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Good luck to you. youll go to staffing on thursday. >> okay. >> passing means the patient is ready to return to court to stand trial for his crime. atascadero state hospital with its razor wire and guard tower stationed along the perimeter looks nothing like a hospital. no one here talks about curing the patients. instead, they talk of medication, and a lot of it, enough to keep these patients from hurting themselves and others. this is where california sends its criminally insane, those who wil...

They wasnt gonna come. >> i have my nights throughout the week or whatever, ill be thinking about how much time there is over my head and stuff, and just about what things could have changed or whatever. i would just like the victims of the family to know that i am sorry. if i could take it back, i would take it back. >> 18-year-old bennie reed has been locked up 2 1/2 years. hes serving 60 years for murder and aggravated battery. younger brother blade, now 15, is serving 30 years for his role i...

A recent letter are indications shes planning to bring his son to see him. >> this aint the first time she said shes going to visit or let me be in his life. then she falls off again. so im not really going to get my hopes up. last time i seen him, he couldnt walk or talk. i cant wait to see him. >> while he clings to the hope the visit will take place, his cellmate, brad napier, is enjoying one of his regular visits with his 2-year-old son, brad jr., and his sons mother, jessica corn. >> score ...

All of a sudden just falls off again. so i am not really going to get my hopes up. last time i seen him. he couldnt walk, couldnt talk. nothing. i cant wit to see him. >> he clings to the hope that the visit will take place. his cellmate, brad napier is enjoying one of his regular visits with his two-year-old son, brad junior and his sons mother. jessica corn. >> say, touchdown! >> touchdown! >> bradley talks abbout his dad. he pulls up. sees the guard tower. thats daddys house. daddys house. gr...

Good example for the other soldiers. im sorry. >> the next day, loftus and the other troops walk to a memorial for the soldier killed by the ied, and pay their final respects. then they make a somber march back to base. (gunfire) >> as soon as they enter the gate, the taliban attack. >> get me up there, get me up there! >> the ambush is timed to catch the troops off guard. soldiers rush to the roof of the outpost and fire back. (gunfire) >> from here, they have the best view, the best chance of ...

Submission of a visitation request are indications that shes planning to bring mcanalleys son to see him. >> this isnt the first time that she says shes going to visit but then all of a sudden she falls off again. im not really going to get my hopes up again. last time i seen him, he couldnt walk or talk. i cant wait to see him. >> while he clings to the hope that his visit will take place, his sell mate is enjoying one of his regular visits with his 2-year-old son brad and jessica corn, his son...

>> but that could be changing. arecent letter and her submission of a visitation request, are indications that shes planning to bring his son to see him. >> this aint the first time she says shes going to come visit and let me be in his life and then all of the sudden she falls off again. so i mean, im not really going to get my hopes up. last time i seen him he couldnt walk at all or talk, nothing. i cant wait to see him. >> while he clings to the hope that the visit will take place, list cell ...

Aggravated battery. do you understand these charges? >> yeah. >> what is your understanding of why you were found incompetent in this case? >> most likely either not getting -- cooperating properly with my attorney or my lawyer. >> okay. the records indicated you were paranoid, experiencing auditory hallucinations, and you were exhibiting manic behavior. does this sound like what was going on at the time? >> yeah. >> mr. guzman, are you on any psychiatric medications now? >> yeah. its helping me...

Lifeguards leaving en masse, seven of them in disgust. >> we are basically supposed to do is watch them die, technically. >> reporter: just then we came across brian ritchie who walked off this guard tower to turn in the whistle and the shirt off his back. brian, did you just quit? >> i did just quit. >> how did it go? >> it was rough. i am glad that i can -- separate myself from this. ir i knew if the incident every came up, i would go. >> reporter: they made a pact choosing to save lives inste...

Technically. >> reporter: just then we came across brian ritchie who walked off this guard tower to turn in the whistle and the shirt off his back. brian, did you just quit? >> i did just quit. >> how did it go? >> it was rough. i am glad that i can -- separate myself from this. i knew if the incident ever came up, i would go. >> reporter: they made a pact choosing to save lives instead of their jobs. matt gutman, abc news, helendale beach, florida. >> i am so confused. lifeguards are supposed t...