. >> when we visited the holman correctional facility in alabama, producers met keith mason, who also. >> what's your first name again? >> keith. but they call me precious. what makes me a girl, first of all is this, again, this is my choice. so it's nothing that i was forced into like, i walked in the door and they slapped me down and say, you're going to be my bitch. it wasn't like that. you know, when i came in, came in -- the first day i came in here and i arched my eyebrows and i did what i did and i let them know at home, i'm gay. >> having already served an earlier sentence for aggravated assault, precious was doing life on a robbery conviction. and when we met him, he was living in a state of domestic partnership with fellow inmate marquis nobles. >> i'm the wife, he's the man. i got on my band and his. that's mine, that's his. got that right here. >> this is my partner. this is my friend. this is, you know, the person that gives me strength. you know, like i say, i don't have family or anything. this is the person that helps me out, day to day. >> but despite being in the fif

. >> when we met keith precious mason at holman correctional facility in alabama he was carrying on a sexual relationship with inmate mar quez nobles. >> when i first met him. i told him he had pretty teeth. and you know what i mean. i'm a teeth man. i'm into the feet. i like feet. >> as far as it is concerned it is very, very frustrating and uncomfortable. especially if that's something you really want to do. basically it is done quick and quietly. >> for prison officials, sex is a complicated topic. >> i don't think you really crack down on homosexuality. you can't stop it. you can prevent it from happening openly. >> if the relationship is not causing a problem, then we don't do anything with that. if they are not openly having sex. you can have a relationship that doesn't have sex involved. >> but mason believes it is the lack of sex that leads to the unrest among inmates. >> that frustrates these dudes. there is not a man that i know that wakes up and don't have an erection in the morning time. that's what happens. we are dealing with reality. when a man wakes up. first thing tha