"( camera shutter clicks )" "( muffled voices shouting )" "( clicking )" "Man:" "Winning this case-- it's a real victory, Sabrina." "Sabrina:" "You ain't got to tell me that, Mr. Riddles." "( camera shutters clicking )" "I know." "Man." "Mmm, mmm, mmm." "There's a Iot of young people going to prison these days." "Some of 'em need to be there." "Some of 'em don't." "It's-- it's the background story that's the real winner." "That's what everybody's gonna want to hear." "( prison door buzzing )" "Prison ain't no joke, though." "Want to know how I know?" "'Cause I been in and out of jail since I was 15 years old." "But there ain't nothing like the experience I had at Whitehead." "I know what you want, but I'm gonna tell you the story my way." "I lived this." "Being in this motherfucker changed my Iife." "Woman:" "Damn, look at my nails." "You know I gets my shit done every week." "Don't play." "Damn." "Shit, bitch, you need to be looking at that hair." "Fuck you, fuck y'aII." "First of all, y'aII motherfuckers is crazy, 'cause you ain't gonna be getting that shit done no time soon." "nails, hair, toes-- none of that shit." "You gonna be scraping them up against the wall and shit." "What did y'aII-- y'aII niggas kill somebody?" " Both:" "Hell yeah." " l went and shot him." "hell no, I ain't killed me nobody." "They got the wrong motherfucker." "They got the wrong Sabrina Downs." "It could be like 1 3 of me in the whole fucking world." "There's a bunch of motherfuckers in America." "I know motherfuckers Iight-skinned and wear braids and shit like me." "Everybody want to put me in jail." "Bitch, I will jump over this motherfucker and choke your ass." " What's up?" " Bitch, oh my-- wait till we get to the prison." "You just wait." " You ain't gonna do shit." " She says she ain't killed nobody." "Y'aII want to be innocent ass?" "You ain't done shit either, bitch." "You picking some cotton some-motherfucking-where and got in trouble." "You just here 'cause... they want your ass here." "You ain't special." "( buzzes )" "Hey, if you, Iike, hold your arms back..." "God, girl." "Thanks." "It's cool." "And that's how I met Frances Shepard." "( shutter clicking )" "Officer:" "From this moment on, you're the property of the Whitehead correctional Institution." "My name is Captain alan Dease." "Remember my name, and I promise you you will never forget my face." "AII right, ladies, listen up." "You will not be able to eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom... without permission." "And I'm gonna say this once and only once-- carry your prison ID with you at all times." "failure to do so will result in disciplinary action." "You shall not engage in gambling, substance abuse, or illegal sexual acts." "Sabrina:" "Tom Nelson was the warden, right?" "But that asshole Dease?" "He ran the prison." "You shall not engage in business or commerce of any type." "He's seen, Iike, four or five wardens come and go." "He been there for a Iong time." "That nigga felt like everything was his, from the fucking roof to the rats." "You will not destroy or misuse state property." "Dease?" "asshole." "For sure." "Any acts... of insurrection or insubordination will result in disciplinary action." "Do you understand?" " Yes, sir." " Do you understand?" "!" "AII:" "Yes, sir!" "Good." "Good, ladies." "Sabrina:" "We was, like, his girls living in his motherfucking house." "It was real fucked up." " ( loud rap music playing ) - ( loud chatter )" " ( wood knocking ) - ( chatter stops )" " Turn off the damn music." " ( music stops )" "Now Frances was different than the rest of us." "New inmate on the block." "She had never been in jail before." "Neither has Lil' Mama-- 17, pregnant, and our resident preacher." "Nikki, this here is Frances Shepard." "Lock her in to the day-to-day." " I don't want her in here." " You don't have a choice." "AII she gonna learn from me is how to be an insubordinate." " ( laughter )" " Right." "I hope you'll be comfortable." "You can put your stuff up there." "Maybe I'II help you make your bed later." "clear out some space." "( laughter )" "Look, I know how you feel." "It just takes time." "Here, Iet me tell you who everybody is." "That right there, that's Nikki." "Don't nobody mess with her." "She's been in and out of here two times." "Everybody here's scared of her except me." "We get along." "Now it's a little cold in here." "They don't give us no heat, so you might want to dress up a little bit" " so you don't get sick, okay?" " Frances." "How you doing?" "I'm Wet." "Come on out of that cell, girl." "You gonna spend enough time there." "Enough time to make you go crazy." "Now this here's kinda like the block." "You got to be careful who you run with." "See them girls right there?" "That's the Nikki Nikki crew." "Now if that's your thing, it's cool with us." "Them girls right there-- that's the Hotep girls." " Hotep!" "?" " Yeah!" "That's my click." "It's our job to wake everybody up." "Woman:" "Shut the fuck up and leave that new bitch alone!" "Shut the fuck up, bitch." "You see what I'm saying?" ""SIeep-itude."" "What you up in here for?" " Murder." " Murder?" "Nikki:" "Don't look like a murderer." "Look like a high-yeIIow "saditty" bitch to me." "Now look, Frances, we get up every morning at 5:30." " Then we got shower time" " No, LiI' Mama." "Fuck that." "What she need to know is how they terrorize us in this motherfucker." "You gotta protect yourself." "I didn't do anything." "It don't matter." "I got this here petition that I need you to sign." "I'm trying to get everybody to sign it, actually." " Where my pen?" " ( buzzes )" " Man:" "Lockdown, two minutes." " Okay." " Two minutes to lockdown." " AII right, y'aII." "Come on." "See you later, Wet." "AII right, Frances." "( whistle blows )" "They can't pay me enough to work in this raggedy motherfucker." "Shit is crazy." "You know Yvette got bit by a rat the other night?" " For real?" " What?" "Keep down about it." "You don't want to give 'em no reason to throw us in lockdown." "Please." "Lockdown?" "That shit ain't never gonna happen." " slow down their productivity." " ( laughs )" "That's right." "We gotta keep the cash flowing." "Frances, Iet me let you in on what's going on." "Saturday, we're in the sweat shop all day until 1 2:00 noon." "Then it's hour in the yard, then it's chow, then it's back to cleaning up, unloading the truck, helping with dinner." "We only get an hour on the phone." "We only get paid $1.50 a day." "I know it don't sound right," " but that's the way it is." " No, that can't be right." " That's illegal." " hell no, that shit ain't legal." " SIave-driving motherfuckers." " ( bell rings )" "AII right, ladies, time to earn your keep." "welcome to the plantation, Sister Frances." "( blues song playing )" "So Frances, what happened with you?" "How'd you get in here?" "I killed my husband, but it was an accident." "Oh really?" "Huh." "I killed my stepfather, but it wasn't no accident." "You got any kids?" "Yeah, I have one." "Look." " Oh, you got a locket." " Her name is Maxine." "She has asthma." "I worry about her so much." "She's cute." