>> ellerman. >> hey, don't throw them away. they're brand, spanking new. can you put them in a bag, please? >> yes, sir. >> okay. we've got another cut up here, guys. >> okay. >> is this worse than this? >> no. it's okay. >> come on, man. >> while prison medics work on pat ellerman, officers continue their search for his attacker. >> we're looking for a long-haired white guy. they say he got to main street. >> a white guy with long hair, right? >> i understand you have somebody that went to medical. there was a long-haired guy. is he the one that went to medical? >> yes. >> that's affirmative. >> who was the second one? >> who was -- was there a third one? >> there was a third one. he took off. we can't identify him. >> knowing only that ellerman's attacker has long hair, officers detain an inmate. but soon determine he wasn't involved, and the search continues. >> come on. one at a time. come on, guys. let's go. step up. >> just hang on. anything in your pockets? take it out. >> just this right here. >> a short time later, another inmate is taken in for q

we caught up with ellerman on the day he returned to general population. >> after pat recovered from him back out on the yard, again, one of the first comments he made was about his shoes. >> see the blood on my shoes? that's why i stopped fighting, because i seen blood on my shoes. >> it's indicative, actually, of prison life. you have so few personal items and you certainly don't have very many things that are brand new. these shoes were new. they were a symbol of him having some kind of success, or look, if you will, as a convict in prison, and he wanted to keep them as pristine as possible, even during this horrific situation. then we went back with him to his cell, at which point he took us on a tour of his injuries and how they were healing. >> i can't open my hands but it's getting better. i'll be able -- i'll get it back. i can still punch. i can close my fist, i just can't open it. and now i got stabbed in the stomach over here. stabbed here. got cut in my neck. got my back cut and my legs, pretty much the worse one was on my leg. eight inches across, four inches deep, almos