you can t talk to no people. our visits are through glass. it s not the same. you know what i mean? hopefully they ll let me out on the tier where i can go out and interact with people and talk and work on my social skills a little bit. you know? even though conrad has just been told he will get none of the special privileges the others in his new unit do, he still talks a good game. i m just hoping they let me out to population, like, you know, be able to walk around, play cards, work out with people and stuff. yeah, this is a big deal. kind of weird, no? coming back to a population after all this time. wasn t expecting this when i woke up this morning, you know? how is it going? you know who i am? no.
look at your hair. really, sweetie? i have to take a picture of this crappy hair you ve got. amanda will crap herself. your hair is hideous, honey. i ve had a real bad day. do you have a fever? no. i lost a little bit of money. why? playing cards. well, don t play cards. i have to play cards to eat because i don t got money. i have to win to eat and it hurts me right here when i lose. really? i think you re pointing too high. why don t you put money in my account? because i m going to put $10 in your account today which they ll suck $3 out so you ll have to do what you have to do on seven bucks. on how much? seven because they take out three. $7? don t go to jail if you don t want to live on $7 a week. i appreciate it all, mom. buy some crackers. i m going gamble it away. i m going to try to turn that
rival gangs bring problems from the streets in here. you know, and that brings problems for everybody in here, you know? part of getting along you got to learn how to be a human being and put your hate behind you. so there s always this kind of uneasy truce. but for the most part, if they have respect for each other and each other s space, then there s usually not a problem. while segregated from the rest of the general population, within this unit the inmates are integrated. meaning a member of a latin gang could be housed with a white supremacist. we try to create a balance throughout the building, you know? so they kind of have to live around each other, but there s not a big congregation of one gang versus another. they ll hang with their certain group. they re in such confined space they re still basically forced to interact. they ll do calisthenics. they ll lift water bags, play hand ball, play cards. it just brings more tension. because they re trying for us to get alo
i can t watch tv. i can t drink coffee. i can t play cards. down here kind of sucks. i kind of messed up a good thing. davis is awaiting sentencing for larceny, or stealing private property. it resulted after several mornings after he and his friend, shaquille washington, slept past the mandatory wakeup time. during the day they re not allowed to go under the covers. we have some that have been up all night and won t get up. we re the only once that sleep in like that every day. he just got tired of it. jamal tends to do what shaquille does. they both act a little childish. they stick together quite a bit. i decided that day that one of them was going to move.
i don t buy the excuses, but whatever. look at your hair. really? sweet? i got to take a picture of this crappy hair you got. amanda s going to crap herself. your hair is hideous. i ve been having a bad day, mom. i ve had a real bad day. do you have a fever? no. i lost a little bit of money. why? playing cards. well, don t play cards. i have to play cards to eat, because i don t got money. i have to win to eat and i lose and it frustrates me. i hurts me right here when i lose. really? yeah, it s like it builds up a lot of anger i think you re pointing too high. it makes me anxious. why didn t you put money in my account? because. i m going to put $10 in your account today, which is going to suck $3 out. so you re going to do what you got to do on seven bucks. on how much? seven, because they take out three. seven dollars? you know what? wah. don t go to jail if you want more than seven bucks a week. i appreciate it all, mom. buy some crackers