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "Everybody got kids in here." "Nikki got kids." "Twin boys ain't with their mama." "Wet got two kids too." "But they got taken away from her." "girl, just get ready, 'cause Mother's Day, it's tough in here." "Mm-mmm." "See, I'm getting my appeal, and I'll be outta here." "Oh really?" "I'm getting outta here too." "Oh yeah?" "When?" "In about... five years." "Five years?" "Damn." "Yeah, five years." "Don't bullshit me." " Excuse me, Captain Dease?" " Yeah." "Hi, I'm michael Meadows." "Let me call you back." "That supposed to mean something to me, son?" "I'm the new correction officer." "I'm supposed to be starting on Wednesday." "What are you doing here now?" "The warden said I should, you know, just come by, say hello, introduce myself." "Yeah, you the new college boy, huh?" " Yeah." " Hi, good to meet you." "Good to meet you too." "Can't you think of something better to do than corrections, son?" "( laughs )" "I mean, well, to be honest with you," " I need the money for tuition." " You need the money?" " Yeah." " Everybody needs money." "I can understand that." "I'm not mad at you." "Don't worry about it." "We got this." "We got this." "( all shouting )" "We got this." "We got this." "She says, "We got this." "We got this. "" "pull up a chair." "Let's talk." "Okay." "tell me a little bit about yourself." "You know, I'm postgrad." "I'm a law major." "criminal law." "I guess help people." "$5 say you don't got this." "Sabrina:" "Now that's Aisha." "That's Dease's latest piece of pussy." "Whatever she see, she run and tell his ass." "Aisha, you ain't ass betting, are you?" "Huh?" "Let LiI' Mama hold the money." "iii' Mama?" "Wait, wait-- hold up." "hold up." "Why LiI' Mama gotta be holding the money?" " Why not?" " 'Cause she a Godfearing woman." "God bless and keep you, Wet." "Fuck am I, a church?" "Here." "Whatever." "My father and uh" "Your father and Nelson go way back?" "Yeah, they went to school together." "I'm an only child." "My parents are only children too, so it's just pretty much us." "I'II" " I'II trim it down." "Stop your jacking' and serve!" " What?" " Come on, now." "AII right, I'm gonna serve." " Fuck is wrong with you?" "!" " ( shouting )" "( whistle blowing )" "( beeping )" "Go for Dease." "Guard:" "There's a fight in the yard, sir." "Lock 'em down." "I'm on my way." "Let's go, son." "Your orientation starts now." "( buzzing )" "You ain't bad, bitch." "We could go some more." " We could go some more." " Stop it, God damn it!" "Stop it!" " Who started this?" "!" " Aisha:" "She did!" "You're a lying bitch!" "She started it!" " Dease:" "Shut it up!" " Aisha hit her with the ball." "Shut the fuck up, Wet." "I'm not talking to you." "Shepard, who started this?" "You better answer me, God damn it." " That one." "She did." " What?" "!" "AII right, take these women back to their units." "Come on!" "Move it!" "Escort Miss Nance back to her unit." "Aisha:" "All right, man, all right." "Damn." "You heard her." "I didn't do nothing." "Shut your ass." "That's for me to decide." "Guard:" "All right, you heard him." "Let's go!" "Dease:" "These inmates are worse than animals." "They need discipline and they need structure." "especially that little bitch Barnes." "I'm the only one in here that can discipline her." "Gets on my fucking nerves." "( laughs )" "You know, it's kinda funny." "She's got this stupid little crush on me." "You saw the way she was looking at me, didn't you?" " Yeah." " Did you see?" " Yeah, yeah." " ( laughs )" "She gets upset if I don't giver her enough attention." " You know how young girls are." " Yeah." "You're gonna do a great job." "I want you to remember this-- the warden may have hired you-- you got a problem, I'm the first and the Iast person you talk to." "I run this motherfucking prison, not nelson." "Don't you ever forget that." "You got me?" " Yeah." " Speaking of the devil, here comes the warden now." "Mr. Warden." " Hey." " Mr. Nelson, how are you?" "Good to see you." " Good to see you." " AII right." "Same here." " How you doing?" " AII right." "You've grown up, man." "Yeah." "I just wanted to say thank you once again." " I appreciate it." " Nothing to it." "Listen, if it gets a little rough out here, make sure you let me know." "You can always work in the office with me." " Okay." " You pick up your uniform?" "No, actually I'm about to go do that right now." "AII right, good." "Good, go ahead." "Dease, you take care of him." "'Cause his people and my people go way back." "I'm sure he's gonna work out just fine." " AII right." " Mr. nelson, good to see you." " Take care." " Mr. Dease." " I got great news." " What's going on?" "wall Corp. people are coming." "Get your people up to speed." "They were just here." "I thought everything checked out okay?" "We did, but the EdgehiII facility didn't." "wall Corp. is thinking about pulling their business from them." "And if that happens, it'II keep the state from closing us down." "I see." "I Iike that." "That's cool." "also, wall Corp. is thinking about remodeIing" "Sabrina:" "Now most people don't know that prison is big business." "Everybody was trying to make a buck-- legal or otherwise." "Nothing will change but the size of our paychecks, baby." " I Iike the sound of that." " Yeah." " Hey." " Hey, baby." " How's it going?" " Fine." "I thought I told you not to call me that." "Hmm?" "I just wanted to thank you for checking Nikki at the volleyball game." "You know, letting her know who's important around here." "Come here and let me talk to you." "Okay." " You miss me?" " Of course I do." "I miss you too." "You stupid fucking bitch." "You ain't important." "Don't you ever think that you are." " You understand me?" " Mmm." " Yes, Captain." " I can't hear you." "Yes, Captain." "Good, baby." "Now... you got some information for me?" "No, I haven't heard nothing." "No?" "No, no, no, no, no." "Not until you bring me something." "I'll come back when I have something." "Aren't you forgetting something, baby girl?" "I don't know." "Am I?" "You forgot to thank me." "hold on a second." "Now you see me..." "( chuckles ) now you don't." "( phone rings )" " This is Dease." " Man:" "Yo, big dog, what's up, man?" " What's going on, Fred?" " Nothing..." "Fuck him." "Ohh!" "No!" "Keep your motherfucking mouth shut, ho!" "Keep fucking with me." "Keep fucking with me, bitch." "Watch your motherfucking mouth-- ( groans )" "Fucking bitch." "Gimme that." "Game over." " Fuck." " You lose, bitch." "help!" "help!" "Fuck!" "I'm gonna get you, Nikki, I swear!" "Oh!" " I'm sorry." " No, no, I'm sorry." "It's a coed locker room, you know." " Yeah." " Not much you can do about it." "I forgot about that." " How you doing?" " I'm doing pretty good." "I guess you're doing fine." "Sabrina:" "Now Cervantes, she was a cold-blooded rules-and-regulations-type bitch." "And I came out okay." "To tell you the truth, I don't think the whole law enforcement thing is, you know, for me." "I hope that's not an insult, only because my family" " is rooted in law enforcement." " Oh, I'm sorry." "We would try to, Iike, talk to her about our problems sometimes, but she was too busy trying to earn stripes with the warden hoIIering at all the new male guards. 