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.
due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. alaska s department of corrections is the largest provider of mental health care services in the state. at spring creek correctional center, all officers receive some training in working with the mentally ill. a mandate since the behavior of many of these inmates can be so unpredictable. one prisoner s actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. what s difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, i ve just treated that person civilly. why would i want to do that? it s a little hard to think about that sometimes. they re still people. they still deserve to be treated with respect. located in a corner of the sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population.
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. i stand and listen to this garbage, and i have to listen to garbage, and i can t tell him.
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. i stand and listen to this garbage, and i have to listen to garbage, and i can t tell him.
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. i was trying though. i was giving it the old college try. the one thing that s predictable about mr. bright is he s unpredictable.