victim. the sexual nature of his crime may be the reason brook was so hesitant to show his papers. if his story leaks onto the yard, he could be a target for violence. suddenly, a small riot erupts in the yard, and inmate brook is involved. all i really know is that it appears that somehow or another it got out into the yard that he was a sex offender, and was confronted by a group of inmates and got into a fight around that. the brawl sends brook and the other white inmates involved to solano administrative segregation unit, otherwise known as the hole.
he knows how to keep the men talking. when did you start using alcohol? were you doing that to cover up being inadequate? i started using alcohol and drugs in high school. because of the inferior feelings you had? yes. that made you feel better? i didn t have to worry about the future if i was drunk or high. yes. brook s mistrust of women eventually led to the murder of susan worthen, but there are still details about that night that may be too dangerous to reveal. ron has some really deep and scary places inside of him. maybe dark places. those scary places aren t only i think they re things that hopped to him, but there are also things he did. the counselors are hoping brook will share exactly what he did to susan the night of the murder. as victim advocates, they know how hard it is to open up in the aftermath of a violent crime. well, we re rape crisis counselors.
i don t have it anymore, of me and my brother when i was 4 years old. and i thought, what turned that kid, that innocent kid, into what i see in the mirror, into the monster? and i didn t know. i couldn t think it out. i started going back in my life, as far back as i could remember. it seemed to me that the turning point was with the mosquitos and the alcohol. an unhappy childhood doesn t justify murder. the counselors ask brook to identify the emotional triggers that cost susan worthen her life. and what i know about people who grew up that way, they try to find ways to feel like they have power or control. did you find other ways to try to feel like you had power and control? i don t know, offhand.
concerned about how brook s absence will affect the group. but their primary focus is on what inmate brook is missing. i m sad that ron left. initially for sure, you know, because he s part of the group. he had a lot of work to do. he had spoken openly about his crimes. we were just getting there. i thank you for being a part of my life today. this week, marcia and diane have invited victims of violent crimes to share their personal stories with the men. so the format today after check-in, each survivor will take half-hour, 45 minutes to tell their story, and then you all will be able to ask questions, and then we ll go to the next person. remember, that you have the right to ask any question, and they have the right not to answer any question. victims and offenders need each other, we believe, to really
counselors. that s our job. so that entails working with survivors on a daily basis and helping them through their healing process. marcia and diane s background helps them deal with inmates who have the most taboo of crimes, but for brook, his secret may be keeping him safe. on the yard, everybody wears a mask and they hide most of their life from everybody else because there are so many predators out there. emotional predators, physical predators. if they see a weakness, they take advantage of it. and you never can tell on the yard who is a predator and who is not. so you don t tell them about yourself. in prison, in the buildings and in the yard, a person doesn t