'Sup with that?" " I didn't take it as a dis..." " Okay, cool." "cool." "Maybe we can got to lunch or something." "You can explain." " Yeah." " Oh, wow, yeah." "That would be-- that would be dope." "I really wish I couId." "I got study hall after this." "It's cool." "Maybe-- maybe sometime in the future we'II have a chance to talk and I can change your mind about law enforcement." "O-okay." "AII right, then." " Good." " AII right." "Okay." "You take care." " You too, Cervantes." " AII right now." "( laughter )" "Why's she taking so long on the phone?" "Leave her alone." "She talking to her hairdresser." "Bitch ain't got but one friend." "Hurry the fuck on!" "I got things to do!" "And you got 10 years to do it." "Can you say "appeal"?" "Can I say, "In 10 years your ass gonna be up in here"?" "Now you gonna be up in here." " I'm a convict." "What you want?" " Frances Shepard?" "The warden needs to see you." "Oh, come on." "I got to use the phone." "He said that we need to leave right away." "( laughing )" "You know, Shepard, you'd get along much better if you'd learn to speak up in here." "Who knows, you might become a trustee one day." "( door opens )" " Captain." " How are you, sir?" "Shepard?" "What happened to your face?" " Nothing." " Just a few questions." "Did you see who stabbed Aisha Nance?" "No, sir, I didn't." "But you were in the area where the stabbing occurred." "Yes, sir, I admit I saw Aisha." "But it was after I came out of the bathroom." " Did you hear anything?" " No, sir." "Do you have someplace to be?" "I don't want to miss my phone time." "AII right, you can go." " That's all." "Thank you." " Thank you." "Nobody's talking." "We're wasting time." "She knows what happened, sir." "Like me to lock the unit down, sir?" "Damn it, Dease, no, we can't lock the unit down." " We got to keep everybody working." " Yes, sir." "I don't want to rush you." "Try to make this as quick as you can." "Warden:" "How's Michael?" "How's he doing?" "He's doing okay, sir." "I mean, I prefer a military trained person." "They're more dependable." "college boys are a little too soft for me." "I went to college, Dease." "Are you trying to say I'm too soft?" "No, sir." "No, sir." "Keep sharp, baby." "( glass shatters )" "Frances:" "How's mommy's big girl?" "girl:" "Mommy, I want to see you, Mommy." "I want to see you, too." "Are you doing what Auntie Kim tells you to?" "Yes." "Why can't I see you?" "Mommy, I want to see you." "Man:" "This is the telephone observer." "Your call time has expired." " Mommy" " Baby, it was-  ( dial tone ) - ( sobbing )" "You all right, Ms. Shepard?" "No." "Your daughter's all right?" "Everything okay with your daughter?" "No." "I hope I didn't get you in trouble." " No, no." " Thanks." "It's okay." "We should probably just go." "( buzzes )" "Inmate:" "Okay, any spade that you have can cut through a suit." "And the higher the spade, the better the cut." "You think Frances said something to nelson?" "They ain't hauling me off to solitary." "And we ain't on lockdown, are we?" "No, she ain't say nothing." "She better not." "Frances ain't even that kind of person." "iii' Mama, ain't you got some scripture reading or something?" " ( metal door clangs )" " I Iike Rodney DangerfieId myself." "He's got all those fat jokes." ""How can you tell when your-- when your wife gets too fat?"" "Guard:" "I don't know." ""When she sits on your face and you can't hear the stereo."" " ( laughing )" " Dease:" "Hey, Nikki!" " Wake up, baby." " What's going on?" "I know you stabbed Aisha, Nikki." "But if you be sweet to me..." " l'm gonna be sweet to you." " Nikki:" "No!" "Leave me alone!" "Dease:" "All right, all right, you little bitch!" "Come here, you little bitch!" "I'm gonna beat..." "Nikki's beating wasn't about no Aisha." "It was about Dease and Nikki." "They say Dease was crazy about her." "But she hated that nigga's guts." "So he would do stuff like single her and her group out and act like he was making examples out of them." "Yeah, right." "Everybody knew what was up." "Ain't no secrets in jail." "( door clangs )" ".. There were no mirrors in my nana's house .." ".. No mirrors in my nana's house .." ".. There were no mirrors in my nana's house .." ".. No mirrors in my nana's house .." ".. And the beauty that I saw in everything .." ".. The beauty in everything, yeah .." ".. Was in her eyes .." ".. Ohh, was in her eyes .." ".. I'm telling you, there were no mirrors in my nana's house. .." "( laughter )" "You see me with a fat lady, I'm holding her for the police." " What's up, Captain?" " What's going on, Banks?" "I'II see y'aII later." "My friend's wife was so fat, you tell her to haul ass she got to make two trips." "What you got, Banks?" "Got something good for me?" "Oh my goodness, homemade macaroni and cheese." "Let me get a little shot of that, buddy." "Mm-hmm." "Woo, Lordy." "Don't you ever get tired of grubbing off me?" "No, sir." "Quit your bitchin' about it, Banks." "You got seven mouths to feed." "One more ain't gonna hurt you none." "No, my wife's pregnant again." "( laughs ) Get the fuck outta here." "Don't you white boys believe in birth control?" "( laughing )" "college boy, what's going on?" "How you doing?" "I brought some drinks and stuff." "Good, put 'em right over there." "Uh, just to give you a heads up, the toilets and stuff on block four, they're still stopped up." "It's starting to smell pretty bad up there." "That's good." "Might offset the smell of some of them stink-ass bitches." "( chuckling )" "Everything's broke." "Won't be long before the state closes us down." "I'm already looking for a job." "Don't be no fool." "You know what I know, you'II keep your ass right here." "If it's about wall Corp., I'm still looking for a job." "I'm gonna tell you what the problem is." "It's these soft young boys coming in here-- got personal contacts." "Taking everybody's jobs." " Ain't that right, michael?" " You ain't in the union?" "I just told you he was a college boy." "Him and nelson go way back." "Ain't that right, michael?" "Everybody in this shithole will be untrained." "Don't worry about it." "I'm gonna look out for our crew." "You just try to make that meeting next Friday." "I'II be there 'cause I got mouths to feed." " I need my job." " I feel ya." "I need the job too." "That's why I'm here." "I ain't got no kids or nothing like that." "I'm in school, I got tuition to pay." "I got loans, you know?" "I ain't trying to take nobody's job." "I'm just trying to get a dollar like everybody else." "To tell you the truth, I didn't know it was gonna be like this." "What did you expect, "Oz"?" "No, no, I didn't expect "Oz." No." "But you know, it's rough sometimes, man." "It gets rough, the way the women get treated sometimes." ""Way these women get treated"?" "What the fuck are you talking about?" " Nothing, I'm just" " What are you talking about?" "!" "These women are thieves, murders, drug addicts-- they don't have respect for a goddamn thing!" "The only remedy is locking them up and throwing away the key." "If by chance they do get out of here, they gonna pray on their knees never to get back in here again!" "Jesus Christ." "What fucking boat did you jump off of?" "I got to get back to work." "I'II see you later, Banks." "Let me tell you something eIse-- you're working a double shift next week." "You got me?" "Might help you earn some of that extra money you need... college boy." "I didn't know I was in the goddamn army." " 17 years in this place." " Yeah?" "If it's doing that to him, he needs to think about a career change." "( humming )" "Sabrina:" "Now Michael may have been in college, but his real education came when he started working in the prison." "He thought it was all about rehabilitation." "When Michael got going with his research, he uncovered a lot of shit." "Found out that we were high-priced stock down on Wall Street." "Everybody was making money off our asses." "We were sewing ski coats for $1.50 a day that some woman in France would be paying like $1000 for next month." "( distant train whistle blows )" "( faint male voices )" "( Lil' Mama coughs, groans )" "Frances:" "Lil' Mama, what's wrong?" " Oh, Frances, the baby!" " I'm right here." "iii' Mama:" "Oh shit." "Frances:" "No, no, no." "Don't try to get up." "Lay like that." "It's okay." "( Lil' Mama sobbing ) No." "Frances:" "Lil' Mama's sick!" "Somebody get a doctor!" " What's going on?" " Guard!" "We have a right to see a doctor!" "Guard, emergency!" " We need help!" " Where's the guard?" "My God!" "Don't let nothing happen to her." "iii' Mama, just breathe." "relax." "It's going to be okay." " Thank God." " Woman:" "How's she doing?" "iii' Mama, you have to rest." "Nikki:" "Frances, is she