[ bleep ] until i find what i m looking for. wright s aggressive behavior soon created problems with other inmates. i m not looking for trouble, but at the same time, i m 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 principle. 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. ain t no books, nothing. when you re in ccu, you don t get really nothing but a bar of soap, some toot
put you through. to my boys, i love you. i think about you every day. i m so sorry that i hurt you. through the process of growing up without having a father. hardest part about doing any of this time is knowing that you guys are worried about me. you know, there s no need for that. but not everyone here has a brother to lean on. 604. four. during a routine shake down in housing unit d, inmate martin mcdaniel was taken to the custody control unit after refusing to take a drug test. corrections officers then discovered he had been hoarding his prescription drugs. moments later they found something else.
the gentleman we just took to ccu, we just found a suicide note in his drawer, and he s saying good-bye to his mom and children. put him on suicide watch. inmates on suicide watch are stripped of all possessions except boxer shorts, placed in a completely stripped down cell, and undergo around-the-clock observation. but after they examined him, mental health staff determined mcdaniel was not suicidal. for refusing to take the drug test, however, he must remain in the custody control unit where he will be locked in his cell 23 hours a day, with only an hour for a shower or recreation. later he said it was because he had taken some of his cellmate s prescription methadone. i refused it because i was positive, too, you know, and ended up over here. can you talk to me a little
when that happened and my family got told, you know, i got a visit, like, the following week from my kids and everybody start writing letters, and i think it was more to open their eyes up, too, that i was, you know, pretty down, you know. from not hearing from them. as the interview wrapped up, mcdaniel expected to return to his cell in the custody control unit, but his comments during the interview renewed concerns among staff about mcdaniel s state of mind, and they decided he would, in fact, be placed on suicide watch. i don t want to let anything happen to you. there ain t nothing going to happen to me so why are you going to strip me out again? because that s the protocol. that s [ bleep ] and you know it. well, it may be this will be it and they will talk to you in the morning. you ll be done.
that. each line has a number. the drug s down there. the control line across the top tells us that the test was valid. as long as there s a line by every number then the test was negative. one inmate has refused to comply with the drug test. 604. four. the inmate is martin mcdaniel who is serving 15 years for three counts of burglary. he is going to the ccu which is the custody control unit. they take offenders down there that are troublemakers, who refuse orders, who have been in fights, what have you. officers inspecting mcdaniel s cell soon make a discovery. i ll call the nurse. this is prescription. mcdaniel has a prescription for anti-depressants, but the pills shouldn t be in the cell. we found a bunch of drugs he should have taken when they were hand given to him. so we know he s been saving them. moments later a letter is discovered in mcdaniel s cell.