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[ bleep ] >> inmates at boston's suffolk county jail often refer to the disciplinary segregation unit as the box. but for a handful of inmates, time in the box does nothing to deter their behavior. >> i can't help it, man. you know? >> in those cases, the jail has one other more drastic option. it can transfer them to another jail in a neighboring county. >> we'll accept inmates from other facilities who are having issues in their populations and vice versa. what we try to do is give them a fresh start. we'll send the classification department. we'll send individuals out to different counties ...

Soon after they leave, giroux becomes enraged again and head butts the door. [ bleep ] though giroux's behavior has since stabilized, sergeant colette, who runs the segregation units, has another reason for isolating him as well. >> his words were "i'm not housing with no mexican." he refused to house with anybody that was mexican, and that is not permitted here. mr. giroux will stay in segregation until we modify his behavior and he decides, you know, housing with a mexican isn't so bad after all. >> most inmates prefer to live in the jail's general population units. they enjoy more time out ...

Population. because we don't want a large contingency of people in our segregation units. it creates more disciplinary problems and we try to keep down the violence. if we try to stem some of the violence, we do. >> that step has now been taken with one of suffolk county's most notorious inmates, daniel esdale. >> yeah, man. >> mr. esdale was transferred to another facility for a week. he was here for a long time and sort of taking that known identity for him out of it and placing him somewhere else where he's not so known will be good for him. it was a real win/win for both the department and...

Drawstring from his shorts and ties it around his neck. when staff notice, they assume it could be a suicide attempt and swarm him in order to remove it. [ bleep ] soon after they leave, giroux becomes enraged again and head butts the door. [ bleep ] though giroux's behavior has since stabilized, sergeant colette, who runs the segregation units, had another reason for isolating him as well. >> his words were "i'm not housing with no mexican." he refused to house with anybody that was mexican, and that is not permitted here. mr. giroux will stay in segregation until we modify his behavior and h...