after an even more serious violation. i ve assaulted a c.o., a correctional officer. the officer had suspended 30 minutes of gathers daily recreation time for refusing an order to return to his cell. he took 30 minutes of recreation from me. that s 30 minutes out of my day that i only can come out out of two hours. i feel like that s a big take. he was upset about it. he threw his cup full of juice on the officer. the officer backed away and hit his personal alarm. aninmate gathers hauled him behind the desk and physically started to assault the officer. it was really the wrong place, the wrong time for him. his actions disturbed me. i reacted. gathers finally complied with orders as backup arrived at the unit. with a complex case ahead of him, gathers could face a long stretch in jail. he and a co-defendant each face 13 charges including six for
when it comes down to his gang affiliations here, his chest is out. he s proud. 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, it will get handled. several weeks earlier, an inmate tied to folk nation assaulted an officer in the jail. now sergeant kitchings wants to find out if gathers was involved. rumor has it on the street that he s been putting out orders to assault officers.
i m really nervous. why? because i ve been locked up for almost six months, you know. i m going back into society with like a whole bunch of people. for the past five weeks, mcdonald and her upstairs neighbor, melvin gathers, have developed a relationship despite the fact that their primary means of communication is shouting through the vents in their cells. this is a really sad occasion. very sad. samantha s leaving today. i am going to miss my my boyfriend, melvin. i m going to miss him a lot actually. and i didn t know that i was going to miss him as much as i did until i found out i was leaving. we were together for a month and five days. what s your longest relationship? a month and five days. we re going to keep in touch. he has my grandmother s number, has my address so we can write each other.
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 limit to occur, as long it s real and it s solid, i feel like we shouldn t have a time, you know, to say to each other official. we do talk sexually through
samantha mcdonald prefers to take her rec time at night. i never come out during the day usually. i usually come out at night. i never get sunlight. little b.? and i socialize with other units and my friends. i don t know. gathers and mcdonald say they have developed a romantic relationship by speaking to one another through the air vents between their cells. mcdonald has recently entered a guilty plea on her charge of burglary and petty larceny. since she has no prior serious offenses, she is likely to bond out soon. when samantha leaves, it s like a test. now this is when the ball game starts. all of what you said during your introduction, during your interview, during our honeymoon period, you know what i m saying? all right, now it s to put to the test. would you contact me? would you write me like you said you would write me? it takes determination. you have to be devoted, you know what i m saying? mcdonald isn t sure what will