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He landed in cell house 220 a year ago after several staff assaults. >> all there is to do in here is listen to other people banging on stuff. you know, officers constantly 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 seve...

He tried to cast strrated. he chose to lead the life of a heterosexual and we know he killed his wife. >> megyn: youre blaming the murder on the gender identity. >> no, tongue in cheek, i apologize. when someone like this certainly needs this type of treatment and even the doctors said, we cant help him any further. and the therapy is not helping, the therapy sessions are not helping. >> megyn: thats the thing, and his lawyer, her lawyer argues that she is tortured and came out and said, shes-- ...

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 moved. 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 going to show you kind of thing, so anger. >> our crew got a glimpse of how prevalent self-mutilation is at the wabash correctional facility in indi...

>> 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 razors but they put me on razor restrict...

>> some people here think theres nothing good in them at 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...

>> im in here for causing trouble. i cut myself and stuff like that. >> show me where you cut yourself. >> want me to stick my arm out? >> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years in 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. ...

His nail bed is purple. thats pretty bad. like i said, hes done it before. >> just two weeks ago, officers and medical staff had their hands full with jacob during a meltdown in a time-out cell. tonight they frantically try to deal with his self-mutilation. >> where did you get this? is this from your mattress? >> no. >> is this from your mattress? whats it from, hon? you can tell me, im not going to say anything. whats it from? >> pillow. >> i thought we were trying to go home? what number are ...

Number of those diagnosed as mentally ill the only place they feel safe is the shoe. >> in population, sometimes mentally ill people get victimized. some mentally ill are perfect in the shoe. they do what they need to get in the shoe. >> one such action that gets inmates sent to the shoe is self-mutilation. >> thats about ten years ago, i cut from the ankle up to the hip bone done and then i cut across sideways and sort of it took about 12 hours to so sew me up. you got several layers before you...

Who had a long history of self-mutilation. >> i was anti-social. i didnt want to be around nobody. i didnt want nobody around me. i wanted to be by myself. everything made me angry, you know? i would take a lot out of it on myself and i would feel better. i would take a razor blade and cut myself up real bad and then then it would all be all right, you know? i did that scar ten years ago. i cut it from the ankle to the hipbone all the way through the bone and cut across sideways so the surgeons ...

>> im in here for causing trouble. i cut myself and stuff like that. >> show me where you cut yourself. >> want me to stick my arm out? >> we met murray at iowa state penitentiary serving ten years for stealing cars. he spent the last two years as 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. ...