mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he s got roughly eight months left to serve. i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn t want me around them. and so, now i m in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that s about the only friends i ve got are birds. you know, i can t trust anybody else. this is the mental health unit at san quentin s infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don t have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four years, comes here every day to see her patients. a pretty volatile group. she always maintains a safe distance from them, even with a
way and she got rid of me. i m the bird man of san quentin. mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he s got roughly eight months left to serve. i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn t want me around them. and so, now i m in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that s about the only friends i ve got are birds. you know, i can t trust anybody else. this is the mental health unit at san quentin s infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don t have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four years, comes here every day to see her patients.
i m the bird man of san quentin. mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he s got roughly eight months left to serve. i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn t want me around them. and so, now i m in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that s about the only friends i ve got are birds. you know, i can t trust anybody else. this is the mental health unit at san quentin s infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don t have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four
way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn t want me around them. and so, now i m in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that s about the only friends i ve got are birds. you know, i can t trust anybody else. this is the mental health unit at san quentin s infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don t have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four years, comes here every day to see her patients. a pretty volatile group. she always maintains a safe distance from them, even with a solid steel door between them. i have to wear a vest because there was one psychiatrist, they tried to kill her. they grabbed her when she got near the cell port and tried to stab something into her.
susan downs, a prison psychiatrist for more than four years, comes here every day to see her patients. a pretty volatile group. she always maintains a safe distance from them, even with a solid steel door between them. i have to wear a vest because there was one psychiatrist, they tried to kill her. they grabbed her when she got near the cell port and tried to stab something into her. okay. so just going to be just want to check in, see how you re doing today. i m doing the same i ve done every day. dr. downs meets with her first patient. he was once incarcerated three years for stealing a car. during his term, he often assaulted both staff and inmates. now, he s back for a parole violation. officers brought him to this unit because they noticed he seemed to be quite delusional. don t put me in a cell. and then, don t put like a like a gun killer next door, right? and then the gun guys never get out, those who like shooting people. i get out and i ll be the guy