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Intestines. >> i had trouble swallowing. i was choked and strangled so it is hard for me to eat and swallow. >> i was just afraid to say anything about shes sitting there praying to god that it would all be over. >> within minutes of the start of the hazing, its clear this isnt just a case of girls gone wild. boys from the high school are urging the seniors to escalate the violence, toasting them with glasses of beer and in some cases getting licks in of their own. one boy seems to egg on one of...

Henry hodges, requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. >> that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. >> officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. >> got medical on unit. >> i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as im applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and ran a razor blade down my arm. blew me away. i didnt know until after when i saw the injury. >> mosleys sliced arm required 59 ...

We sent him to medical on suicide watch. he came back a couple weeks later, broke a razor blade and started cutting his arm everywhere, had to get stitches, staples all down his arm. >> hill says hes not suicidal but believes in bloodletting for health purposes. >> you want to get to wherever theres a good artery at. so the flow of blood will be good. >> for what? >> for what? for medicinal purposes, man. >> what about the fact it could kill you? >> i know what im doing, sister. believe me. am i...

The bar. working on the front-end loader he just got running five minutes earlier. hes so far away, all he sees is the jagged hole in his fathers bar. frantic belland waves him over. >> just floored it. pulled right up to the building behind the hole basically where the truck was. >> i was dialing 911 and just bizarre they got the bobcat running when they did. >> belland attached a strap to the bobcat and they pull the truck back, freeing three victims from the rubble. >> jim, the one i thought ...

Later, broke a razor blade and started cutting his arm everywhere, had to get stitches, staples all down his arm. >> hill says hes not suicidal but believes in bloodletting for health purposes. >> you want to get to wherever theres a good artery at. so the flow of blood will be good. >> for what? >> for what? for medicinal purposes, man. >> what about the fact it could kill you? >> i know what im doing, sister. believe me. am i dead? i just proved i know what im doing. >> when was that one done?...

Unit one. >> inmates here are basically lockdown 23 out of 24 hours. they come out one hour daily for rec. and they come out 15 minutes every other day for a shower. >> under such tight supervision, the relationship between officer and inmate can be violent. >> ive been in two riots and maybe four or five are breakups of fights from other inmates. >> you have officers that provoke inmates and they create a situation to where an inmate becomes violent. >> the inmates in the maximum security unit ...

He had to get eight stitches. and she had blood clots in her arm. >> 21-year-old lewis ramone is one of the most violent inmates inside unit four. he is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. its his actions inside riverbend that keep him in maximum security. hes only allowed to do this interview behind glass while in full restraints. >> i got a cup of urine i was going to throw at an officer when he come by. so they got a shield, electric shield and i still wouldnt move my hands. so t...

Suicide watch. he came back a couple weeks later, broke a razor blade and started cutting his arm everywhere, had to get stitches, staples all down his arm. >> hill says hes not suicidal but believes in bloodletting for health purposes. >> you want to get to wherever theres a good artery at. so the flow of blood will be good. >> for what? >> for what? for medicinal purposes, man. >> what about the fact it could kill you? >> i know what im doing, sister. believe me. am i dead? i just proved i kno...

At the riverbend maximum security institution in tennessee, the inmates outnumber the officers almost four to one. >> i appreciate the job youre doing. continue to do. you make me proud every day that im -- i come into work. >> we have a correctional officer force here that i consider them to be second to none. this job is very demanding and the awards are small at times. >> being locked up 24 hours a day creates a hopeless atmosphere for the inmate. at times its very combative. the fact that th...

He was returned to his cell. at the time, hill was already in segregation for another reason. self-mutilation. >> first time he hurt himself, he threw a battery off a window, something broke i guess, he started slicing his arm up, cut him away. we sent him to medical on suicide watch. he came back a couple weeks later, broke a razor blade and started cutting his arm everywhere, had to get stitches, staples all down his arm. >> hill says hes not suicidal but believes in bloodletting for health pu...