coffee in a place like this, if you re like me, it s very important. got to have my coffee. first thing on the list, coffee. nothing else to do but sit around work, play cards, drink coffee. he does about, i d say, eight to ten cups a day. tough habit to keep up with, the coffee habit. but on the outside, mcnee and his brother share far more dangerous addictions. on average day, i could spend anywhere from $300, $500 to $1,000 a day. on what? heroin, cocaine. i lived the life of an addict to the fullest and i m embarrassed by it. drugs have had a hold on mcnee and bubanas since a young age and played a major role in their troubles with the law. when we re out there getting high, all we re thinking business the next high. scheming, plotting. what we ll do, how we re going do this, how we ll get that one.
picture of his wife off the wall. they re always constantly on the monitors when they go to the yard. they have cameras out there. also, we have what we call always under the gun. and if you can see upstairs, we have a correctional officer who s always has weapons up there. ready at all times in case an emergency arises. we do little puzzles, play cards, homemade chessboard. try to stay occupied. if you sit around and think, then you dwell on a million and one regrets. three times a week inmates get one hour of exercise in a row of wire cages. it s like being in a dog pound. teeny little dog run cage. it s better than nothing. getting sunlight. like a lizard, it takes a minute to get going. not all inmates are in ad seg for violence or contraband. some are here because the prison
the monitors when they go to the yard. they have cameras out there. also, we have what we call always under the gun. and if you can see upstairs, we have a correctional officer who s always has weapons up there. ready at all times in case an emergency arises. we do little puzzles, play cards, homemade chessboard. try to stay occupied. if you sit around and think, then you dwell on a million and one regrets. three times a week inmates get one hour of exercise in a row of wire cages. it s like being in a dog pound. teeny little dog run cage. it s better than nothing. getting sunlight. like a lizard, it takes a minute to get going. not all inmates are in ad seg for violence or contraband. some are here because the prison doesn t know where else to place them inside the facility.
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 are in such a confined space they re still basically forced to interact. they will do calisthenics. they ll lift water bags, play hand ball, play cards. it just brings more tension. they re trying at first to get along. but not everybody thinks that way. there s other gangs that just don t just don t want to get along. felix solis is a member of occ, ogden s craziest chicanos, a local utah gang. he s serving 11 months for
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 are in such a confined spaces they re still basically forced to interact. they will do calisthenics. they ll lift water bags, play hand ball, play cards. it just brings more tension. they re trying at first to get along. but not everybody thinks that way. there s other gangs that just don t just don t want to get along. felix solis is a member of occ, ogden s craziest chicanos, a local utah gang. he s serving 11 months for possession of a controlled substance. i ve never seen so much gang