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We're trying to get it done. okay? >> okay. >> i'll see you. okay. have a good weekend. all right. >> just as moore's son occupies his thoughts, one of monique jeffries' daughters, 20-year-old alexis, occupies hers. >> i'm getting dolled up today because i get my visit with my daughter, and i'm just excited. >> for alexis, visits bring mixed emotions. >> i really don't like visiting. i'm not going to lie. because i feel like i shouldn't have to come here and see my mother behind a screen. >> though alexis has had to adapt to her mother's frequent stays in jail, adapting is something she's done...

But i try not to think about it. >> moore, now on new medication, has been taken off suicide watch. the jail's goal is to return him to general population. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing pretty good. how are you? >> that decision will depend in part on whether dr. easley feels he's ready for it. >> what made you so mad and angry? >> that i let my son down because i ain't never -- my father was there, but he was doing the same thing i'm doing, in and out. and i feel like if i can be there with my son more and more, he won't turn to the streets like i did. like i was looking for a rol...

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently he's shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought he'd never be is a math tutor. >> all right. let's start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail he's grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and now he wants to pay it forward. >> i'm helping the gentlemen get ready for their ged test. it's ...

Because i've got a little girl at home. you know what i'm saying? keeps me from thinking of her too much. pressed out means depressed. some of that louisville slang. >> walden is not alone in feeling depressed about leaving a child on the outside. laron moore's recent self-abusive behavior resulted in his being removed from his cell and placed in a restraint chair. now in a calmer state of mind, he explains why he was upset. >> my son. i know -- i know some way he's missing me as much as i'm missing him.

Protective head gear on moore to prevent further self-injury. >> the nurses will keep monitoring. the officers will be checking him every 15 minutes. and he'll have an inmate one-on-one watcher that will sit outside and observe him also. and we'll just keep a check on him, and probably here in 30 minutes or an hour, maybe if he's -- if the medication takes effect, then we might look at taking him out of that restraint chair and placing him back in his cell. >> psychiatric staff will also meet with moore in an attempt to better understand his self-abusive behavior and to formulate a treatment p...