caleb bumgardner recently discovered it can be life-threatening. >> i was assaulted up on the fourth floor. dude called me out, said i was snitching on him. never even talked to the dude. don't even know who the dude is. i've never had my ass whipped before. and that dude [ bleep ] me up bad. he hurt me. >> bumgardner was on probation for attempted robbery when he was taken into custody for failing a drug test. he was here for only nine days when he says his assailant accused him of being a snitch. >> i was sitting in the cell with a bunch of people. we were just talking. he walks by and says somebody is snitching on him. and he was like, it's probably you. he's like, because you were gone yesterday for an hour. >> bumgardner says he left the unit not to snitch, but because he had a visit. >> tried talking to the dude and i was like, you need to think about what it is you're saying. like, when have i ever talked to you? i don't even know what the [ bleep ] you're here for. >> bumgardner says a short time later, the inmate attacked him in his cell out of view of staff. >> pushed from