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Cell house 220, also known as the hole. >> this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. heres where we house all the inmates that couldnt be handled at another institution or couldnt be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> ive been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on ...

Toothpaste and had broken it off to make a sharp edge and had started cutting his arm with it. reopened his scars where he perviously cut himself up. >> take his toothbrush, too. >> so now what? >> nothing. go back to my cell and wait another couple months. i guess. >> "lockup" crews have encountered many other self-mutilators. >> some people self-injure as a manipulation because they want to get moved. some people self-injure as a cry of help. some people self-injure to get even. you know, im g...

Personnel went to that location in november 2002. and according to a contemporaneous cia e-mail, told cia officers had never been, quote, in a facility where individuals are so sensory deprived, end quote. again, source, cia e-mail, sender and recipient redacted, december 5th, 2002. throughout the program, multiple cia detainees subject to interrogation exhibited psychological and behavioral issues, including hallucinations, paranoia, insomnia, and attempts at self-harm and self-mutilation. mult...

Running in on them, and cussing. just a lot of crazy stuff, you know. i call it bugs. always somebody bugging out, always somebody causing trouble in the cell house. its hard. its really hard. they got me on a lot of medication. >> inmates in cell house 220 get an hour of recreation in the morning and a ten-minute shower several times a week. >> one of the worst things in this cell house is the compound day-to-day events, typical stress incidences that add up. and some of the things youre subjec...

Gravel road which the cops rolled up on me, which was a bad deal. >> moon had made it all the way to the southern tip of illinois before he was captured, a distance of almost 400 miles. >> the police didnt know who i was to start with. when i gave them an alias and wrote me a ticket for driving the vehicle with the wrong plates and alluding an officer. if i had $200 i could have bonded out. but i had my -- they found out who i was eventually. aside from getting caught, i dont regret it one bit. ...

>> in about ten minutes im going to send him -- >> let him come down, and then ill give him some one-on-one. ill see you in a little bit, okay? all right. >> randall sawyer is the charge nurse in pendletons medical unit. here, staff sees more than 150 offenders a day for everything from daily med distribution to serious offender battery. self-cutting is also no surprise. >> a lot of them will cut on themselves for self-mutilation to relieve the anger. they say it just feels good. and its sad tha...

>> of all the offenders behind bars at pendleton juvenile, 19-year-old jacob shauntee is one of the most perplexing for staff. >> every time staff does something, you dont agree with it, this is what you do, you cut or tie or something, dont you? every time. because you just want everything to be fair, right? sorry, buddy. >> get this one right here on top. >> hes done it before, and its shocking. his nail bed is purple. thats pretty bad. like i said, hes done it before. >> just two weeks ago, o...

Heres where we house all the inmates that couldnt be handled at another institution or couldnt be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison and especially in the hole, murray has found a coping device in self-mutilation. >> ive been in here so long it kind of releases stress. >> how do you cut yourself? >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction and i find stuff in here, staples, plastic from deodorants and stuff li...

All, that theyve messed up totally and theyre totally worthless. >> i know the problems i have need to be fixed. ive got a 6-year-old daughter now. how am i going to explain to her when daddy getting upset he cuts and burns himself? >> inmates deemed not to be a threat to others are assigned to wabashs residential treatment unit where they are granted more time outside of their cell. that is where we met joe carr, who had a long history of self-mutilation. >> i was anti-social. i didnt want to b...

Started cutting his arm with it. reopened his scars where he perviously cut himself up. >> take his toothbrush, too. >> so now what? >> nothing. go back to my cell and wait another couple months. i guess. >> murrays conduct is not unusual. "lockup" crews have encountered many other self-mutilators. >> some people self-injure as a manipulation because they want to get move. some people self-injure as a cry of help. some people self-injure to get even. you know, im going to hurt myself and im goin...