He believes that prisoners should not testify against others and should stay silent when caught.

“if you want to follow me in the dumb [ __ ] I did in the book just know to follow me all the way and shut the [ __ ] up and take it to your grave nothing more to be said nothing more to be saved and we can tap out there and do a part two this is more than enough thank you unless you got something el”

Prison life for a former officer is dangerous because they are viewed as a primary target by other inmates.

“as a cop you're the number one Target in the prison CU every day was tough I had to step to a few people and then you got your leers that want to you”

Self-defense courses do not effectively prepare an individual for surviving the realities of a physical fight in a federal prison.

“a self-defense course is no way going to prepare you for any fight in prison never”

A prisoner must use a weapon decisively in a conflict to survive.

“If you stab somebody, this always been my motto. If you come to myself, l with a knife, that's both our knife. What I mean by that is if you don't have that knife taped up or stray on it, you just come with the I'm going to eventually try to rattle you out of that knife.”