utah state inmate tony duran is well-versed in the convict code. he has spent the majority of the past 23 years behind bars for burglary, robbery, and a slew of parole violations. the convict code is a person that carries himself with respect. he doesn t he only talks to the man when he has to. you know, he don t sit there and kick it with the man. you don t tell on nobody. you don t let nobody know your business. you don t get in other people s business. you respect yourself. you respect others around you. but these days old-time inmates like duran all agree the convict code is changing. well, because the different breed of inmate that s coming to the joint now, you know? you got kids coming in here, you know. some of them are gang bangers that don t know how to carry themselves. and some of them, they just don t give a [ bleep ] about respect or nothing like that. we discovered the proliferation of gangs at every prison we profiled. and utah is no exception. but nowhere a
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 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.
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 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 u
you re not welcome on the block. there is a pecking order that they go by. as far as them moving other 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. murderers, 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
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 other 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. murderers, robbers, they re up here. child molesters, rapos, they re down here.