintain sanity like that. outside that, you know, it s like standing on our head in one spot. a stalemate. so we play a chess game. it s your move. the two of those guys, i think they probably will be out of camp j soon. both of them have done well while they ve been here. it s all about attitude. we can t help somebody if they don t want to help themselves, but i m more than willing to help any of them
there are few ways out of angola prison. rarely is one granted parole or probation. the prison is simply too big to escape. most just get old and die. one month after we first filmed at camp j, billy mccoy, age 63, had a heart attack. i have always been on track. i will maintain my mental stability when i m dead and six feet in the ground. one day later, he died. no one came to claim his body. though no family could be contacted, billy mccoy will be buried at point lookout at the
the only thing i m going to ask you, when i m talking to you, be straight up with me. all right? don t make me find different when i leave here. okay? i told you yesterday did you have this at your party? that s where some of this stuff came from. man, don t lie to me. see that right there, that makes me very angry. needles, where are they at? wallet. see, i could have just stuck myself with that. i was very, very close to it. and i don t know what you do with this so don t do that, okay? i keep them right here. don t keep them there. put them somewhere, if somebody comes to shake your stuff down, make sure you tell them you have needles in this box, okay? that s the only ones i have right there. although needles are not allowed in personal lockers, they rarely result in a write-up. what s this for? antenna wire for my radio. you don t do tattoos, do you? no. none? i can t draw at all. i won t find parts to make a tattoo pen.
you need to put them somebody if somebody comes to shake your stuff down, make sure you tell them you have needles in this box, okay? that s the only ones i have right there. although needles are not allowed in personal lockers, they rarely result in a write-up. what s this for? antenna wire for my radio. you don t do tattoos, do you? no. none? no, i can t draw at all. why do you keep your antenna in your wallet? good place to keep it, so i know where it s at. it s right on top. i m going to check on a few things, and i m going to get back with you. i didn t lie to you about anything you asked me about. i just want to make sure you re telling me the truth. that s all. all right. all right. we ll check on some things. that s how they do us in here. you see how they handle our stuff? just throw it around and stuff.