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That was my getaway. thats how i get away from my pain. thats my therapy. >> morris prefers to be housed alone in the jails segregation unit, because he says he was raped while serving a prison sentence for second degree murder. during that murder trial, two of morriss aunts testified he suffered an abusive childhood. morris says it was a childhood that also included more than one sexual assault. >> i cant remember how old i was. but i never forgot it. never. or forgot the rape in juvenile hall....

>> im sorry i broke my word to you. you hear me? >> okay. were going to try it again, man, okay? >> all right. thank you, mr. colette. >> all right, bud. >> unlike nava, rafael gonzalez is a newcomer to the segregation unit. >> rafael. you part of that mess from 16 last night? >> yes, sir. >> you know he dies, you go manslaughter charge, you know that. 20 to life. >> you think hes going to make it, though? >> dont know. >> i didnt mean to harm him that bad, you know. just -- anger. >> i understa...

I dont want to put you in a pod, okay. what i really want to do is put you in a segregation unit, where nobody can get at you. i have an inmate where somebody has beaten them up once before. it gets all over this place like wildfire and then whatever pod i put you in is a potential for you to get hurt again. and i dont want that to happen, okay? so, where youll go from here is probably segregation unit, protective custody. okay? i have no other choice for you. very good, sir. >> youre taking thi...

>> the dangers posed by the jails agvs pale in comparison within those posed by some of its inmates. philip white was recently given a 26 year to life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend. as he awaits his transfer 0 prison, white is in the jails disciplinary segregation unit where inmates are only allowed out of their cells only one hour at a time one at a time. an aspiring rapper on the outside, white says he usually spends his hour teaching other inmates how to rap. >> counting this mone...

To not face any charges. i dont put myself in a situation where you have to worry about me telling or i got to worry about someone else telling on me. i just avoid it all completely. >> while guiliano may have decided the best way to do time is to lay low, up in the disciplinary segregation unit another inmate has chosen a different route. >> its approximately 12:15 p.m., were outside the 131 segregation unit, inmate ricardo gomes, 100653 being disruptive, refusing all orders from the security s...

Day. >> hayes easygoing attitude stands in contrast to the alleged crime that brought him to jail in the first place. attempted murder. hes pled not guilty and has been in jail for nearly four months awaiting trial. >> here i am again. and because of my past history and my record, you know, they kind of somewhat using that against me thinking im either a threat or a menace to society which im really not. >> hayess long-term future is up to the courts. for now hes facing possible time in the jail...

I dont even know how i feel about it. its just, i dont know, i just hope she gets it. >> reality is also hitting hard for ja-norris hayes over the jails segregation unit. >> never been in segregation before, you know. >> after he was attacked by another inmate wielding a sock full of batteries, hayes was moved to segregation to await his disciplinary hearing. while he didnt instigate the fight, hayes quickly gained the upper hand. surveillance video shows him ignoring commands to stop fighting w...

Inside the disciplinary segregation unit of bostons suffolk county jail house of correction, inmate ricardo gomes has been causing problems since early morning. >> okay, sergeant medeiros, approximately 2:15 p.m., outside the 131 segregation unit where inmate ricardo gomes was placed in the restraint chair after being disruptive. >> after urinating on his cell door, threatening to throw feces on staff, and tampering with the shower head, gomes has been immobilized in a restraint chair. hes been ...

Themselves and they function better that way. others, you know, theyre by themselves a few hours would drive them crazy, literally. but overall, i think this should be something and it is something in place for consequences of your actions. and its not like its a secret. they get an inmate handbook, they know the regulations. from childhood you were taught whats right and wrong, respond to authority appropriately, do what youre supposed to do. were not asking anything more than that. >> today, o...

Its likely, very likely. but do i know for sure? i didnt read it. okay? maybe i do. but am i wrong -- >> what gohr doesnt know is that staff has already confirmed agee wrote the note. >> i didnt tell them like who i was writing. they wanted me to. they were like, who is it for? and i was like, i dont know who it was for. >> since the violation is considered minor, officers confined agee to her cell for six hours rather than sending her to the segregation unit. gohr, however, could face up to 30 ...