bleeding?" "No blood..." "thank God." "Nikki:" "Hey, "Saditty. "" "iii' Mama says you killed your old man." "I didn't mean to." "I just wanted to get him off me, stop all the hitting and the beating." "So you're innocent." "I think so." "That shit is crazy." "He's beating your ass and you're supposed to just lay there and take it and not defend yourself?" "Sounds like you should've been my lawyer." "No, I should've been your lawyer." "Matter of fact, I'd've been a great lawyer." " What you in here for, Wet?" " Something stupid." "Shot a track star in the calf." "With a .38 no less, and a dozen people watching." "Bet she won't be fucking with nobody else's man, right, Wet?" "No, she won't." "She won't be running any more races, either." "I feel bad about that." "Stupid shit, you know?" "Yeah, I know." "Inmate:" "I'm tired." "Man on PA:" "Hourly quotas standard 20 pieces on schedule." "Pick up four more pieces." "How come you ain't tell nobody you were a nurse?" "'Cause didn't nobody ask me." "Thanks for helping with ill' Mama last night." "That was nice of you." "You didn't have to do nothing, and you did." "You're all right with me, "Saditty."" " Nikki." " What?" "My name is Frances." "call me that." "AII right, Frances." "Might make you my little sister or something up in here." "Sabrina:" "All we had was each other and sometimes a little support from the outside." "Like one visiting day, when Nikki's mama was bringing the babies that she had in jail." "You know that motherfucker Dease wouldn't even let Nikki hold 'em before he gave her to her mother?" "Frances was excited 'cause she was expecting good news from her lawyer about the appeal." "Everybody was feeling good that day." " You look so pretty." " Nikki:" "Thanks." "Where you going?" "Her mama is coming to bring her babies!" " LiI' Mama, you can't hold piss." " I'm sorry." "I didn't want nobody to know until now." "You better take pictures." "You look beautiful." "I'm happy for you." " Hey, hey, I did a good job." " Yeah, you did." "well, Ms. Barnes." "well, well, well." "Ms. Barnes, Ms. Barnes." "Don't she look pretty?" "Like going to the prom or something." "Very nice." "Ms. Shepard, you have a visitor." " See you later, Frances." " See you soon, guys." "I will be back for you, Ms. Barnes." "Okay." "Okay, so in the meantime, I got smokes." "Sabrina:" "But like they say, "Shit happens. "" "Nikki's mama never came, and Frances' appeal was denied." "Ms. Shepard, your transfer was denied." "Guess you're gonna be with us a little longer." "Come on, ladies." "Eat up!" "Eat up!" "Come on, eat up!" "Sabrina:" "Man, they start working us longer and longer." "Sometimes we went to bed without dinner." "After all that and Nikki's beating too, man, Wet said she had enough." "She said we had to do something else instead of going out to work like some docile field niggas." "It was time for her to give our petitions to the warden." "Frances, I got this petition that I'm trying to get people to sign." "Sabrina:" "Man, things got even worse." "The warden laughed in Wet's face and he threw the petitions in the garbage." "Plus he wrote her up and added time to her sentence." "And then that fucking troublemaking bitch Aisha, she came back from the hospital and everybody was in a funk again." "How was it up in the big federal hospital?" "Did they sew up your hole too?" "Yeah, but your mama stretched it back out with her tongue." " On the yard, bitch." "On the yard." " Inmates, you just lost chow time." " ( scoffs )" " I ain't no inmate, bitch." "I'm a convict." "Sabrina:" "Wet took the warden's rejection pretty bad." "So us girls decided to hook her up with a little contraband." "We had a nice little party." "Let's go." "You know what I want to do when I get out?" "I want to get some sleep." "Word up." "I am so tired of "lights out,"" ""chow down."" "I'm tired of being programmed." " Yeah." " I want me some keys." "Open up the doors and come and go as I please." " Wet:" "I know what you mean." " Frances:" "I feel you, girl." "Here's to them-- here's to our babies and survival." " AII:" "survival." " I heard that." "( keys jingle, door opens )" "He's coming." "Oh shit, it's Dease." " ( Dease humming )" " In the pantry." "In the pantry." " Quiet." "Quiet." " Go, go, go." " I'm going as fast as I can." " Busted by him." " Hurry, hurry." " Okay!" "What's Dease doing back here?" "Something he ain't got no business doing." "( giggling )" " ( humming continuing )" " What is he doing behind the stove?" "Like I said, something he ain't got no business doing." " ( door bangs shut )" " Cervantes:" "Long night, Meadows?" "Um, yeah." "I was... I was studying last night." "college boy's got a hard life." " I didn't know you cared, Banks." " I don't." "( explosion rumbling )" " michael:" "What was that?" " ( alarm buzzing )" "Center, this is Cervantes." "What the hell was that?" "Man:" "I don't know." "Something blew up in the kitchen." " Okay, roger that." "Come on." " PA:" "Attention!" "Dease's friend got the contracts to rebuild the kitchen." "But he blamed the inmates, as usual." "He tried to say somebody was negligent, and that he wanted to find out who it was to make them pay." "Like he wasn't the one fucking up all the time." "And nelson?" "nelson shut the whole prison down." "No visits, no phone calls, no nothing after that." "Shut down." " Hey, my man." " Hey." " Good to see you." " AII right." "Hey, listen, I'm playing golf with the wall Corp. people on Saturday." "I wanted to include you, but we already got a foursome." "Maybe next time, okay?" "well, thanks for thinking about me." " No problem." " I'm not that big on golf anyway." "Yeah, but you do play some games, don't you, Dease?" "Sir?" "I'm talking about that little explosion in the kitchen." "Any truth to that?" "No, sir." "I mean, who said that?" "It doesn't matter who said it." "The problem is it got back to me." "Guess what?" "I'm hip to that scam about your boys rebuilding the damage in the kitchen." "Now listen, your job is to take care of everything on the plan." "But when people come to my office and tell me about a whole bunch of stuff I don't give a damn about, then that means you're not doing your job." " I'm doing my job." " No, you're not doing your job." "Shante Wright came to me circulating a petition you didn't even know about." " Wet's petitions are bullshit." " What's that, Dease?" " Are the inmates in control now?" " No, sir." "Let me get something straight." "I run this fucking prison, not you!" "Yes, sir." "I want all your sideline operations to stop." "If I get wind that you're still doing your dirty business," "I'm gonna put you right back where I found you-- in the florida swamps walking a guard tower... with the mosquitoes buzzing all around your ass." " Comprende?" " Yes, sir." ""The beauty of Iife is knowing you are loved." "As time passes, knowledge and understanding of who you are cause seeds of doubt to disappear... "" "Psst, psst, psst." "( Wet continues reading aloud )" "Shut up a minute." "Move out of the way." "Shakedown." "Yo, shakedown." "Shakedown." "Wet:" "What are you looking for?" "What are you doing?" " This is what I'm looking for." " Take your hands off my shit!" "Guard:" "Where are you going?" "You're gonna pay for that, bitch!" " Get your hands off her!" " What did you do to her?" "!" "Let's see how much writing you do up in the hole." " ( spits ) Fuck you!" " ( all shouting )" "Take her to the hole now!" "Now!" "Is there a law against reading and writing?" "( shouting continues )" "hold it down, Wet." " God is gonna keep you, Wet." " Guard:" "Back up." "Let's go." " please keep her." " Get your asses back in your cells." "( sobbing ) please don't