Alex is frustrated with the new cellmate, and it gets him even more motivated to get out of the jail. The cellmate is loud, boastful, and rather obnoxious. He starts in on Alex, as he is the youngest, saying that Alex should be the one who has to sleep on the floor, but the other cellmates come to Alex's defense.
That night, while Alex was sleeping, the new inmate gets into bed with Alex and begins touching him. Ales punches the guy in the mouth. The other inmates wake up and begin joining in, making quite a ruckus. The guards come and break it up, blaming Alex. Despite Alex's anger, they tell them all to go back to bed and leave.
Alex warns the new inmate not to touch him and to mind.....
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