this is the consequences for being if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there ain t no elevator. the fall doesn t hurt them. it s the sudden stop at the end. the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. a lot of them respect me. not because they re scared of me but because i ve spent a lot of time in here. tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he s been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and burglary. murderer, robbers, they re up here. child molesters, rapos, they re down here. it s a food chain, you know? everything is about respect in this place. how you carry yourself determines how you live. this joint here ain t like the
you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there ain t no elevator. the fall doesn t hurt them. it s the sudden stop at the end. the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. a lot of them respect me. not because they re scared of me but because i ve spent a lot of time in here. tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he s been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and burglary. murderer, robbers, they re up here. child molesters, rapos, they re down here. it s a food chain, you know? everything is about respect in this place. how you carry yourself determines how you live. this joint here ain t like the rest of them. when i first got here in 84, convicts used to run this joint. the man runs this joint now. what i mean by the man is the system.
if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there ain t no elevator. the fall doesn t hurt them. it s the sudden stop at the end. the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. a lot of them respect me. not because they re scared of me but because i ve spent a lot of time in here. tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he s been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and burglary. murderer, robbers, they re up here. child molesters, rapos, they re down here. it s a food chain, you know? everything is about respect in this place. how you carry yourself determines how you live. this joint here ain t like the rest of them. when i first got here in 84, convicts used to run this joint. the man runs this joint now.
inmates off the block, it happens. this is life. this is the consequences for being if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there ain t no elevator. the fall doesn t hurt them. it s the sudden stop at the end. the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. a lot of them respect me. not because they re scared of me but because i ve spent a lot of time in here. tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he s been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and burglary. murderer, robbers, they re up here. child molesters, rapos, they re down here. it s a food chain, you know? everything is about respect in this place. how you carry yourself determines how you live. this joint here ain t like the rest of them. when i first got here in 84, convicts used to run this joint.
based on behavior. most of the inmates on a-east are classified as kappas. the kappa inmates are those inmates who exhibit aggressive type of behavior, and are most likely the inmates who are going to prey on the weaker inmates. i got aggravated assault. so any time you come in here on violence, you re automatically a kappa. because if you can do it out there, you can do it in here. is what they think. if you re a kappa, you ll get along with these people. you know street rules. if you re weak, you ain t going to have no fun. if they don t like someone, they won t let somebody in their section. they ll get moved. they ll get moved. they will straight out be told, get yourself out to the pod and get moved. you re not welcome on the block. there is a pecking order that they go by. as far as them moving over inmates off the block, it happens. this is life. this is the consequences for being if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking