. >> michael steiner runs the adult prison facilities in california and disputes the use of the word solitary to describe the shoe and said the department met the prisoners demands following a hunger strike in 2011. why, given the fact you made the reforms, as you put it, does the group continue to do this year after year? >> they wants to re-establish what they had in the '70s, and '80s - control of the population. >> the department took the position that the strike was not about improving living conditions, but about exerting power. >> each of the four inmates represent one of the four prison gangs. >> you know this to be true, without hesitation. >> absolutely. >> no doubt? >> yes, i do. todd is as-- todd asker is a leader of a brotherhood. >> he committed murder in briften. g urks. >> guellen is a leader. >> robert dewbury is in prison for murder. >> they committed crime, but cruel and unusual punishment is unconstitutional. the question is whether the shoe is cruel and unusual. >> the average cell is eight by 10 feet. it's a tight squeeze for any man, let alone a large one. i ca