[tense music playing]
Yeah. I'll be right there.
OK, Alan?
Just give me one more moment, all right?
Having all the mentally ill inmates in one unit
seems better for them.
But at the same time, though, it makes
it a lot more dangerous for us.
For most of the prison, drugs are a major problem.
Guys will kill each other over drugs.
If they're high, they're more likely to attack
each other and staff.
But here in APA, there is such a thing as good drugs.
The medication that these inmates take
help stabilize them so they're not so volatile and not
so willing to lash out at us.
You.
You got your gloves on already.
Ready to rock and roll, huh?
We go through all the units, and we give all the
necessary meds to the inmates.
So there's an obvious increase for someone working
in a medical profession within our prison
system being attacked on the streets
by a former inmate looking for drugs.
That's why we've got to do our best
to conceal their identities.
Meds.
Every day, we do it--
mornings, afternoons, nights.
You want your meds?
Each individual inmate here needs to take their meds.
Sometimes they'll tell us, no, I don't want it.
Others will beg for them.
You got my Tylenol?
I'm supposed to have, like, 10 packs of Tylenol.
What do you need the Tylenol for?
Headaches.
Because I scream at night, and it gives me headaches.
You want the meds that they prepared for you already?
Hey, holding for another--
Actually--
My brother from another mother.
I'm sorry to do this, but we didn't actually
cut it for this person.
He has been down for a while.
He does have some psychological issues that he's
working through already.
I had him set it off until you guys get through,
so that way you're not on the camera.
The inmate over here in the APA.
He just started kicking.
We were able to take him over to medical over there.
They deal a little bit more with medication and stuff like that,
so they were able to get him back on his meds
to where he was regulated again.
This inmate actually wants to talk to you.
So we're going to do that.
We're going to go talk to him and see what he has to say.
Why did you kick that officer?
Yeah.
13 years?
OK.
This inmate, he's actually done terrible things.
I really don't believe he wants to.
And so if he doesn't take his medication,
we're not only putting the other inmates at risk,
but we're putting ourselves at risk.
I'm just having one of those days.
Just one of those days where you're really
not sure which direction to go.
You start questioning yourself.