out. 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,
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 for 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
it gets emotional sometimes, you know, because that s my life. that s the first leaf i seen in a long time, brother. [ bleep ] 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 for 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
segregation, considered a long time for anyone. jail officials say it was because the phone incident came 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 of 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. and inmate 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
they got this on the news. this lady that got killed, she has two little children. little children will grow up hating me. little children will grow up hating me. because [ bleep ] had nothing to do with it, you know? if found guilty, solomon would be eligible for the death penalty. when i see these walls and i hear these people, i don t never thought any of this would ever happen, ever. carlton solomon is one of several inmates from john s island. most are familiar faces to officer greene who was born on the island and still lives there. john s island is a rural community. everybody is close knit, everybody knows everybody. i see people from home in here all the time. so if i see them at home, at the grocery store, they re like, i m out. you won t see me in there again. the when i see them again, it s like, let me tell you what happened. the melvin gathers, who is awaiting trial for alleged armed robberies is, also from john s