where any kind of vital body parts i had were, could have been, attacked, you know? i could have been killed, you know? i don't want to be theatrical. but if he had something that we had not found, he could, could have hurt us severely. >> penn, now placed in the spit mask, will be escorted to a hearing with the institutional classification team. they will decide if penn should be reclassified as a close management one inmate, meaning he will be housed alone in the prison's most restrictive high-security housing unit. the hearing is penn's one chance to change their minds. >> recommendation is post man one based on an assault on a staff member that results in a mandatory referral for a year. do you have anything to say about this? >> yes, sir. i had some lab work to get done. we get back, it's about 3:30-ish. he told me to cuff up. i told him i wanted to speak to the captain and not cuff up. he said, no, you cuff up now. i said i'd like to speak to the captain before i cuff up at all. he put his hands on me it took off from there. i understand you gentlemen are the authority figures and i respect that to the utmost here.