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>> outside his cell? >> outside his cell. >> just sitting outside his cell looking at him? >> yes. >> one of the things that is of concern when i used to practice law is that solitary confinement is a horrible punitive measure. does he have that frustration of being held alone or does he appreciate it? what are the conditions? >> he has an appreciation for the solitude right now because his life was threatened in la mesa by prisoners. and so, he just needs to stay alive so he can eventually have freedom. so i think he -- he feels secure with not being around general populous. he's not a crimin...

On march 31st, marine sergeant andrew tahmooressi accidentally crossed the u.s.-mexican border. because he had guns in his car that he lawfully possesses in the usa he was arrested and terrorized by fellow inmates. after a month he was moved to a safer prison. we spoke to sergeant tahmooressi's mom jill outside the new prison. >> what do you have to say about the way he is kept? he is in a single cell? >> much improved from la mesa. he was in the general populous and had his life threatened. now he is in a private section. he tells me there are ten cells but they are all empty and there is alw...

>> outside his cell. >> just sitting outside his cell looking at him? >> yes. >> one of the things that is of concern when i used to practice law is that solitary confinement is a horrible punitive measure. does he have that frustration of being held alone or does he appreciate it? what are the conditions? >> he has an appreciation for the solitude right now because his life was threatened in la mesa by prisoners. and so, he just needs to stay alive so he can eventually have freedom. so i think he -- he feels secure with not being around general populous. he's not a criminal. he made a mistake...

Smuggling. >> mexico doesn't think he was smuggling and that's a big deal. smuggling means you want owe bring the guns in to sell them. but possession could be a mistake. >> so sergeant tahmooress first put behind bar at the state penitentiary. >> he leapt over a huge wall, scaled over a wall and obviously active vaivated the security pr pro k oe kol. he dlibately hurt himself. apparently with a light bulb. >> and they chained him as a result of that. >> well, he was chained but my understanding is that he had some sort of bandages so he wouldn't be hurt. there their concern was that he might ...

Safer prison. we spoke to his mother about the way he was treated. >> what do you have to say about he was in a single cell. >> much improved where at la mesa he was in the general populace and felt he life was being threatened. now he's in a private section and he says there are ten cells and that he's the only one being housed in that section and that there's always a guard there. >> outside of his cell. >> that is outside of his cell looking at him. >> yes. >> one of the things that is always of concern when i used to practice law is that solitary confinement is a horrible punitive measure,...