>> the courts sent you down here. they say you're men. act like a man and you're going to be treated like a man. >> there are bigger things happening right then and right there. when i first got to texas penitentiary, the first thing they do is they strip you naked and search you. you're given a pair of state boxers. i realize the full gravity of the place, because as i was standing in line to get my boots, i noticed the guy in front of me. i counted 13 stab wounds in his back. he had scars. it really drove home for me how very serious the place was. that they weren't playing. no time to joke around. there was nothing funny about this. and everybody was deadly serious. and you'd better get your heart right. >> i first met michael morton on