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Over the years, we've learned that attacks on officers are an all-too-frequent occupational hazard. when we visited indiana's wabash valley correctional facility, officers in the security housing unit were dealing with the latest in a string of violent incidents involving convicted burglar douglas mccombs. >> since he's been inside the shu, he's on strip cell. when you see the offender coming out of his cell only wearing his underwear, at that time he was on strip cell for resisting staff or trying to assault staff before. we have had trouble with him on about every range we've put him on so f...

I used to work the intake unit when the new arrivals would come in. they know me. i'll be all right. never imagined it for all these years later. never imagined it. >> at the time of the attack, officer talley was responsible for supervising "b" cell house. an important part of her job was securing the inmates back in their cells with a system called rolling of the bar, an older, manual cell locking device. >> that day, chow lines had run late. i said, come on, guys, go in your cells. you miss roll-in, you know what happens. i figured all of them would be in. i rolled the bar. bigger than anyt...

>> everything's the same every day. nothing really changes too much. i mean, wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to the yard. when i get bored, i got -- i got to get into stuff, you know? >> the stuff hymes most frequently gets into is provoking officers to extract him from his cell. each inmate is assigned a security risk classification score based on his disciplinary record. the average score ranges between 19 and 27 points. >> i probably have the highest classification score in this prison system. i'm over 2,000 points now. i've caught over 30, almost 40 felonies in prison. various st...

Some of the most dangerous confrontations in prison happen when correctional officers are forced to extract an inmate from his cell. extractions are carried out by specially trained teams of correctional officers according to exact guidelines. >> i'm officer allen. i'm the number three man on the team. i'm responsible for controlling the inmate's left arm. i will use the least amount of force necessary. >> the entire process is carefully choreographed and videotaped for the protection of officers and inmates alike. [ inaudible ] [ bleep ]!

>> lay back. lay back. >> no. it's not bruised. >> our cameras were there the next morning when a nurse came in to check on him. >> etter, are you feeling like you still want to hurt yourself? >> i never wanted to hurt yourself. >> now, were you banging your head last night? >> yes, because i was frustrated. i do that when i'm frustrated. >> that's not the right thing to do is it now? >> it's better than hurting somebody else. >> well, you're right. when i'm going to do now is call the psychiatrist and see if we can discontinue the four-point order so he doesn't have to go back into them now. ...