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That was my getaway. that's how i get away from my pain. that's my therapy. >> morris prefers to be housed alone in the jail's segregation unit, because he says he was raped while serving a prison sentence for second degree murder. during that murder trial, two of morris's aunts testified he suffered an abusive childhood. morris says it was a childhood that also included more than one sexual assault. >> i can't remember how old i was. but i never forgot it. never. or forgot the rape in juvenile hall. or forgot the rape in oakland, california. unfortunately, it was like i had a magnet on my ass...

>> i'm sorry i broke my word to you. you hear me? >> okay. we're going to try it again, man, okay? >> all right. thank you, mr. colette. >> all right, bud. >> unlike nava, rafael gonzalez is a newcomer to the segregation unit. >> rafael. you part of that mess from 16 last night? >> yes, sir. >> you know he dies, you go manslaughter charge, you know that. 20 to life. >> you think he's going to make it, though? >> don't know. >> i didn't mean to harm him that bad, you know. just -- anger. >> i understand rage. >> i seen him and i thought about my little girl and somebody harming my little girl l...

I don't want to put you in a pod, okay. what i really want to do is put you in a segregation unit, where nobody can get at you. i have an inmate where somebody has beaten them up once before. it gets all over this place like wildfire and then whatever pod i put you in is a potential for you to get hurt again. and i don't want that to happen, okay? so, where you'll go from here is probably segregation unit, protective custody. okay? i have no other choice for you. very good, sir. >> you're taking this all pretty calmly. i mean, you come to jail and get beaten up, you're waiting to go to prison....

>> the dangers posed by the jail's agvs pale in comparison within those posed by some of its inmates. philip white was recently given a 26 year to life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend. as he awaits his transfer 0 prison, white is in the jail's disciplinary segregation unit where inmates are only allowed out of their cells only one hour at a time one at a time. an aspiring rapper on the outside, white says he usually spends his hour teaching other inmates how to rap. >> counting this money. >> add a little swag and slow it down. counting this money and getting these rags. don't do it ...

To not face any charges. i don't put myself in a situation where you have to worry about me telling or i got to worry about someone else telling on me. i just avoid it all completely. >> while guiliano may have decided the best way to do time is to lay low, up in the disciplinary segregation unit another inmate has chosen a different route. >> it's approximately 12:15 p.m., we're outside the 131 segregation unit, inmate ricardo gomes, 100653 being disruptive, refusing all orders from the security staff to cease his behavior. >> the sheriff's emergency response team or sert, has been called to ...