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Self-mutilators assigned to wabash's secured housing unit. >> if i see my blood, in another world i'm somebody totally different from myself. that's the only time i can actually, you know, feel real, feel alive, feel like everything's going to be okay. >> simms says this particular group does not injure themselves for the typical reasons. >> they self-injured as a way to control their level of pain. that when they're in so much pain they don't know what to do, they are starting to feel like suicide, self-injury cuts their pain down. so it is pain control. >> you give the baby a bottle because ...

It's not even finished, from a scheduled three to a scheduled two, which will give us more control. and really hold doctors more accountable. that's hydrocodone contents. the fda comes out with zohydro, which is ten times, ten times more lethal than the hydrocodone prescription drugs we have on the market. and then on top of that, a recommendation from a field of experts that 11-2 they recommended, their advisory committee, not to bring this drug on the market and they did it anyway. >> in response, the fda says that this is a unique niche. it fills a purpose for a pain control and it has less...

And that it's not solely the fda's job to deal with abuse of prescription drugs. their job is to approve drugs that are needed for pain control by those patients who need it. >> let's talk about the process of approving. if you have the leading experts in the country that tell you this is such a lethal, two pills taking at one time can kill a human being. two pills. and it can be used in many different forms. they have different makeups and compositions of this pill coming out that could basically protect the public. but no, they go ahead and do this one. let me tell you the thing that really ...

>> prison psychologist mary ruth simms conducts group therapy with cutters and other self-mutilators assigned to wabash's secured housing unit. >> if i see my blood, in another world i'm somebody totally different from myself. that's the only time i can actually, you know, feel real, feel alive, feel like everything's going to be okay. >> simms says this particular group does not injure themselves for the typical reasons. >> they self-injured as a way to control their level of pain. that when they're in so much pain they don't know what to do, they are starting to feel like suicide, self-injur...

A letter? was that meant for me? >> yeah. >> how are you doing? >> so i see people when they need to be seen, when they asked to be seen, when somebody else thinks they need to be seen. i will see what's wrong, see what can be done in the institution to help them cope. >> the only way i can get out of this mood, i mean, i don't care, you can give me drugs, alcohol. the only way i can get out of moods is through self-injury. >> okay. >> group therapy in the shu is conducted with each inmate locked in a separate holding cell. dr. sims moderates this small group of self-mutilators. >> once i see ...