let them hit her." "God, please guard Wet." "Harvey, I don't give a goddamn about that." "Just get it done." "Jesus Christ." "Son of a bitch." "well, well, well." "You must be my new girl." "Yes, sir." "I'm replacing Sabrina." "Ooh." "And what's your name, young lady?" " Rose." " Rose." "That's a very pretty name." "Thanks." "You know, my grandmama's name was Rose." "I sure do like the way you clean, Rose." "Now, you... you missed a spot right up there, Rose." "A piece of cobweb that's hanging down right there." "You see that?" "I Iike everything in here to be real spotless." "Why don't you take that chair and get that piece of cobweb up there, Rose." "Mm-mmm." "I sure do like the way you clean, Rose." "Yeah, you and I are gonna work out just fine" "Can I go now, sir?" "I'm not stopping you." "Sabrina:" "When Lil' Mama told us what Dease tried to do, and Wet came back from the hole with that nasty scar on her face-- aw man, we didn't care what was gonna happen to us." "We just knew we had to fight back." "All we needed was an opportunity." "Mike told us Wall Corp. was coming, so we started getting our shit tight." "Something to motivate you." "Uh-huh, uh-huh." "( RB music playing )" ".. Put your money .." " .." "Money where the funk is... .." " AII right." "Inmate:" "Here, come on, y'all." ".. Put your money .." ".. Money where the funk is... .." "Sabrina:" "In a few days they got the petition signed and people organized it right under Dease's nose, man." ".. They're talkin' 'bout the things you do .." ".. Seem to try to impress the crowd .." ".. But all you're doing is talking loud... .." " So what'd they say?" " wall Corp. changed the date on us." " To when?" " Next Thursday." "Sabrina:" "Everything was going fine till Lil' Mama came work one day and found out that wall Corp. had changed the date." "They flipped the scrip on us, so we had to flip it back on them." ".. Put your money, money where the funk is .." ".. Put your money .." ".. Money where the funk is... .." "Yo, we used Kyce to pass the word, but we couldn't make no fuck ups, 'cause we would've blew it before we even got started." ".. Your money .." ".. Put your money .." ".. Money where the funk is. .." "( buzzes, door clangs )" "I been praying on this all night." "It's gonna be all right." " Did you talk to D?" " I ain't got nothing to do with it." "Don't depend on me, don't ask me shit." "Hey, look, you read the demands," " I'II hand it to them." " Why?" "You the leader." "As soon as I stand, they're going to suspect that some shit's about to go down." " Then I'II do it." " Okay." "I'II stand right behind you." "Okay?" "( hip-hop music playing )" "( bell rings )" " Captain Dease?" "miller." " glad to meet you." " I've been waiting for you." " My associate Owen." " Miller!" "You made it." " nelson!" "My man, what's going on?" "Everything's going fine." "That hole in one on the 17th?" "It was doggone impressive on Saturday." " Dease, you should've been there!" " Sorry, I couldn't make it." "In all seriousness, our inmates love the work they do." "They leave here with valuable skills, and you have a product you can market around the world." "The labor pool here is more cost effective." "I'II let you in on a little secret-- the workers can't quit here." "( laughs )" "( all laughing )" "It's just that Mr. Dease and I are looking forward to working with you more closely." " We really are." "We really are." " Mr. Dease is quite the bulldog." " Every shop needs one." " ( both laugh )" "You're gonna be very impressed with what we've set up here." "We've managed to put double the" "miller:" "I'm very impressed." "The last two quarters have been outstanding." "I wish we had this kind of spirit at all our facilities." "nelson:" "And the next two quarters are going to be even better." "But let me show you around." "These women are making the linings for your ski jackets." "They're very well trained and we see to that." "We work with the team system." "That group attaches the linings to the shell of the jacket and then the zippers are sewn in." "definitely, and we also have-- what the...?" "This is a peaceful work stoppage." " We stand in solidarity..." " Dease:" "Shut up, sit down!" "...with all reform movements, demanding fair treatment..." " l hope you know what you're doing." " nelson:" "Dease, what's going on?" "...better work conditions, better heat..." " Shepard, sit down!" " An end to the vicious beatings and the sexual abuse we face every day." "Work, God damn it!" "Get back to work!" "Take our petitions and let everybody know what goes on behind these walls." "nelson:" "Dease, what's going on?" "Huh?" "Little joke?" "AII of these women stand behind these demands." "frankly, we've been having a little problem with these two women." "As you can see, nobody else is standing." " I stand behind her too." " Sabrina!" "I hope you bitches know what you're doing!" " I stand behind her." " Back to work!" " I stand behind her." " AII:" "I stand behind her." "( all repeating ) I stand behind her." " Yeah." " Your ass is gonna pay for this." "Dease:" "Your black asses are gonna pay for this." "Get back to work, I say!" "God damn it!" " l'm up here too." " l'm behind you." "please... take this." " Woman:" "Go on, take it!" " Look, go back to work." " Fuck that shit!" "Fuck you!" " ( all shouting )" "Why'd you do that?" "( screaming )" "Take her to the hole!" "The fucking bitch!" "Get back to work!" "Get back to work!" "Get back to work!" "How long have we been in?" "Three... four days." "Yeah, well, you better get used to it." "'Cause we're gonna be in here for a while." "One... two... 31..." " Three..." " Four..." "Eight." "Nine." "Frances: 35." "Come on." "Come on, Nikki, you can do this." " Come on." " ( screams )" "We been in this motherfucker for six days!" "Ain't nobody been in here for six days!" "Fuck this shit, man." "Fuck this shit!" "Come on, Nikki, you can do this!" "Stay focused." "Come on, let's do it!" "What makes you so sure we gonna make it?" "'Cause I got a little girl and she's waiting on me to come home." " What's her name?" " Maxine." "( faint girl's voice )" "Oh, Maxine." "No." "Maxine!" "Baby?" "Where are you, baby?" "Oh my God." "No, wait." "Frances?" " Oh good." " Frances." "Her name is Maxine." "Her name is Maxine." "Her name is Maxine." "My baby's name is Maxine." "Frances:" "So, what you in for?" "Armed robbery." "For the reason women are always doing some old dumb shit-- for a nigga." "Mmm." "But what a nigga he was." "( laughs )" "Nikki:" "His name was Smalls." "He swore he was a baller, but he wasn't nothing but a seven-gram nigga." "Then he gets this idea to rob this old bullshit dealer." "Now I know he was too stupid to pull it off without me." "We were gonna be Bonnie and clyde." "Get some of that ice, some of that fly shit we see up in the videos." "only SmaIIs wasn't no CIyde." "fool went and got hisself killed." "And I ended up back in here... again." "Had to make it on my own." "I never wanted to hurt nobody." "I've always tried to follow the rules." "I never followed no rules, and we end up in the same place." "Ain't that some shit?" "Frances:" "Then I met Greg." "I loved him so much." "Wonder what they're doing back home?" "I ain't never been high." "How does it feel?" "Hope that motherfucker Dease gets what he has coming to him... and I'm there to see it." "( keys jingling )" "Don't run from me, Nikki." "It's time to get high." "Got something for you." "You think about it, Nikki." "You gonna be in here a Iong, long time." "And this is gonna help the time pass faster." "Come on." "Take a little trip." "Frances:" "What's going on in there?" "I'm gonna leave this right here for you." "Come