it is a smaller pod. it's a smaller unit. so you are closer to that person. >> she -- >> what would jail be without them though? >> recently burkes requested a transfer to the jail's other pc unit, citing safety concerns. burkes is now in the same unit as rakeem brown who is serving a short sentence for a probation violation. brown who is also transgender and goes by the name honey has known burkes for years. >> like family. my little sister, really. we been through a lot. we done been through the highways and byways together. and we can talk about anything. and then we're out and open. >> the two friends said they learned the other was in jail through the inmate grapevine. so they wrote their names on their windows hoping to find one another. >> this is north pc. this is the north. >> and if you look out the window you see south.