CLEVELAND, Ohio — T.J. Lane spent the first 18 months in prison playing with Pokemon cards, using drugs, refusing to listen to prison guards and drawing the word "Killer'' on a notebook during an education class, state records show.<br /><br />The documents, obtained by The Plain Dealer on Monday, suggest that Lane, 19, was an immature young man who, despite his outward appearances, was not ready for a life behind bars. His escape from the Allen Correctional Institution – and recapture hours later – made national headlines and raised questions about how the convicted Chardon High School shooter could break out.<br /><br />He was disciplined seven times for a variety of offenses, from refusing to listen to a teacher and a guard to using marijuana and placing three tattoos on his chest.<br /><br />On Aug. 21, 2013, a teacher said Lane refused to take part in a class, a note that indicates Lane's stubbornness and immaturity.<br /><br />"Mr. Lane cannot come to terms with having the job classification of student," the teacher wrote. "He sits in class and refuses to do anything, including reading. He sits and complains that education makes him ill, that he gets migraines because of it. He cannot read as it hurts his neck. He cannot utilize the computer, as it makes his migraine worse. The only thing he has done is bother the fellow students at his table with his complaints about our making him attend school.<br /><br />"He also does not wear deodorant to the point no one wants to sit next to him. I keep giving him options of puzzles, math games, reading, computers, etc., and he refuses. I had allowed him to draw in class, but now he even refuses to do that. The previous drawings were of himself with 'killer' on them and then drawings of kitty cats over his math assignment. I gave him several warnings in class about some participation. He remains stubborn with his refusals."<br /><br />In the Youngstown prison, Lane will spend 23 hours a day in a cell the size of a small parking space. He will get an hour of recreation.
