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With. this guy looks like a good candidate. >> but he doesnt play well with others. and so hes -- stays here. >> ive been in a fight in bravo mod. ive been in a fight in charlie mod. ive been in a fight in delta mod. ive been in a fight on the rec yard. >> it very seldom has anything to do with staff but its other prisoners. >> you know how it is in prison, a guy talks smack, youve got to hit him. >> got in a fight with a prisoner, bit his finger off. >> i didnt get his eye ball. technical diffi...

I have an anxiety problem. theres less of that in here. theres really no threats in here. >> ernest rogers has bipolar disorder. he is serving an 85-year sentence for robbery and attempted murder >> i just lost it. i wasnt on my meds or nothing. the judge said due to my mental illness, you know, he said although i didnt kill anybody, i -- it wasnt from the lack of effort. >> despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. >> ive worked...

>> i like it here because its way quieter. i have an anxiety problem. theres less of that in here. theres really no threats in here. >> ernest rogers has bipolar disorder. hes serve an 85-year sentence for robbery and attempted murder. >> i just lost it. i wasnt on my meds or nothing. the judge said due to my mental illness, you know, he said although i didnt kill anybody, i -- it wasnt from the lack of effort. >> despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates...

One prisoners actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. >> whats difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, ive just treated that person civilly. why would i want to do that? its a little hard to think about that sometimes. theyre 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 seg...

Spring creek correctional center in alaska live in a unit called house one. >> if somebody violates the rule, then they go to segregation for punitive. not many people want to spend a lot of time in punitive. >> this is probably the most difficult prison to control are in this mod. you see why. very little things set them off sometimes. >> setting off the smoke alarm. >> basically, bravo mod is a little less violent, a little less secure, then you get into alpha and delta, where theyre given mor...

I -- it wasnt from the lack of effort. >> despite the violence of their crimes, stone insists on treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. >> ive worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and ive never been injured, never been attacked. so im just comfortable with it. >> but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. >> theres only been one murder in this prison. its been in this mod. it was in cell 13 downstairs. a guy strangled a guy to death. >...

>> located in a corner of the sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. >> this mods called echo mod. its the mod thats 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...

17 years. from dealing with him when he first came to the facility. at this point in time he is one of our extreme management problems. >> this is me when i was 20 years old. i dont have my photo album now because im being punished for being defiant. im being treated like this for fighting. fist fighting. >> who are you fighting? >> bullies. troublemakers. predators. dudes that go and pick on everybody else. i dont go say, hey, im looking for somebody to get in a fight with. this guy looks like ...

Sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. >> this mods called echo mod. its the mod thats 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 do good in her...

Treating all of the inmates in echo mod with respect. >> ive worked with mentally ill people for the last 35 years and ive never been injured, never been attacked. so im just comfortable with it. >> but even the most vigilant staff cannot prevent violence from erupting. >> theres only been one murder in this prison. its 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...