on, Nikki." " Frances:" "Nikki?" " Take a little hit." " Nikki?" " You'll give in." "You know you're not that strong." "No, Nikki, listen to me!" "Listen to me." "Stay focused." "Repeat after me." "Five times two." "Five times two's 10." "It's 10." "Five times three is 1 5." "Repeat after me." "Stay focused." ".. Angel dust, angel dust... .." "Five times four... is 20." "...times five is 25." "( panting )" "Five times six is-- is 30." "Frances:" "I can't hear you!" " Five times seven..." " ls what?" " ...is 35." " Yeah." " Five times eight..." " Yeah?" " ...is 40." " Very good." "( whimpering )" "You're stronger than that." "Yes, yes!" "( keys jangle )" "AII right, Barnes, it's time." "Don't just sit there." "Come on." "Let's go, Shepard." "Come on." "( distant inmates cheering )" "Go on, get up." "Stand your ass over there." "Nikki and Frances didn't think the strike meant anything." "But they were wrong." "It meant something to me." "Before that day," "I had never stood up for nothing in my Iife." "But I stood up that day, and I been standing up ever since." "The captain's got a little surprise for you." "You're gonna be peeling this wall." " By myself?" " That's what I said." "( laughs )" "Dease:" "What does the blind man say when he pass the fish store?" " Good morning, ladies." " ( Banks laughs )" "Didn't you say it was this wall?" "This one?" "Banks just told me he told you to peel this wall." " No, no, he said to peeI" " I did not." "Are you telling me you don't know the authorized areas?" " No, I'm not saying that." " What exactly are you saying?" " He said peel this waII" " Banks said to peel this wall." " No, Banks said this wall." " Did you say peel this one?" "You're lying." "He said to peel this wall." " Banks said to peel this wall!" " Banks said peel this wall!" " I fucking heard what Banks said!" " Take her back to the hole." " No, no!" " Take her back to the hole!" " please, please, no!" " Take her black ass to the hole!" "No, no, I'II do anything you say!" "Don't, please!" "please, whatever you say, Captain." " Just-- no, no." " tell me you'II be a good bitch." "I'II be good." "I pro" " I promise." "tell me you're gonna be a good bitch." "tell me you're gonna be a good bitch." "Say it!" "Say it! "I'm gonna be a good bitch, Captain Dease."" "Say it!" "I'II be a good bitch, Captain Dease." "Leave her ass." "I ain't through with you." "That bitch." "Thank you." "Shepard, you got 15." "Hey." "You don't look so good, Sis." "It's called a prison tan." "There ain't no beaches." "Where's the baby?" "I tried to come see you, but-- but they said everybody was on lockdown." "And I was in solitary." "( sobbing )" "Oh, come on." "Hey, hey." "Stop crying." "Don't cry." "Come on, it's been rough, but I'm out now." "I'm here." "Is the baby in the car?" "Don't tell me they wouldn't let you bring her in?" "No." "I swear, I told WaIter" "I told waiter to stay away from those gangs." " Kim, where's the baby?" " There was a fight." " You're talking in circles." " Walter didn't tell me nothing." " The buIIet" " What bullet?" "It got Maxine!" " She died two weeks ago!" " No, no, no!" " I tried to call you!" " ( screaming )" "No!" "No!" "Don't tell me!" "You're lying!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "You're lying 'bout Maxine!" "No!" ".. Strange things happen every day .." ".. Oh, strange things happen every day .." ".. Throwin' it down on a horse named Jimmy... .." "What'd you hear?" "They got her on suicide watch." "Motherfuckers." "You speak to your old man?" "Yeah, the lawyer said-- all we need to do is get hard proof." "And we gonna find a way to get it, too." ".. Skinny be locked in the jaybird jail, yeah .." ".. He trained, laughing as the gasoline's drained .." ".. Three girls beggin' for a date with iron Mike .." ".. Iron Mike, yeah .." ".. Three girls beggin' for a date with iron Mike .." ".. Lord .." ".. Alabama cornbread dipped in Georgia buttermilk .." ".. Bought my woman a hat made from tapeworm silk .." ".. Tapeworm silk, uh-huh, tapeworm silk, Lord .." ".. Drink my soup with frying', frying' red plate .." ".. Strange things happen every day... .." "You know, Frances, despite what you might think," "I am really sorry about what happened to your daughter." "Come on." "( chanting ) .. Cinderella dressed in yellow .." ".. Went upstairs to kiss a fella .." ".. Made a mistake and kissed a snake .." ".. How many chocolates did it take?" ".." "( clears throat )" "What this bitch want?" "I don't know." "It's cool, Nik." "So how y'aII gonna get him?" "Who you talking about, Aisha?" "Nikki, you know who I'm talking about." "Dease." "I know you're all over here planning something." "Huh?" "We thought Dease was your "Ioverman."" " Oh my God." " Damn." "What happened?" "Something that ain't never gonna happen again." "I want that motherfucker so bad I couId taste that shit." "Even if we was thinking about doing something, which we wasn't, what makes you think we would trust your rathoIe ass?" "That's a fair question." "I swear on the life of my little shorty that if I don't get revenge on that black motherfucker y'aII couId-- y'aII could do me." "And we will do you, Aisha." "I know y'aII are not through with Dease." "I know y'aII got a plan or something." "But I want revenge on that black motherfucker." "Never know." "Maybe we could do a little business." "Yeah, we'II call you on that." "We'II call you." "He fucked her up." "They finally came up with a plan." "But they needed somebody's help from the inside." "So they asked Michael." "Excuse me." "could I talk to you for a minute?" "Dease's days were numbered because they went to work on his ass." "Aisha:" "Ahem." "Captain?" "Come here." "What are you doing here?" "I thought you were mad at me." "I missed you, lover." "Rose, that's enough cleaning for today." "You can go." "I'II be right back." "Don't you go anywhere." " You look good." " So you're not mad at me, huh?" "( knocks )" " Captain, sir, I forgot my bible." " well, just get it and go, Rose." "You look good today." "Hurry up, Rose!" " Jesus." " Thank you, sir." " ( door closes )" " Come here." " Show me you miss me." " Stop, sir." " What are you talking about?" " Stop, sir." " Don't play with me." " What did I do?" "!" " I didn't do anything." " You changing up on me, girl?" "please, I didn't do anything." "Aah!" "No!" " I didn't do anything." "please." " Shut up." "Shut up." "( sobbing )" "please." "please don't!" "Why are you doing this?" "( Dease grunts ) Shit." "( moans ) Oh God." "Oh God." "Oh, shit." "May I have a towel... sir?" "Of course, baby." "Oh shit." "Oh shit." "Bastard." "Oh shit." "( groans )" "Get the fuck up outta here." "The plan was ill' Mama was gonna get the tape to michael." "Ahh!" "No!" "michael was gonna get the tape to Wet's boyfriend." "Wet's boyfriend was gonna get the tape to somebody who had a hook up with the governor." " So we was trying to be straight." " Shut up!" "iii' Mama came back to work to get the tape with her bible case empty." "But the damn door was locked, and Dease took off early." "Now she gotta come back tomorrow and try the shit again." "Damn broom." "Dirty-ass prison." "( all shouting )" "Dease:" "Ain't you done enough cleaning for today, Rose?" "You're a hardworking lady." "You been cleaning all morning." "You ought to be tired by now." "I know how you Iike it, sir." "That's a real sweet thing to say, Rose." "Real sweet." "You know, I been noticing how pretty you are, Rose." "Who the fuck is Dease?" "I Iove your hair." "Thank you." " ( phone rings )" " Yeah, this is Dease." "Captain Dease, we're waiting for you to start the meeting." "Cervantes, can't you handle the meeting?" "But we can't vote until you" "I