Season 2, Episode 8: The Horrors of East Moline Part 5
On August 27, 2019, Dad shopped at the commissary.  When he returned to his cell, he met his new cellmate- a black guy with an attitude.  He was the opposite of Dad’s former cellmate, Ike.  Although he was a gang member like Ike had been, he had no interest in protecting my dad’s property the way Ike had done.  In fact, the new guy was sizing up my dad’s property.  Dad immediately wrote a letter  to Placement requesting to be moved to another cell or wing.

The next morning, Dad locked up his property in his property box and went to work.  He located Pete, his boss.  He explained how he felt that his cellie was going to rob him, or let someone else rob him.  Then, he gave Pete the letter requesting to be moved.  Pete took the letter to Placement, but Placement refused to move Dad.  Pete went to Internal Affairs trying to get my Dad moved to a safer cell, but I.A. also refused to move Dad.