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While some are convicted, most of the 1,000 men and women here are only charged with crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. >> do the crime you've got to pay the time. you know? >> it's not the ideal setting in which to make friends. some do. jeremy feels like an outcast. >> jeremy is the model inmate. he's very quiet. never gets into trouble. he's generally in his cell and if he does come out of his cell he comes and he sits quietly. >> i don't consider anybody in here friends. i'd rather be in here than out there with some of those people sometimes because there's a lot...

>> first impressions are important, you know, for us working in this environment, you know, looking at how someone looks at you, how they present themselves. >> first impressions have not always been brian prawdzik's strong suit. despite a criminal record dating back to age 14 and a current one-year sentence for larceny, so far he's been a model inmate. >> i have seen no issues with him at all since he's been here. really is a pretty decent guy. >> prawdzik's good demeanor and behavior helped him earn one of the trustee jobs. >> i'm the police bitch pretty much. i clean. i pass food. i do anyt...

You. >> is that unusual that he actually warned the officer he would throw the urine on him? >> no, but the problem can be when the warning is not taken seriously. you got the option of them saying well, i told you i was going to do it. proactively on this one worked out better for everyone. >> the inmate who made the threats, anthony kimbley, had made the threats two weeks earlier as the inmate launched an assault on officer hamilton. several inmates rushed the door. kimbley was reported to be among the inmates, up until then he was regarded to be a model inmate. >> he never caused problems. ...

>> i haven't been scratching it. my whole arm is dry. i just don't got no -- just don't got no lotion. look. i'm telling you. >> any considerations? >> consider -- what do you mean? >> any considerations -- considerations would be if i were to find you guilty, you'd want me to take something into consideration that you had clear conduct or you're a model inmate. >> i don't know about being a model inmate, but if you look, in eight years, i've never had a major report except for one. i don't have an extensive disciplinary history. i'm being singled out. i'm being targeted. i'm being picked on, ...

We really will. i'll work really hard to get you there. >> do you have any other questions for us? >> no, no. >> all right. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks. >> the classification bureau will review inmates that don't meet their time criteria, but he's a model inmate here, so we referred him early, and they took into consideration all of our criteria that we recommended him and have decided not to override or consider him for early transfer. >> i'm pissed because i want to go to the farm, but there's nothing i can do about it. they have the ball in their court. i mean, i just can't walk ...