treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. i ve worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and i ve never been injured, never been attacked. so i m just comfortable with it. but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. there s only been one murder in this prison. it s been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables earned the infamous distinction of being the only spring creek inmate to kill another prisoner. put a cellie in with me, the guy was doing life, in for homicide for killing his mom. which is disgusting. but this mental illness thing. he got 39 years suspended and eligible for parole in 20 years. he s bragging about that, i killed mommy, and i m getting out in 20 years. blah, blah, blah.
is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. this mod s called echo mod. it s the mod that s designated for chronically mentally ill people for the most part. mental health clinician george stone is an integral member of the echo mod staff. you have people that are pretty disturbed. and people that are normal or next to normal. as a way of mixing it up, we find that the prisoners can help each other that way. i like it here because it s way quieter. i have an anxiety problem. there s less of that in here. there s really no threats in here. ernest rogers has bipolar disorder. he s serve an 85-year sentence for robbery and attempted murder. i just lost it. i wasn t on my meds or nothing. the judge said due to my mental illness, you know, he said although i didn t kill anybody, i it wasn t from the lack of effort. despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on
at this point in time he is one of our extreme management problems. this is me when i was 20 years old. i don t have my photo album now because i m being punished for being defiant. i m being treated like this for fighting. fist fighting. who are you fighting? bullies. troublemakers. predators. dudes that go and pick on everybody else. i don t go say, hey, i m looking for somebody to get in a fight with. this guy looks like a good candidate. but he doesn t play well with others. and so he s stays here. i ve been in a fight in bravo mod. i ve been in a fight in charlie mod. i ve been in a fight in delta mod. i ve been in a fight on the rec yard. it very seldom has anything to do with staff but it s other prisoners. you know how it is in prison, a guy talks smack, you ve got to hit him. got in a fight with a prisoner, bit his finger off. i didn t get his eye ball. technical difficulties.
despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. i ve worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and i ve never been injured, never been attacked. so i m just comfortable with it. but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. there s only been one murder in this prison. it s been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables earned the infamous distinction of being the only spring creek inmate to kill another prisoner. put a cellie in with me, the guy was doing life, in for homicide for killing his mom. which is disgusting. but this mental illness thing. he got 39 years suspended and eligible for parole in 20 years.
illness, you know, he said although i didn t kill anybody, i it wasn t from the lack of effort. despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. i ve worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and i ve never been injured, never been attacked. so i m just comfortable with it. but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. there s only been one murder in this prison. it s been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables earned the infamous distinction of being the only spring creek inmate to kill another prisoner. put a cellie in with me, the guy was doing life, in for homicide for killing his mom. which is disgusting. but this mental illness thing.