i feel that someone, make my bunky -- we've been bunkies for 12 to 13 days.be used my name to -- so they didn't have to worry themselves about it. i'm facing too much to even risk something like that. that's -- that's another five years. and i'm looking -- you know, my max is ten years on my charges that i have. >> there may be criminal charges filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phoney, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i'm going to be upset because i can't risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cell mate, who requested to remain anonymous, and each will be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> how are you going to fight the case? >> my words. i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunky. >> coming up -- >> when you moved into the cell with battaglia, are you aware of him doing that? >> battagl

you got arrested for the murder of bunky.. i had nothing to do with killing that man. >> jimmy: what? [ laughter ] let's, i want to talk about guest stars on the show this season. who do we have to -- can you tell us any of those guys? >> well we got pitbull. >> jimmy: yes. [ light applause ] >> came in. >> jimmy: love that. >> people are dope. pitbull, we have chris rock came down. >> jimmy: chris rock? >> chris rock. my favorite is marisa tomei. and my wife is watching. so she knows that i've always had a crush on marisa tomei. >> jimmy: yes. >> oh, she is so dope. >> jimmy: okay, yeah. no she's great. [ laughter ] but anyways, so that's going to be fun. you love marisa tomei, good. so i got to say, that as season one is available on blu-ray, dvd. pick up if you haven't seen "empire." you're missing out. the world is watching. you should check it out. september 23rd is your premiere. thank you for doing lip-sync battle by the way. you were fantastic. >> where's my belt? >> jimmy: what's that? >> my belt. i beat taraji. i do

he suggested if inmate sanchez can be his bunky.strada out in any way, then it helps me out. i got a lot of things going on. we don't want any suicides happening. stuff like that. get your stuff. you're going to 48. >> now? >> yeah. i got to clean the room it's dirty. >> he clean. >> he cleaned. >> sanchez is known at the jail for being clean, very clean. >> i've never seen anyone clean like that man cleans. >> yeah, i was going to clean the whole room because for sanchez to come in. i want to clean out the cell before he moves in. my mom always told me when you clean, it has -- it has cleaner energy. you feel better and stuff. >> do you have any concerns about them bunking together? >> no, not at all. because sanchez, he's a good worker. estrada, sometimes he still gets depressed every once in a while and they can watch each other. >> shortly after sanchez moves in, there's a problem. >> he thought the room was clean but you didn't give me a chance to scrub the floor. >> it's not clean. >> we got to do that. >> we got to clean. tha

>> he was arrested for the murder of his cousin -- cookie's cousin bunky., it's back in season two. empire was the biggest story of the year. ma( ris a thome is joining the series, chris rock, ludicrous is on. >> everyone is clamoring to get on that show, right? >> it as a huge hit, it's a great show. taraji is back. >> any other tv shows we should be looking out for? >> "the muppets" is coming. >> post-breakup. >> how will they cope? >> well, she'll be sleeping around, you just know it. i can't wait to see. >> casting couch. and that's good. and then lady gaga is joining "american horror story hotel." >> how is she at acting? >> really good. >> she is? >> i'm not surprised by that at all. >> she was a theater kid. she wanted to be an actress but she was terrible at auditioning, she told me. >> that's not unusual. buck a terrific actor or actress but you lose in the auditions. >> she's very good. full throttle, so engaged so it will be exciting. >> let's go to the movies. johnny depp playing whitey bulger. >> in this movie called "black mass." he's unrecogn

. >> i got into an altercation with my bunky. i ended up stabbing him. >> i stuck my hand up his ass to my forearm and bashed his head and made him drink out that toilet. and took the toilet and strangled him. when they opened up the door, i tried to throw him off the tier. >> i tore the sheet and wrapped it around his head and i said, nope, you ain't doing nothing. >> but at the brushy mountain correctional complex in tennessee we met two cell mates who were not only successfully living together, but doing so in a maximum security unit, locked up 23 hours per day. >> it's not any kind of fun, stuck in a cell. you go out. me and him go out and work out every day, come back in the cell and watch tv and listen to the radio. that's our life every day. >> sky bishop was sent to the hole when he refused to share his cell with an inmate the prison assigned him. >> what about your cell mate now? >> i've known him for over a year. that's my buddy right there. i don't have any problems with him. we always get along. i had him moved down h

. >> my bunky before, he kidnapped somebody at gunpoint, so you just -- you don't know who you're sleeping himself with a

sweets from anyone, which is something he did inadvertently and ended up being prey for his predatory bunky those sweets was tanemount to saying, okay, i'm open to this. anyway, pretty scary stuff, i can imagine. let's get right to where you are now. it's been about five years since your release. your transition to civilian life, it was probably easier than a lot of those -- your celly or anybody else. >> much easier than most people, alex. i had great support in the community when i reentered society. i had hundreds of people who wrote letters to the judge on my behalf, requesting clemency, who stood up for me. and i have a phd from a great university. and i have financial savings. conversely, most of the people i was locked up with had a ged they earned in prison, didn't have any references to use on a job application. didn't even know how to point and click -- use a computer at all, because most had been locked up for 10, 15 years. so we do almost nothing in our prisons in this country to rehabilitate. and to prepare people to succeed upon reentry. and that's really a great shame. >> you