. >> it was a massive riot and chris trotter was one of the main players in that. trotter has done his share to maintain his image of that. >> trotter maintained he was defending another inmate from abusive staff. >> some were stabbed and some were beat up and some went to court and overexaggerated their wounds. >> the judge in the case saw nothing to laugh about. >> i was found guilty of one count of attempted battery, and count of rioting and sentenced to 142 years. i was like, wow. most violence is spontaneous. that's what that was. it was spontaneous. one incident led to something else led to something else led to something else but it is never the solution. >> trotter has been in prison for 26 years. due to his role in the riot and disciplinary problems he has spent 16 of the years in the secured confinement unit. >> due to his behaviors in the past, we consider him to be a risk to our safety therefore he was placed on administrative segregation. >> trotter has spent many years in confinement reading and writing. he has found meaning in mary shelley's "frankens