can't be there right now." "Rose!" "This nigga wants to be the Iast one up in here." " Where the fuck is he at?" " ( clears throat )" "You're not trying to leave me, are you, Rose?" "Stop it, sir." "please!" "Come on, Rose." "I know you Iike the way it feels, don't you?" "No, I don't." "It's a sin!" "Like what you did to your father, Rose?" "He wasn't my father." "Stepfather." "Lover." "Father of your unborn child." "Don't make no fucking difference." "You're no fucking virgin, Rose." "Are you?" "Are you?" "Are you, Rose?" "!" " Stop it!" " You ain't a fucking virgin." " Stop it!" "Stop it!" " I knew you wasn't a virgin." "You don't give this shit to me, I'm gonna take it." " No!" " I'm gonna take it, Rose!" " No!" " Shut the fuck up." "Lean your ass over here." "iii' Mama:" "Please don't do this." "Please don't do this!" "( all shouting )" "( sobbing )" "iii' Mama's voice: "The Lord is my light and my salvation;" "whom shall I fear?" "The Lord is the strength of my life;" "whom shall I be afraid?"" "Damn, where are you, LiI' Mama?" "( coughing )" "What happened?" "!" " He never showed up." " Damn, I gotta go look for her." "Dease was supposed to be at that meeting." "Something's up." " Oh." " Oh my God!" " What happened to you?" " Frances, the baby!" "Oh shit!" "help me get her up." "help me get her up." " AII right." " Oh my God, she's bleeding." "Oh my God!" "Get her to the infirmary now!" " You've gotta" " Ow!" " No, keep walking." " michael:" "Get her back, back." "Back it up." "Swing it around." "( groaning )" "What's wrong with her?" " She's having a miscarriage." " No!" " The baby?" " I can't do anything for the child." "I got to try to save her if I can." "hold on, LiI' Mama." "hold on." " It's okay." "It's okay." " No!" " What happened?" " We're here for you." "I was raped by the captain." " I was raped!" " You were raped?" "Oh my God." "hold her down!" " Keep her still." " ( choking )" " Nikki:" "We need you to do this." " LiI' Mama:" "No!" " Doctor:" "I can't get a pulse." " Frances:" "I'm a nurse." "She's having a cardiac arrest." "Get the defibrillator." " Here." " hold on, LiI' Mama." "hold on." "please, LiI' Mama, hold on!" "Let her go." "Let her go." "Let her go, Nikki!" "Let her go!" "Clear!" " Again." " Oh no, no, no." "please hold on." "Breathe!" "Breathe, baby!" "Breathe, baby!" " She's not moving." " ( flat tone )" " Turn the machine off." " What?" " She's gone." " No!" "No, LiI' Mama, hold on, girl!" " Do it now!" " I think you girls should go now." " Guard, get them out of here." " Oh God." " I'm so sorry." "No!" "No, Mama, no!" " She's dead!" " He's not helping us!" " Oh fuck!" "Guard, get them out of here!" " I'm gonna call Captain Dease." " What the fuck are you doing?" " We need a guard in here!" " Let me go!" " Off the phone, God damn it!" " Stop it!" "( phone rings )" "Snatch the phone, Nikki!" "Snatch the phone!" ".. Went on a date with her, then he raped her .." ".. What?" "The nigga violated her?" ".." ".." "Where the hell he at?" ".." " .." "Look, I ain't even sure .." ".. But I'm about to pick you up, meet me at the corner store... .." " No!" " ( alarm buzzing )" "michael, I got to cuff you." "Come on." ".. Breathing underground, then I'll cut off his dick .." ".. Put a hole in his tongue, then I won't be done... .." "We ain't going no-fuckin'-where!" "It's on!" "We ain't going no-fuckin'-where!" "Dease:" "Cervantes, listen carefully." "Isolate the infirmary from the cellblock." " Copy that." "Come on, guys." " Frances, what are y'aII doing?" "Doing what we gotta do." "( door opens, footsteps )" "( gun cocks )" "Your black ass is going back to the hole." "If you knew what I knew, you'd lay down and die right now." " You first, motherfucker." " ( gunshots )" ".. Now we can't talk, mumbling .." ".. When it's over, yo, we gonna walk .." ".. Stumbling, I thought Kim was small .." ".. And I keep it from the start, and yo, he got heart .." ".. So y'all can't wait till it get dark... .." "( screaming )" "( groaning )" "Guard:" "Down here." " Burn in hell!" " Mother-- fuck you!" "Guard:" "Hey, Doc, are you okay?" "!" " Whoever you are, stop there." " Wet:" "Get his handcuffs." " We got hostages." " Who's going to the hole now?" "You come around that corner, we shoot the hostages." "Guard:" "Emergency lockdown." "I repeat, emergency lockdown." "Are they contained in the infirmary?" "Cervantes:" "Yes, sir." "They're armed." "I couldn't even get my men up the main stairway." "Isn't there another way in?" "Up the fire escape and through the main courtyard." "But they'll see us coming." "Look, sir... we can go in hard and fast, but I really think we need to let the governor know." "Nobody's going to call the governor." "We'II handle this ourselves." "Shit." "We can handle this in house, deal with the fallout afterwards." " I don't think that's a good idea" " Shut up!" "AII right." "AII right, they only have in-house phones, right?" " Yes, sir." " AII right, we wait for their call." "I want your men ready, locked and cocked, okay?" "( Dease screams )" "They got Dease tied up real good." "Die, you motherfucker." "But they let michael go, 'cause they didn't have no beef with him." "Guess he was just a good guy caught up in a bad situation." "Who ever heard of women taking over a prison?" "What we gonna do?" "We gotta make our demands." "We got to do what real revolutionaries do to get attention." "Dease:" "Fuckin' bitches." "Do what I'd do-- you'd give yourselves up... and let me go, before you get your fucking heads blown off." " You call us bitches again..." " Nikki!" "Nikki!" "...you the one who's gonna get his fucking head blown off!" " Nikki!" " No!" "Fuck me!" "I got the bitch for you, motherfucker!" "Stop!" "We gotta think." "Dease:" "You bitches can't think-- you're three grades too short." " Wet!" " What's that, you fucking shit?" "!" "Look, they gotta know that Dease killed LiI' Mama and Doc." "They ain't gonna believe that shit." "You know what?" "Don't tell nelson nothing." "Go over his head and talk to the governor." "Nikki... you're onto some shit." "You know what?" "And I know exactly what you should say, Sister Frances." "( ringing )" " Warden nelson." " This is Frances Shepard, from the Women's Reform Committee." "Cut the bullshit, Shepard." "Why don't you give yourself up?" "Do you think this is some kind of political action?" "Everything is political." "You got one hour to get the governor on the line." "I have no power to do that." "Let me speak to Captain Dease." "One hour." "( dial tone )" "Damn it!" "You look stressed, my nigga." "Yeah." "You got a light?" "Damn." "You gonna help?" " I'm gonna help." " AII right, then I got a light." "( ringing )" "Is this the governor?" "I gotta know if the hostages are all right." "Put somebody on the phone." "Anybody." "You just got to take my word for it." "You got to be out of your damn mind." " Why should I believe you?" " 'Cause we got guns and we got hostages." "And she who got the gun makes the motherfucking rules." "Fucking around with Dease." " Waking up" " Fuck Dease." " Don't be so quick to say that" " Man, fuck Dease." "Let me speak to Captain Dease." "No deal unless I speak to Captain Dease and that's final." " So put him on the phone!" " Go get his ass." "Bring that motherfucker here." "Give a reason." "Show time, bitch." " Give me a reason." " Bring the motherfucker here!" "Wet:" "Who's the bitch now, motherfucker?" "Oh shit." " tell him." " You heard her." " tell him!" " ( groans )" " Tell him now!" " ( groans )" "I kiIIed-- I killed LiI' Mama." "And I killed the doctor." "call your men off." "call them off." "That's enough." "You got one hour." " Let her go!" " Fuck you!" "Dease:" "Fuck