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And they put their life on the line, or they put up with not only verbal abuse, but physical abuse and mental abuse. >> in the name of jesus, you need to come and check it out. >> with all of the different personalities and crimes, couple that with having nothing to do, it is a pressure cooker. >> paul payne is serving up to 15 years on 11 different counts, including aggravated assault, kidnapping, and escape. he was transferred to uinta one for being involved in a murder at another utah prison. >> everything builds because of this constant pressure. and then, eventually everybody pops off. an...

Paul payne has a track record. not just violence. chronic, terrible violence. >> thomas headly is in uinta one for his own protection. >> because i was a member of the mormon church and a sex offender. this individual decided he was going to beat the living crap out of me and in the process of it, decided he was going to kill me. >> he is serving 15 years. >> they have been holding me in the section i am in now, because i absolutely refuse to be housed among people that are going to cause me harm. >> about a quarter of usp's 4,000 inmates are sex offenders. most, like thomas, have been targete...

You can go insane over here. and you see a lot of people like that. after they've been over here a long time, they just withdraw into themselves and they start hating everybody. >> separated from the rest of general population is usp's uinta one facility. >> our uinta one is a super maximum security. basically, this is a jail inside the prison. >> lieutenant jeff myers has served at usp for over 25 years, including six at uinta one. >> we have inmates that have shown very negative behavior in other housing units. they have assaulted their roommate, they have assaulted staff. they have tried to...

Chronic, terrible violence. >> thomas headly is in uinta one for his own protection. >> because i was a member of the mormon church and a sex offender. this individual decided he was going to beat the living crap out of me and in the process of it, decided he was going to kill me. >> he is serving 15 years. >> they have been holding me in the section that they're in right now, because i absolutely refuse to be housed among people that are going to cause me harm. >> about a quarter of usp's 4,000 inmates are sex offenders. most, like thomas, have been targeted for their crimes. >> we're constan...

You can go insane over here. and you see a lot of people like that. after they've been over here a long time, they just withdraw into themselves and they start hating everybody. >> separated from the rest of general population is usp's uinta one facility. >> our uinta one is a super maximum security. basically, this is a jail inside the prison. >> lieutenant jeff meyers has served at usp for 25 years, including six at uinta one. >> we have inmates that have shown very negative behavior in other housing units. they have assaulted their roommate, they have assaulted staff. they have tried to esc...