his attacker, michael ray stafford, was found guilty of the stabbing at a disciplinary hearing and received extra time in the prison segregation unit but no criminal charges were filed against him because elerman refused to cooperate with the investigators. we caught up with elerman on the day he returned to general population. >> after pat recovered from his injuries and we saw him on the yard again one of the first comments he made, was about his shoes. >> glad i got my shoes. because i saw blood on high shoes. >> it's indicative 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. >> is this the end of it? >> no. if i ever see him again, i can't say nothing. of course i can't say nothing. if i say no, i'm going to the hole. he doesn't want to hear i'm going to kill this guy. i can't have him thinking i'm going to give him in