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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 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 indiana. >> i need to go on 11. >...

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 subject to, stabbings, hangings, self-m...

Get in the shu. >> one such action that gets inmates sent to the shu is self-mutilation. >> i did that scar about ten years ago. i got it from the ankle all the way up to the hip bone, all the way down to the bone and i cut across sideways so the surgeons had to take about 12 hours to sew me up. you got seven layers of skin you got to go through before you get to the bone. and when youre going through one of them phases, you dont even feel the pain. you dont even know youre doing it. >> joe carr...

Let me see what youve done. let me see what you did. jacob! >> why did you do that? >> hes a good kid. >> i got bored. >> so you try to lose fingers because you got bored. >> 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. >> ...

Suicide, self-injury cuts their level of pain down. so it is pain control. >> you give the baby a bottle because he is crying, change his diaper. me you give me something sharp to hurt myself with and im fine. >> youre communicating things are not okay for yourself. >> if i dont cut myself at least once a week im not right. >> 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 ...

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 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 indiana. >> i need to go on 11. >> 11. >> 11 range, thank you. >> prison psychologist mary ruth simms conducts group therapy with cutters and other self-mutilators assigned to wabashs secured ...

>> 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. now we have to deal with them over here. >> during his time in prison...

>> one such action that gets inmates sent to the shu is self-mutilation. >> i did that scar about ten years ago. i cut it from the ankle all the way up to the hip bone, all the way down to the bone and i cut across sideways so the surgeons had to take about 12 hours to sew me up. you got seven layers of skin you got to go through before you get to the bone. and when youre going through one of them phases, you dont even feel the pain. you dont even know youre doing it. >> joe carr is serving an e...

>> hey, everybody here knows it, youre special, brian. >> 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 several times a we...

A millionaire. coming up -- >> im in here for causing trouble, i cut myself and stuff like that. >> an inmate struggles with self-mutilation. >> i was on razors but they put me on razor restriction. i find stuff in here like staples and plastic.