you, you fucking bitch!" " Fuck you!" "Fuck you!" " Shoot the motherfucker!" "Shoot him!" "Shoot him!" "( yells )" "That's for ill' Mama... that's for Frances... that's for my babies..." "and your babies, motherfucker!" "( Dease screaming )" "( spits )" "Cervantes:" "Come around the corner with your hands up!" "Come around the corner with your hands up!" "Wait, Wet!" "Where you going?" " Wet, no!" " ( gunshot )" "Wet!" "Wet!" "No!" "Wet!" "Guard:" "Everybody, hold your positions!" "Motherfucker." "Guard:" "I got movement over here at the door!" "Wet!" "No!" "pull back!" "pull back now!" "Man on radio:" "Pull back now." "Pull back." "Pull back!" "( coughing )" "I'm dead." "I'm dead." "Oh God." "Oh God." "You're okay, baby." " You're okay." "Right here with you." " Am I gonna die, Sister Frances?" " I'm gonna die, ain't I?" " Oh God." " Oh God." " Don't let me die for nothing." " ( coughing )" " Oh God." " hold on, Wet." " hold on." " We right here." "You all right." " No." "No, Wet, please." " No!" " No!" "( screaming )" "We got that motherfucker good." "We got him good." "Yeah." "Now he know what it feels like to have something taken from him-- his motherfucking life." "No." "The way I see it... we got two choices." "We could either wait-- wait here, have 'em come in here and get us... or take our chances, go out there, and see what they got coming for us." "Man on radio:" "In position on the roof, clear shot at the door." "No." "We got one more option." " We could end it all ourselves." " Shit." "What's going on up there?" "Cervantes?" "Cervantes!" "I ain't putting no fucking gun to my head." "Fuck that." "Warden, this is Cervantes." "I'd like to try to talk them out one last time." "Nikki!" "Nikki!" " Isn't that Cervantes?" " Mm-hmm." "Just like a man to get a woman to do his dirty work." "Don't you get tired of ass kissing, Cervantes?" "You have your kids to think about." "I can help you make a deal with the warden." "Nikki, maybe she's right." "My kids don't even know me." "I been gone so long." "Shut the fuck up, Cervantes!" "Stop trying to play us." "It's too fucking late for that!" "It's gonna be bad." "Cervantes!" "Cervantes, end it now!" ""Saditty"?" "You do the talking, right?" "Yeah, 'cause if they hear your mouth they're gonna know something's up." "Goddamn right they gonna know something's up." "Let's do it." "Cervantes!" "End it now!" "Do I have to spell it out for you?" "( voice echoing )" "End it now." "End it now!" "Cervantes!" "End it now!" "End it now!" "( gunshots )" "Come on." "Come on, come on." "Got it." "( reggae music playing )" ".. Yeah .." ".. Yeah, man .." ".. Serious business here .." ".. Murder... .." "Sabrina:" "Now surprisingly, the one that got the tape out was Aisha's ass." "And because of that shit, we won the lawsuit." ".. Listen here .." ".. lt's revolution... .." "Ohh," "nelson got what was coming to his ass." "But our inmates love the work they do, they leave here with valuable skills and you have a product you can market around the world." "By the time the governor went through Wall Corp., they were totally bankrupt." "And I mean, they found so much shit on nelson that they shut the whole prison down." "And his ass is under indictment." " Dease, you should've been there!" " Sorry I missed it." "( laughing )" "My girl Aisha?" "She got killed in a fight not long after the takeover." "I guess she never shook that prison mentality, you know?" "Damn." "That's why we dedicating our victory to the memory of my girls." "Wet..." "iii' Mama..." "Frances... and Nikki." "We did the crime and we had to do the time." "But ain't nobody say nothing about abuse and exploitation being part of the sentence." "I'm going back to Chicago to finish writing my book and do everything I can to stay out of jail." "Ain't nothing good happening up in there." "And now that you know what I know, pass the world along." "please, we got work to do, and we can't do it up in no jail." "Oh yeah, don't forget me." "I'm Sabrina, and that's my motherfucking life." "( reggae music continuing )" ".. You can't do .." ".. No, you just can't do. .." "( rap music playing )" ".. ln jail you subjected to be neglected .." ".. Subjected to write .." ".. ln order to speak to your family on the other side .." ".. Locked up here and your baby die .." ".. No soul's going to hear your cry, forever dwell in the cell .." ".. lt's 2002 and they still able to keep slavery alive and well .." ".. Everything that used to happen still happens .." ".. Can't you tell?" "Heaven and hell .." ".. Who did I fail?" "God didn't make no jails .." ".. He created life, what part of the game is this?" ".." ".. When the system's set up to have our dead ancestors .." ".. Flip out their graves returning to physical .." ".. Our babies having their soul and their ways .." ".. The pain never goes away .." ".. Whether it's happening now or back in the day .." ".. The shackles still remain, and money's the root of all evil .." ".. With dough you could bleed too, got moolah?" "People need you .." ".. Dead presidents feed you .." ".. Seem like with cash, everybody want to be you .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the game begins .." ".. First time, I was losing my mind .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the game begins .." ".. Second time, evidence wasn't mine .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the game begins .." ".. Third time, confined and doing hard time .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the g-g-g-game begins .." ".. You're black, it was in Watts with them let me out the joint .." ".. 'Cause they fail to realize I'm not on point .." ".. I just might flip... .... .. The judge said seven years time to pay for the crime .." ".. Did dirt on the street, had to take the heat .." ".. But this incarceration is exploitation .." ".. Brutality is the sentence .." ".. Working under the whip, rape on a whim .." ".. No reason for open season on women behind bars .." ".. Critical resistance .." ".. Petitions for respect denied .." ".. Forced a violent decision .." ".. Whoever heard of women taking over a prison?" ".." ".. Critical resistance, no justice, no peace .." ".. No human rights, three strikes on your damn life .." ".. No surrender for the so-called weaker gender .." ".. Whoever heard of women taking over a prison?" ".." ".. Forced to be free by any means necessary .." ".. Yeah, yeah, yeah .." "( chanting )" ".. They do or die, many nights we cry .." ".. And this night we try to reveal the truth in the lie .." ".. Revolution that involves fire .." ".. Better call someone higher, turn the tables on you liars .." ".. Will you never be expired?" ".." ".. For the bullets taking your entire state of being .." ".. No more choices, what's the meaning?" "Seeing demons .." ".. Back up against the wall like we dreaming .." ".. See your scheming, there's gonna be some screaming .." ".. Then the choir's singing .." ".. Body bags and toe tags means we're leaving .." ".. Least we got that bastard that was deceiving and receiving .." ".. Loot from our labor and abuse .." ".. 25 women wins, check the news .." ".. Check the news .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the game begins .." ".. First time, I was losing my mind .." ".. They stretch you out, you're in, then the game begins .." ".. Second time, evidence wasn't mine .." ".. They stretch you out... .... .. You love, you love, you love... .." ".. You love, you .." " .." "Black woman .." " .." "Black woman .." " .." "Natural .." " .." "Natural .." ".. Love your mind... .." ".. Love your soul... .." ".. My sister... .." ".. You go, baby .." ".. I know you shock a lot of-- a lot of people... .."