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Take the hair off, you have to go to a1b. i can't send you to general population with the nails and hair on. >> rivers has made his choice and is now in one of the far less restrictive general population units. >> i mean, i feel plain. i don't feel like me. i feel like me because this is how i am born, but like i don't feel as pretty as if i was -- as i was when i came in or when i was on the street. >> turn around, face me. open your mouth, lift your tongue up. >> rivers has had numerous stays at the jail and says being openly gay has never caused him a problem. >> as long as i pull my own we...

Into a1b? >> i guess so. the anxiety attacks, they will build. and i could -- my chest going in and out and haven't had breathing. and this i'm just like lacking out completely. >> staff have questioned whether breathing. and this i'm just like lacking out completely. >> staff have questioned whether jarrett's fainting spells are part of a plan to get out of protective custody and back to general population. >> this is bull [ bleep ]. no, that's not what i'm doing at all. i can't force anxiety. it just comes. >> so far he's been cooperative, and we're still working to find out what's going on ...

Few things inside the sheriff al cannon detention center help pass time faster than being an inmate worker. >> this is one of the best meals here at al cannon because you barely can distinguish what it is. other days you can't distinguish what it is, you're just eating it. >> deangelo is a worker in administrative segregation. >> we made him administratively segregated due to enemy status. he does have several enemies, nine in the facility. he's been fairly quiet since he's been in a1b. haven't really had any problems with him. >> most of toomer's enemies are from his affiliations with gangs. ...

Custody for any season? >> i don't at all. i don't want it at all. >> with your nails and hair, you do, unless you're willing to take them off. >> but they're -- i can't breathe. >> until you cut the nails and take the hair off, you have to go to a1b. i can't send you to general population with the nails and hair on. >> long nails and hair extentions are considered potential weapons and ask also lead to unwanted attention. a protective custody means being isolated in a single-person cell 23 hours a day. >> i hate being isolated. i need -- sometimes it's good to be isolated by yourself. but for...

Cell, suicide -- >> no. no. >> you have people with various personalities, they dress according to how they feel. i mean, you just do your job. it catches you offguard. i mean, the end of the day, we still treat them as human beings. we never, you know, discriminate. >> rivers has several prior convictions including driving with a suspended license, receiving stolen goods, trespassing, reckless driving, and shoplifting. he says he's served sentences ranging from a few days to a few months in six different jails. >> i know you've been through this before. we always got to go through everything....