demetrius burks admitted to being in the car the night his victim was murdered in a drive-by shootingburks says he wasn't the trigger man. >> there's not like no award that you get for not snitching. you know what i mean? but at the same time the guy who did it, he got to live with it every day. i'm not just innocent of everything, you know. i've done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here. or dead. you know what i mean? i believe god is punishing me now for everything that i did in fact do. so i'm just taking this time to learn from all the mistakes and right all those wrongs. >> burks is serving a 55-year sentence for the murder of a south african immigrant. >> he wanted to come to america so he could provide for his family, and he came to america and got killed. he was definitely an innocent bystander. it wasn't like meant for him or none of that. you know what i mean? it was just a bunch of guys riding around high and drunk just doing stuff that don't even matter at all. and now that night turned into this life. >> and the life burks lives in wabash has rec

demetrius burks admits to being in the car in a drive-by shooting. but burks says he wasn't the trigger man. >> there's no award you get for not snitching. you know what i'm saying? but i've done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here or dead, you know what i mean? i believe god is punishing me now for everything that i did, in fact, do. so i'm just taking this time to learn from all the mistakes and right all those wrongs. >> burks is serving a 55-year sentence for the murder of a south-african immigrant. >> he came to america to work for his family, and he came to america and got killed. he was definitely an innocent bystander. it wasn't meant for him. it was just a bunch of guys riding around high and drunk just doing stuff that don't even matter at all. and that night turned into his life. >> and the life burks lives in wabash has recently gotten considerably more uncomfortable. he has been placed in the custody control unit for assaulting an officer and will likely soon transfer to the even more restrictive secured confine

. >> the simple pleasures trotter has gained are about to be taken away from demetrius burks. >> justther day in paradise right here. 204 ccu, a.k.a., hell. >> burks is currently in the ccu, the custody control unit. but prison officials have decided to give him 15 months in the secured confinement unit for attacking a corrections officer. he will live in the same type of sell trotter did for the last ten years. >> i've learned not to touch the police because they will touch you back. >> the transfer could come any day. but burks might have even bigger problems. >> the case will also go to the prosecutor for their consideration of charges to be filed on the outside against burks. >> if the prosecutor pursues the case and burks is found guilty, he could get another six years added to his current 55-year sentence for murder. >> it is what it is. just messed up. but it's prison life. >>> coming up -- >> i try myself to sleep a lot just thinking about it because he's still my baby. >> demetrius burks gets a welcome visit from home and another visit that could change his life for the worse