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Medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of the psychologists who works in the unit. >> the rtu program is set up on a three-phase system. the initial phase is set up to receive offenders who generally have been isolated from other offenders because of having been living in segregation. so generally in phase one, a person stays to themselves a lot. phase two is where theyre really introduced to the rest of the unit. they have...

Shu and then they put me back into the general population, and then im going right downhill all over again. >> after moving back and forth between the shu and general population, joe was eventually diagnosed as bipolar and moved to the residential treatment unit, or rtu. through counseling and medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of the psychologists who works in the unit. >> the rtu program is set up on a three-phase sys...

Retake me to surgery for the second time to get the other stuff out. and thats why its taking so long to heal up. >> the rtu offers joe and other inmates constant counseling. >> my office is a jail cell. its a prison cell thats been converted. but it does make me more accessible. >> they dont got more trust in me than what they got. they dont believe in me at all. thats how i feel. >> today joe is extremely agitated. with dr. profitts help, he tries to find a solution that does not involve cutti...

Long to heal up. >> the rtu offers joe and other inmates constant counseling. >> my office is a jail cell. its a prison cell thats been converted. but it does make me more accessible. >> they dont got more trust in me than what they got. they dont believe in me at all. thats how i feel. >> today joe is extremely agitated. with dr. profitts help, he tries to find a solution that does not involve cutting himself. >> how are you going to manage how you feel the rest of the evening? >> im all right....

Diagnosed as bipolar and moved to the residential treatment unit, or rtu. through counseling and medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of the psychologists who works in the unit. >> the rtu program is set up on a three-phase system. the initial phase is set up to receive offenders who generally have been isolated from other offenders because of having been living in segregation. so generally in phase one, a person stays to...

Then im going right downhill all over again. >> after moving back and forth between the shu and general population, joe was eventually diagnosed as bipolar and moved to the residential treatment unit, or rtu. through counseling and medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of the psychologists who works in the unit. >> the rtu program is set up on a three-phase system. the initial phase is set up to receive offenders who gener...

And take them ink pens out and they left one in, so they had to retake me to surgery for the second time to get the other stuff out. and thats why its taking so long to heal up. >> the rtu offers joe and other inmates constant counseling. >> my office is a jail cell. its a prison cell thats been converted. but it does make me more accessible. >> they dont got more trust in me than what they got. they dont believe in me at all. thats how i feel. >> today joe is extremely agitated. with dr. profit...

Know, and i have been on them the last year every day. i havent missed it. they dont let you miss it here. >> although joe is involved in ongoing treatment, his most recent self-injury involved swallowing pens. >> this is still trying to heal up on my belly here where they took me to surgery and they cut me open, they had to go in there and take them ink pens out and they left one in, so they had to retake me to surgery for the second time to get the other stuff out. and thats why its taking so ...

So they ended up putting me in the shu for hurting myself. and then my time was up in the shu and then they put me back into the general population, and then im going right downhill all over again. >> after moving back and forth between the shu and general population, joe was eventually diagnosed as bipolar and moved to the residential treatment unit, or rtu. through counseling and medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of ...

Through counseling and medication, the rtus ultimate goal is to integrate these inmates into general population. dennis profitt is one of the psychologists who works in the unit. >> the rtu program is set up on a three-phase system. the initial phase is set up to receive offenders who generally have been isolated from other offenders because of having been living in segregation. so generally in phase one, a person stays to themselves a lot. phase two is where theyre really introduced to the rest...