your face, push around to make it hollow and put a plate in the slit. >> because the piercings according to him are irreleva irremovable, we don't know they could contain contraband, could be used as a weapon, could be against himself, against staff or fellow inmates. >> i have another one on the back of my neck, called a surface staple, as you can see a bar through my neck and two flat head screwdriver parts to it. >> basically for mr. ruiz, this could have been a good thing for him being isolated because he won't be exposed to general population setting. he won't be exposed to gang politics, he won't be exposed to inmate pressures. so for mr. ruiz it might have been a saving grace that he had piercings sand he was removed to general populations.