No, definitely not. He described a group of criminals in the same barracks as the prisoners. One example I remember is that if one of them had committed some serious infraction, the others would punish him by jumping off their bunks to crush his chest. I'm pretty sure that the nickname for these people was "the blues". I don't know if I can find the passage as these are some long books to search through and I no longer have my copy handy. But I'll see what I can do.
BTW, it looks like the show has ended its run for now. :(