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Tulsa county jail are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. their one hour out can be spent either in the shower or rec yard. >> how are you doing? >> im doing pretty good. >> sergeant collette, who runs the unit, says he frequently checks in with the inmates and tries to help them adapt to the isolation. >> the brain is very powerful and you can fail to flourish and literally will yourself to death. i do not want that in here. its like i tell these guys in the seg when i first meet them, i want...

While theyre in here. im governed by state and federal laws that i must do these things and i am mandated to do these things. i dont have to like it. a lot of times i dont like it. but i do it because i am the one responsible for making sure these mandates are met. >> hi, alvin. >> hey, sergeant collette. >> how you doing? >> im doing pretty good. >> all right. you know why i come by, to check on you. its the anniversary of what allegedly you have done. >> yeah. >> i want to check on you mentall...

If i wanted mushrooms back here, id be a gardener. what i say to them is free your mind. your ass will follow. >> jacob england has been in segregation for nearly a year. hes followed sergeant collettes advice but has also participated in extracurricular activity with some of his neighbors. they call it cadillacing, and it involves using string to pass items between cells. >> what are you doing? >> cadillacing a soup. im giving him a soup. hes going to come down off the top rung. im going to pul...

Say im like a celebrity to them >> why? >> just because of how high-profile my case is. >> while england seems prepared for whatever fate awaits him sergeant collette has grown concerned about watts. >> alvin wattss demeanor has changed, and that concerns me. im always looking in alvins cell, seeing whats changed. he has become more reclusive. alvin used to have a lot of stuff written on the walls. its all gone. if you learn to read whats -- what the inmates have written on the walls, its a pict...

>> [ bleep ] tulsa county jail! >> [ bleep ] tulsa county jail! >> segregation inmates at the tulsa county jail are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. their one hour out can be spent either in the shower or rec yard. >> how are you doing? >> im doing pretty good. >> sergeant collette, who runs the unit, says he frequently checks in with the inmates and tries to help them adapt to the isolation. >> the brain is very powerful and you can fail to flourish and literally will yourself to death. i ...

High-profile my case is. >> while england seems prepared for whatever fate awaits him sergeant collette has grown concerned about watts. >> alvin wattss demeanor has changed, and that concerns me. im always looking in alvins cell, seeing whats changed. he has become more reclusive. alvin used to have a lot of stuff written on the walls. its all gone. if you learn to read whats -- what the inmates have written on the walls, its a picture into their mind, to whats going on with them. and i dont li...

Are accused of. my concern is their well-being while theyre in here. im governed by state and federal laws that i must do these things and i am mandated to do these things. i dont have to like it. a lot of times i dont like it. but i do it because i am the one responsible for making sure these mandates are met. >> hi, alvin. >> hey, sergeant collette. >> how you doing? >> im doing pretty good. >> all right. you know why i come by, to check on you. its the anniversary of what allegedly you have d...

High-profile my case is. >> while england seems prepared for whatever fate awaits him sergeant collette has grown concerned about watts. >> alvin wattss demeanor has changed, and that concerns me. im always looking in alvins cell, seeing whats changed. he has become more reclusive. alvin used to have a lot of stuff written on the walls. its all gone. if you learn to read whats -- what the inmates have written on the walls, its a picture into their mind, to whats going on with them. and i dont li...

Tulsa county jail, locked in their cells 23 hours a day. their one hour out can be spent either in the shower or rec yard. >> how are you doing? >> sergeant collette, who runs the unit, says he frequently checks in with the inmates and tries to help them adapt to the isolation. >> the brain is very powerful and you can fail to flourish and literally will yourself to death. i do not want that in here. i tell these guys when i first meet them. i want you guys reading. i want you doing a little exe...

These things and i am mandated to do these things. i dont have to like it. a lot of times i dont like it. but i do it because i am the one responsible for making sure these mandates are met. >> hey, sergeant collette. >> how you doing? >> doing pretty good. >> all right. you know why i come by, to check on you. its the anniversary of what allegedly you have done. >> yeah. >> i want to check on you mentally. do i need to get mental health here? >> i am good. im good. >> are you? >> yeah. >> with ...