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When you're on parole, you actually live under a more stricter environment than you do in prison. okay? you get a traffic ticket on the street, say you run a stop sign. you're going to pay your little ticket and go about your way. that's not going to happen to me. me, they're going to send me back to prison. you live with a lot of pressure. >> these days hill lives with a little less pressure than roughly one-third of santa rosa's inmates. help is housed where there is more freedom of movement and privileges. >> see this right here? nectar of the gods. that's nectar of the gods. can't get beer...

>> inmate williams was sentenced as a male, sent to a male facility, so that's the way he's treated, as a male inmate. >> though he has spent time in various jails and prisons, williams finds santa rosa especially hard to deal with. >> i have to deal with a lot of negativity about me being who i am. so with me being homosexual, i'm like an outcast compared to everyone else in here. it's like -- i'm like scum of the earth here. out of all the times i've been in prison, i've never been through this much crap. >> currently, williams has little if any contact with other inmates. he is housed in a ...

Masturbation incident, he will not receive one for cutting himself. >> doctor for his behavior will be seen by a psych, checked out make sure everything's okay. clean his cell up and they'll send him back down to us items want to know what he used to cut himself with. still in the stall or thrown it out here? it hasn't been recovered. sometimes take the batteries, sharp didn't on the ground. makes an excellent razor and enough to handle left to-slice at will. pretty much check the walkway. make sure nothing got thrown out. >> that's a lot of blood. a lot of blood. >> carton williams serving a ...

A certain amount of inmates every day, and this is what we're do. go in there, have them cuff up. they'll submit to the restraints. place them in the shower. go through their belongings in the cell. control the contraband in the institution. we'll go up and pick a number that's random. it kind of keeps them on their toes, because if we were to go in and start searching from cell one all wait down, then the others will know, hey, we're going get searched next. let's get rid of our contraband.

>> but williams' preference to live as a woman makes no difference at santa rosa. >> inmate williams was sentenced as a male, sent to a male facility, so that's the way he's treated, as a male inmate. >> though he has spent time in various jails and prisons, williams finds santa rosa especially hard to deal with. >> i have to deal with a lot of negativity about me being who i am. so with me being homosexual, i'm like an outcast compared to everyone else in here. it's like -- i'm like scum of the earth here. out of all the times i've been in prison, i've never been through this much crap. >> cu...