stefan? >> can't say i did. all right. that was a lot of fun. okay. where was i? >> parro went on to tell us that in order to survive in cochran, he had to understand cochran. >> you know, at the beginning when i was facing the 41 months, i thought how in the hell am i going to make it? i didn't see myself as being a part of this community. it is a community no matter how dysfunctional it is, no matter how bizarre and assinine and ridiculous and stupid. it is very stupid. there's a lot of rules here that are enforced by inmates. >> many of those inmate enforced rules revolve around racial politics. >> a lot of the people here have affiliation to gangs. but they asked me who i run with. well, you know, i run with teachers and librarians usually. and when i find them, then i'll run with them. but sort of haven't found too many of them yet. >> parro must also deal with racial politics in his prison job as a housing clerk. >> i got a message that you had called over here. >> usually i come in the morning i see who is paroled, if there have been roll-ups, there are beds open. >