i mean, that s my personal opinion. my whole jury was white, you know? i didn t have nobody of my peers, so they probably couldn t understand this type of crime or understand what happened.e they just associate black people with violence.ha he did it.th convict him.id wright believes his race is also a detriment at wabash. i m on the wrong side of the color margin. that s just honesty. this prison is predominantly s white people, you know what i mean? you know, i m not saying they re racist. you ve got people walking around with swastikas and hitler tattoos and it throws me off, like damn, this is their prison. you know what i mean? they re comfortable with doing it because it s their prison. gerald richey is exactly the kind of inmate wright tries to avoid. people like to dance around the racist word.da they ll do anything in the world to not be called a racist.in i don t beat around the bush when it comes to the racist term. i m absolutely a racist. people like to say we r
here and you re forced to deal with it. so you better pray you got a cool cellie, or it ain t going to work. being in prison, it s reality, man. you know, people watching movies in prison, and you see them, oh, that s sad, and you turn it off and forget about it, but it s our life. you know, we wake up every day i to this, living under these strict set of rules, no privileges, you know what i mean. this is reality. there s no going home from this. and wright is a long way from home. this is my first time ever in indiana. i ve never lived in indiana prior to being incarcerated. i was here for two days before i caught my case. i originally ended up in kentucky, but i crossed the state line looking for a walmaru and i ended up in indiana. wright might have been looking for a walmart, but his trip to indiana involved more than shopping.r i was pimping on my girlfriend well, you can cal her a girlfriend, female companion, whatever. yeah, i was pimping. so that s what i was doing f
to get a hair cut or a shave, [ bleep ] none of that. i ve been back here just slumming it, you know. this is the downside of prison, you know what i mean? violence happens. what do you expect? you throw a bunch of violent offenders together and you expect us not to clash? at the end of the day, you better pray you re the one left standing and not hurt. as authorities continue to investigate the stolen tv, wright has petitioned to be placed back into his original housing unit. i don t know at this point what s going to be allowed to happen with wright, i don t know if he ll be allowed to return to p-house because of all the animosity he caused himself toward himself that night because of his tv. so i m sure we ll be evaluating his housing assignment. while authorities determine a safe housing placement for wright, he will remain in confinement. i don t like it, but i m adapting. i got to make it work, you know what i mean? these people place you in all kinds of situations to tr
let me show you what s going on with my cell. this is my red right here. you know what i mean? this is what i sleep on. this is my cellie rack right above me. this is where his bed where another grown-ass man sleeps at. you understand? out here to the left is my window. that s the gate teasing me with freedom. and right there is the highway, i think. see cars driving by? going place ss i can t go. you feel me? so just trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i m going through. carlton wright s picture will change very little in the next 24 years. that s when he s eligible for parole on his 50-year sentence for robbery, bodily injury, and criminal confinement. you want to go out right now? all right. but he has had one bit of good news. open 308. he has been released from the confinement unit. he was sent there for threatening other inmates while trying to locate his stolen tv set. whatever happened with the guy who stole your tv?
you feel me? and if you ain t strong, man, you re going to crumble. you know what i mean? until you walk in my shoes and did this, you can t tell what it s like, man. it s hard. doing time is hard. during his time at wabash, wright says he s felt vulnerable because of the color of his skin. other prisons i ve been at, it s more populated with hispanics and blacks, you know what i mean, but this is a heavily populated white prison. it s a culture shock. but not every inmate at wabash is concerned with maintaining a racial divide. adrian davis and tim harris have found some common ground. particularly when it comes to personal style. davis regularly helps harris figure out what to do with his afro-like hair. it s harder to braid a white dude s hair than black guys. so i ve got to part it certain ways and i ve got to put more rubber bands in it to hold it. my hair s only been growing for five months, so i ve only got it braided two or three