. >> prison staff break down jirld ritc -- gerald ritchie's cell while two other inmates -- >> even doing camera, jeopardizing the situation for real. i'm almost 158 pounds of real i don't think they want to see that [ bleep ]. ??? >>> at the wabash valley correctional facility in southwest indiana, prison officials allowed us to give cameras to some of the inmates in order to let them record personal thoughts in the privacy of their cells. among them was carlton wright. >> time is a mother [ bleep ], man. it's nothing but you and your thoughts and these brick walls. you feel me? and if you ain't strong, man, you're going to crumble? you know what i mean? until you walk in my shoes and did this, you can't tell what it's like, man. it's hard. doing time is hard. >> during his time at wabash, wright says he's felt vulnerable because of the color of his skin. >> other prisons i've been at, it's more hispanics and blacks, you know what i mean, but this is a heavily populated white prison. it's a culture shock. >> but not every inmate at wabash is concerned with maintaining a racial divide.

. >> gerald ritchie, a member of the white supremacist gang, the saxon knights, doesn't believe such harmony between blacks and whites is possible. >> we're two different beings from head to the toe, from root to crown. and we're not compatible. we are not compatible. the only time a white dude is compatible with a black dude in a cell if, a, he's -- b, he wants to be black. that's the cold, hard truth about it. people are going to watch this on the news and hate me for it. believe that. >> and prison officials believe racial pride might have contributed to a recent assault that landed ritchie in the secured confinement unit. >> what you see here is you'll see ritchie, and there's another guy, a guy out here, and basically they're just hanging out. they already know what's playing. i mean it was premeditated. >> the men are waiting for a black inmate to exit his cell. >> he's immediately met by ritchie. he was actually standing at his door waiting for the door to be opened. and he assaults him and chases him around with another -- this guy here is just kind of being a spectator at th