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Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate upon arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. ...

>> yeah, but i dont think theyre any smaller. >> today some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. you cant have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while youre in here. >> the programs director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer ive known since 1991 when i first started. shes been in and out. she was in here with her mother in 91. were almost working t...

>> today some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. you cant have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while youre in here. >> the programs director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer ive known since 1991 when i first started. shes been in and out. she was in here with her mother in 91. were almost working together, which is kind of scary. >> can we hav...

How much time do i have? >> some inmates struggle with how to serve time, a problem steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, thats what keeps me stable. this is all paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. thats how i do it. i dont try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prisons more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some...

Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate upon arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. ...

Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate upon arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. ...

>> today some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. you cant have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while youre in here. >> the programs director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer ive known since 1991 when i first started. shes been in and out. she was in here with her mother in 91. were almost working together, which is kind of scary. >> can we hav...

>> today some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. you cant have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while youre in here. >> the programs director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer ive known since 1991 when i first started. shes been in and out. she was in here with her mother in 91. were almost working together, which is kind of scary. >> can we hav...

And segregated thousands of gang members, no system is perfect. neither is shooting lockup "extended stay". >> when shooting "extended stay", you will shoot for several weeks, and youll be down a week or so and then come back. we shot our first couple of weeks, we saw the gang tension but it was pretty much under control. we went away for a week, and during that week, a huge riot broke out. mostly in the annex. >> the annex is a section of the jail where many newly arrived inmates live while goi...

Rodriguez and rocha identified thousands of gang members, no system is perfect. neither is shooting lockup "extended stay". >> when shooting "extended stay", you will shoot for several weeks, and youll be down a week or so and then come back. we shot our first couple of weeks, we saw the gang tension but it was pretty much under control. we went away for a week, and during that week, a huge riot broke out. mostly in the annex. >> the annex, a section of the jail where many newly arrived inmates ...