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Like everythings going to be okay. >> for me, its being in control. my whole life, i felt like i wasnt in control. but then when i had times when i do cut myself, im in control of the situation. >> there are a group of people that self-injure when they come to prison as a way to control their level of pain, that when theyre in so much pain that they dont know what to do, that they are starting to feel like suicide, that self-injury cuts their level of pain down, so its pain control. >> self-inju...

Group does not injure themselves for the typical reasons. >> they self-injured as a way to control their level of pain. that when theyre in so much pain they dont know what to do, they are starting to feel like suicide, self-injury cuts their 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 leas...

Control. my whole life, i felt like i wasnt in control. but then when i had times when i do cut myself, im in control of the situation. >> there are a group of people that self-injure when they come to prison as a way to control their level of pain, that when theyre in so much pain that they dont know what to do, that they are starting to feel like suicide, that self-injury cuts their level of pain down, so its pain control. >> self-injury really isnt bettering yourself. and sometimes people die...

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 got a 6-year-old daughter now. how am i g...

Like everythings going to be okay. >> for me, its being in control. my whole life, i felt like i wasnt in control. but then when i had times when i do cut myself, im in control of the situation. >> there are a group of people that self-injure when they come to prison as a way to control their level of pain, that when theyre in so much pain that they dont know what to do, that they are starting to feel like suicide, that self-injury cuts their level of pain down, so its pain control. >> self-inju...

With cutters and other self-mutilators assigned to wabashs secured housing unit. >> if i see my blood, in another world im somebody totally different from myself. thats the only time i can actually, you know, feel real, feel alive, feel like everythings going to be okay. >> simms says this particular group does not injure themselves for the typical reasons. >> they self-injured as a way to control their level of pain. that when theyre in so much pain they dont know what to do, they are starting ...

To be seen, when somebody else thinks they need to be seen. i will see whats wrong, see what can be done in the institution to help them cope. >> the only way i can get out of this mood, i mean, i dont care, you can give me drugs, alcohol. the only way i can get out of moods is through self-injury. >> okay. >> group therapy in the shu is conducted with each inmate locked in a separate holding cell. dr. sims moderates this small group of self-mutilators. >> once i see my blood, im in another worl...

>> that does not satisfy the ethical considerings. what were talking about here is sending a message that, you know, your lifes not worth living. that what they do is they see a problem of pain and they see a problem of disease and rather than trying to address the pain they rather just eliminate the problem and we need to get at the root cause of why people feel they need to choose suicide and thats what we need to be addressing. we need to deal with pain control, with illness symptoms and othe...

The doctor then says -- finds out what that complaint is, all right? send me your clinical records. ask your doctor for a copy of the records and send them to me. so we get the clinical records, and we see what the patients had, what treatment, what pain control, what works, what doesnt, what the doctor thinks is the problem, and the patient knows the doctors not going to help him. he knows that. and so its ineffective. what weve got to -- >> larry: so what do you want done? how would you do it?...

Hospitalizations as were seeing fatalities and this is really a significantly increasing problem. a 65% increase over a seven-year period. >> in many cases, i mean, you can take a look at the retail sales of these drugs from 1999 to 2006 going up 1,000% and you can also see that when that started to happen there were more and more overdoses. why are doctors prescribing these drugs more than they were a decade ago? >> theres been a lot of emphasis on better pain control, and i think physicians ar...