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Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. alaska's department of corrections is the largest provider of mental health care services in the state. at spring creek correctional center, all officers receive some training in working with the mentally ill. a mandate since the behavior of many of these inmates can be so unpredictable. one prisoner's actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. >> what's difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, i've just treated that person civilly...

They're still people. they still deserve to be treated with respect. >> located in a corner of the sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. >> this mod's called echo mod. it's the mod that's designated for chronically mentally ill people for the most part. >> mental health clinician george stone is an integral member of the echo mod staff. >> you have people that are pretty disturbed. and people that are normal or next to normal. as a way of mixing it up, we find that the prisoners can help each other that way. >> i like it here...

Now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. alaska's department of corrections is the largest provider of mental health care services in the state. at spring creek correctional center, all officers receive some training in working with the mentally ill. a mandate since the behavior of many of these inmates can be so unpredictable. one prisoner's actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. >> what's difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, i've just tre...

Sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. >> this mod's called echo mod. it's the mod that's designated for chronically mentally ill people for the most part. >> mental health clinician george stone is an integral member of the echo mod staff. >> we have people that are pretty disturbed and people that are normal or next to normal. as a way of mixing it up, we find that the prisoners can help each other that way. >> i do good in here because it's way quieter. i have an anxiety problem. there's less of that in here. there's really...

Advised. alaska's department of corrections is the largest provider of mental health care services in the state. at spring creek correctional center, all officers receive some training in working with the mentally ill. a mandate since the behavior of many of these inmates can be so unpredictable. one prisoner's actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. >> what's difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, i've just treated that person civilly. why would i want to do that? it's a little hard t...