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Intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate on arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. we don't know who we've got, what they are capable of, whether or not they are going to need a lot of support. can they live in the general population in the pri...

Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate on arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. we don't know who we've got, what they are capable of, whether or not they are going to need a lot of ...

I don't try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prison's more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> ready to go? >> after completing the classification process, it's time for knight's transfer to general population. >> got everything? >> i'm going to "d." i wanted to get out of there, intake as soon as possible. be able to get some air now. i'm a little nervous. but other than that, it's...

Our friends at politico put together a terrific montage on just that issue. >> i've not been a lawyer. i'm not a lawyer. i'm not a smoker. i'm not scottish law. i'm not a climate scientist. i'm not an active participant. i'm not a law enforcement official. i think that was as i said, i -- i don't -- i'm not a chinese historian. i'm not an editorial meetings. i'm not an expert in the classification process. i'm not a scientist on this. i'm not a spokesperson for bp. i'm not a lawyer. beside not being a classification expert, i'm not a judge familiar with the sentencing guidelines or an attorney...

When you don't know something, that's the -- here's politico's collection of his statements to that effect. >> not a chinese historian. not in editorial meetings at cnn. not an expert in the classification process. not a scientist on this. not a spokesperson for bp. i'm not a lawyer. >> not so good at math. >> i'm not good at math. that's why i'm here. >> i'm like the department of gnat. >> not a journalist and i play the spokesman on tv. >> that goes on for a long time, the short version, leaves the lectern briefing room next week working on the re-election campaign. now to iowa for t...