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Over the years, weve learned that attacks on officers are an all-too-frequent occupational hazard. when we visited indianas wabash valley correctional facility, officers in the security housing unit were dealing with the latest in a string of violent incidents involving convicted burglar douglas mccombs. >> since hes been inside the shu, hes on strip cell. when you see the offender coming out of his cell only wearing his underwear, at that time he was on strip cell for resisting staff or trying ...

I used to work the intake unit when the new arrivals would come in. they know me. ill be all right. never imagined it for all these years later. never imagined it. >> at the time of the attack, officer talley was responsible for supervising "b" cell house. an important part of her job was securing the inmates back in their cells with a system called rolling of the bar, an older, manual cell locking device. >> that day, chow lines had run late. i said, come on, guys, go in your cells. you miss ro...

>> everythings the same every day. nothing really changes too much. i mean, wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to the yard. when i get bored, i got -- i got to get into stuff, you know? >> the stuff hymes most frequently gets into is provoking officers to extract him from his cell. each inmate is assigned a security risk classification score based on his disciplinary record. the average score ranges between 19 and 27 points. >> i probably have the highest classification score in this pris...

Some of the most dangerous confrontations in prison happen when correctional officers are forced to extract an inmate from his cell. extractions are carried out by specially trained teams of correctional officers according to exact guidelines. >> im officer allen. im the number three man on the team. im responsible for controlling the inmates left arm. i will use the least amount of force necessary. >> the entire process is carefully choreographed and videotaped for the protection of officers an...

>> lay back. lay back. >> no. its not bruised. >> our cameras were there the next morning when a nurse came in to check on him. >> etter, are you feeling like you still want to hurt yourself? >> i never wanted to hurt yourself. >> now, were you banging your head last night? >> yes, because i was frustrated. i do that when im frustrated. >> thats not the right thing to do is it now? >> its better than hurting somebody else. >> well, youre right. when im going to do now is call the psychiatrist an...

>> when we visited the kentucky state penitentiary, we met inmate dwayne harper who had a long history of forcing officers to extract him from his cell. >> [ bleep ] i fight sometimes. i argue with the guards but im not violent. you know, ive done a lot of time. ive been doing time on and off since i was 12 years old. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitary confinement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane ...

They dont -- probably dont want to know what goes on in here. >> the population of the shu lives on 23-hour lockdown. leaving their cells only for showers and solitary recreation. >> some people will tell you that segregation unit is not the place for people with mental illness because we didnt design that particular unit for treatment. particularly for mental health treatment. we just didnt anticipate us having the numbers we have and going the way its gone. >> although acute cases are referred...

Incidents involving convicted burglar, douglas mccombs. >> since hes been inside the shu, hes been on strip cell. when you see the offender coming out wearing his underwear, on strip cell, for resisting staff or trying to assault staff before. we have had trouble with him on about every range weve put him on so far. >> i cant get along with people too much. especially when theyre evil. >> one of the people mccombs claims was evil, officer sachen. >> an average day in the shu can be pretty mundan...

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