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>> okay? >> thank you. >> elijah says he does not identify as transgender he does draw comfort from his female persona. >> i look better as a woman and a lot of women say i i look good as a man. i think i look good as a female. i look more like my mama when i dressed up. and this is shamia. i don't think i want to be a woman full time. i think it's hard. dressing up would be just fine. >> despite the moments of levity from elijah, officers remain on guard, knowing his past track record and threats to continue to cause trouble until transferred to prison. >> he is highly manipulative. he will m...

Most jail administrators we've talked to say they have no other resources besides segregation to prevent an inmate intent on harming himself or others. and while the behavior might be formed by years of outside influences or mental health issues, officers are not trained to grapple with problems best treated by psychiatrists. and mental health units are often underfunded and understaffed. at kent county jail in grand rapids, michigan, lansing hodges spent most of his stay in segregation, locked in a one-man cell 23 hours per day. >> i've been in administration segregation unit for four months ...

Flushing it -- jail administrators did not take further action against him but said they would check his soap and other items more frequently. goodell was not done surprising us. >> 7:00. >> thank you. >> david and i are friends. i'm kind of like a mother to him. i see him almost like a son. i see a very different david than the david who committed the crime. >> coming up -- the woman who took david goodell under her wing at first. >> i noticed the door open. one of my best friends from high school mother walked in. his brother walked in right after. >> covering the sentencing of a convicted m...

High-security unit with few privileges, jail administrators did not take any further action against him. but said they would check his soap and other items more frequently and thoroughly. goodell, however, was not done surprising us. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm here to see david goodell. >> one of his biggest surprises came in the form of david goodell. >> 7:00. >> okay, thank you. >> you can have a seat. >> david and i are friends. i'm kind of like a mother to him. i see him almost like a son and i see a very different david than the david who committed the crime. >> coming up, the woman who t...

Draw comfort from his female persona. >> i look better dressed up like a woman. a lot of women say i look good as a man. they say both but i think i look good as a female because i look more like my mama when i dress up. and this is shamia. i don't think i want to be a woman full time. i think it's hard. dressing up would be just fine. >> despite the moments of levity from elijah, officers remain on guard, knowing his past track record and his threats to continue to cause trouble until he is transferred to prison. >> he is highly manipulative. he will manipulate anything he can. every opportun...