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Have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. [ phil ] get back to the things that matter most. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biolog medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. its been nearly a week since day ma woods has been accused of brutally beating his cell mate. curtis cash suffered a broken jaw and a bloody face....

Nothing happened that he didnt do anything. the guy fell. so at this point, you know, well go in and look at the cell and see what it looks like. >> while violence between cell mates is always a possibility in prison for philip and curt its, living together as had the opposite effect. >> is that that diabetic peanut butter? >> it has no taste to it. >> put the cookie on the peanut butter. >> i have to get rid of this stomach. >> dear heavenly father we thank you for this meal. >> old curt. curt ...

>> but at the brushy mountain correctional complex in tennessee we met two cell mates who were not only successfully living together, but doing so in a maximum security unit, locked up 23 hours per day. >> its not any kind of fun, stuck in a cell. you go out. me and him go out and work out every day, come back in the cell and watch tv and listen to the radio. thats our life every day. >> sky bishop was sent to the hole when he refused to share his cell with an inmate the prison assigned him. >> ...

>> yes. this is how you do it. you do your back that way. you know what im saying? >> aint nobody gay up in here. >> few things in prison are as key to survival as having a good cell mate. >> when you live with a person 24 hours a day, you build up a brotherhood, a sense of -- you build up a rapport that you dont have with your family. and youre both dependent on each other for survival. >> but some cell mates cant get along. "lockup" crews have heard vivid accounts of inmates attacking their ce...

Buried just right underneath the grass. thats the place where theyll drop it and hide it and kick it with their foot right into the grass. this is what i dont like to see. this right here. those are razor blades. thats not something you want to step on. really not something i like picking up. i dont care if you think thats a harmless piece of plastic, but they can literally melt that into here and youve got a slicing tool. toothbrush handles and stuff like that. quite good at it. >> one inmate i...

Stripped of all possessions except boxer shorts, placed in a stripped down cell and undergo around the clock observation. after they examined him, mental health staff determined mcdaniel was not suicidal. for refusing to take the drug test and he most must remain in the custody control unit where he will be locked into his cell 23 hours a day. later he said it was because he had taken some of his cell mates prescription methadone. i refused it because i was positive too and ended up over here. >...

You dont have to marry him. >> yeah, i mean, it seem that way. youre placing this inmate in the cell with me. i mean were not -- were not outside the cell all day. were inside that cell all day. >> yeah, but that should have been a consideration before you went to prison. >> the committee is baffled, not only by hamiltons stubbornness but by its sudden appearance after nine years behind bars at other state prisons. >> you have been taking a cellie up until the time you got here. once you got her...

As officers escorted him to his new general population cell. >> its all right. just relax. dont get tense. i can feel you tense now. >> yeah? >> yeah. its all right. >> finally, hamilton reaches his new cell, and his new cell mate. the relationship is short-lived. >> you refuse? go ahead, close it. >> close it. >> are you sure? you didnt even want to look at who you -- >> doesnt matter. >> okay. weve got to turn back. >> before hamilton is returned to his cell, his escort officers make one more ...

Even want these people in society, but you want me to feel safe inside a cell with this person. >> ironically other inmates might not feel safe around hamilton either. hes serving a life sentence for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and say salt with a deadly weapon. nine years in, hes only now decided to make his stand against taking a cell mate. >> theres no rule that says i have to take a cellie. two, i dont want to live with another man for the rest of my life. >> 127. >> the prison official...

Jails infirmary, a process that can take anywhere from a few days to two weeks. her close friend and former cell mate krystle oreilly says shes relieved to have her back. >> i mean, i dont wish this on anybody. but because i knew what she was going out to do, i kind of was hoping to see her walk back through the door, because at least i know shes safe. you know. at least i know we still have that. >> while she waits for her friend to be released from the infirmary, oreilly turns her focus to reb...