snm. but in the 80s, around the time of the prison riot, he was also a member of the nuestro familia. you can t do that. you can t be from two cliques. you just can t. word was put out to kill the guy. i happened to be in the jail with him at that time when the word was put out. there was consistency with the corrections officer, so we had the same officer coming in four or five days a week. then he d have two days off. he would then come back on. i studied him and his mannerisms and his behavior. once i arrived at the point which i felt comfortable, i made my move. it was after they opened up all the cell doors for evening chow. while everybody was eating, i took animal histories into his room. i sat down next to him on his bed and talked to him. he got up. turned on his light, which sat across the desk on the wall to roll a cigarette. bible paper. when he turned his back to me, i stood on the bed and i put the rope around his neck.
it was really bizarre. because the inmates are not allowed out of their cells. so they re having this lively conversation through the pie flaps in their cell doors, but other than that, it was like being in a college classroom, listening to a literary debate. the general and he got, he got, i think he might have been prepared for that, so when it came, he would have been, like, my god, how you doing? you know what i m saying? through a program called shakespeare in the shu, inmates here have a brief escape from the relentless boredom of being locked down. indiana state university professor laura bakes started the program. i went door to door, cell to cell and had experiences like walking up at one cell and completely unannounced, mentioned shakespeare and the offender started quoting from shakespeare. had no idea this was coming. that s how shakespeare in the
we ll want to do bobby gifford first. all right. a-1 to a-4. 10-84 on your unit. 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 recent behavior and his request for a transfer to a prison closer to his family s home. but within moments, other inmates seeing that lockup cameras were present decided to disrupt the hearing in the shu by banging on the cell doors. that s when warden culliver decided to take matters into his own hands. beat on that mother [ bleep ] door again. beat on that door again. you, you, i want you to do it, you do it. beat on the mother [ bleep ] door again. i don t beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. the sooner we get the [ bleep ] out here
. you selling some of it. so, see that s what s going on there, you automatically assume the worst. whatever you way. i m going to make my money in football season. come on, have a seat over there. knowing the cameras are rolling, inmates disrupt the proceedings by banging on their cell doors. who beating? where he at? beat on that [ bleep ] door again. beat on the door again. you, you, i want you to do it. you do it. you beat on the [ bleep ] door again. i don t [ bleep ], beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. the sooner we get his [ bleep ] out of here. after the inmates quiet down, gilbert s review gets under way.
in case of an incident. to provide added security for the officers, meals are delivered through slots in cell doors. random cell searches are an effective way for officers to find weapons and other contraband before they can be used against staff and other inmates. i m checking some of the unclear containers for contraband because we can t see through this. we can take our light. if there s anything in here besides what s supposed to be in here, we ll be able to see it. there s an unknown liquid in this. this is a shampoo bottle. there should be shampoo in there. there s not shampoo in there. we use mirrors to see where we don t want to put our hands. we don t want to be stabbed or poked. although the officers search for all sorts of contraband, they are first and foremost on the lookout for weapons. it could be as simple as this right here. this is cellophane wrapped around a pen filler. it s pretty stiff. it could be used as a stabbing weapon. it s better that we take it.