that s the only option? i can t take another one? nope. so what was the point of seeing there was no point of really seeing it, then, right? pretty much. you don t like it? this is wabash, man. they do what they want to do. i obey the rules here, you know, but sometimes they really want you to be compliant, you know, like puppets. don t do this, don t do that. do it like this, do it like that. [ bleep ] here, eat here, no, cant talk to that person, get off the door! all this [ bleep ] rules. i m in jail for not [ bleep ] following the rules. wright says his attitude is the result of growing up in a tough new jersey neighborhood. either you sink or swim, you know what i mean? and i grew a hard exterior because i didn t want to be the victim, and over the course of time, that became a part of my character. and recently wright s
may stay for life. some [ bleep ] live for peace, and others live for wreck. look here, blood, you can stay humble or you can have a fight to the death. that s just a couple bars, man, throwaway bars, man. you know, donations, man, you know. that s a d-boy s life. carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the streets in plainfield, new jersey, and pours it into rap. now he s one of more than 2,000 inmates at the wabash valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana. yeah, i had a great home, a great mother. you know what i mean? but by the same token, when i step outside my front door, it s the jungle. coming home from school, you may get into a fight, you may get jumped, you may get shot, you know what i mean, may get harassed by the police, but when you grow up around that, it becomes normal.
so i got my fro out in that one, it s looking a little bit rough. so i didn t send these out too much. i passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. the sun is bright. makes a good picture. i can t really see too much. the sun is too bright. it s kind of reflecting off the screen. i couldn t see it too good. i guess when it prints out, we ll see how good it is. feet can t be on the wall. can t be on the wall? man, you re so strict! privileges like this are reserved for general population inmates with good behavior records. carlton wright, who is one year into a 50-year sentence for robbery has mostly stayed out of trouble. i can t see it? carlton wright actually came to prison in 2010, and since he s been in, he s receive add few conduct reports, nothing severe. i had heard that he has a mouth on him and that he s pretty disrespectful towards staff and other offenders.
definitely not ducking them either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. you ve got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you can t take no losses? you know what i mean? it s the wrong place to be a bitch? you feeling me? it s the pressure? you feeling me? you get killed for stealing on the streets, so why not in prison? as wright continued his tirade, staff became concerned it would lead to a fight and sanctioned wright for taking matters into his own hands. he was transferred to administrative segregation in the custody control unit or ccu. welcome to the belly of the beast, man. i hate lockup. [ bleep ] back here, for real, for real. just make your time hard. all you do is think. when you re in ccu, you don t get really nothing but a bar of soap, some toothpaste, a pair of shower shoes. you re a really in survival mode back here. my hair [ bleep ], i ain t able to get a hair cut or a shave, [ bleep ] none of that. i ve been back here just slumming it, y
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 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 braiding white dude s hair than black guys. so i ve got to part it certain ways and 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 times. it s starting to get to the length where i want it. probably in another month or so,