facing six counts of armed robbery and several related charges, melvin gathers case has also been lengthy. most of his time is spent in disciplinary segregation where he walks around the rec yard during his one hour. what can you see from here? grass, freedom. i think of another chance. in the penitentiary, it s not granted you see another chance. the only thing you see is another facility. when i look outside, it flashes. will i be able to touch the outside society freely again? it gets emotional sometimes. that s my life. that s the first leaf i ve seen in a long time, brother. [ laughter ]
listen to him and have patience with him, because he flips like that. there s some people who i have zero tolerance for. and some people i have about 10% tolerance for. i don t trust him when he has his hands handcuffed in the front of him. i m standing there talking to him. my hands are here. i don t trust him. he s unpredictable. you never know what he s going to do. he can be smiling up in your face and be your best friend and turn around and he s ready to swing. melvin gathers is in disciplinary segregation after his latest outburst in another housing unit. he became agitated and grabbed a phone from the officer s desk and smashed it on the floor. i became upset. i asked to speak to the searge. then it became a demand. the demand wasn t carried out. and i took the phone and chuncked it, and then it shattered. gathers was given 60 days in segregation. that s considered a long time for anyone. a jail official says it was because the phone incident came
all right. i love you, man. all right, peace brother. i think the visit went very well. the only advise i can give to him is just be strong and let this thing work itself out. it s a hurt thing to see him behind bars. he s not free. there s always a question in your mind. could you potentially lose a loved one for the rest of their life? you just don t know. you re never prepared for this. coming up, a major development from carlton solomon s case. and then. what s your longest relationship? a month and five days. melvin gathers says good-bye. this is where it hurts the most.
boyfriend lives in the cell above hers, that gives them a direct line of communication. what you doing? speaking to you. they say that we re not supposed to communicate with the females. but it s to the point where you don t control it. we re in a vent together. you going to tell me to stop speaking in my room? mcdonald s new boyfriend is melvin gathers. you miss me? yeah, i couldn t sleep. you couldn t sleep? yeah. samantha, samantha, samantha. i ve known her for it wasn t very long. probably like a month now. the other day, we had a very deep, intense conversation. i told her that truth be told, yes, i have feelings for you. i love you. love you, too. you ve known her for a month. you talk to her through a vent. yes. you see her occasionally. yes. and already you guys are talking about a committed relationship? or how to have a committed relationship? see, i feel like love don t have a time limit. so if love doesn t have a time
the umbrella of folk nation. we have documented cases of a leader of a gang sending out orders to members to assault other inmates. we ve had some members get caught up with smuggling contraband to the facility. they have assaulted staff before. so they get it can be a real big problem. melvin gathers, he is a second lieutenant in folk nation. he is considered one of the higher ranks. when its come down to his gang affiliations here, his chest is out, he s out. mr. gathers refers to himself and i ve heard other inmates refer to him as supreme. a lot of people call me supreme. supreme is the most high. i have a reputation that i must hold. officer last has observed gathers influence over other inmates. if they re all yelling and screaming, he can stop them. if they re all quiet and he s mad, he can start them, as well. i can direct an inmate, a brother, a person, even a non-disciple. if i was to send word to the street to handle anything that needs to be taken care of,