henry hodges, requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. got medical on unit. i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i m applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and ran a razor blade down my arm. blew me away. i didn t know until after when i saw the injury. mosley s sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn t only physical. the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can t take this job for granted. these guys are not here for the right reasons and the reality of it every day is there. keep your eyes on the inmates at all times. don t ever take your eye off them especially on death row because these guys got nothing to lose if they were to injure you.
dangerous exception. he has cut two of our officers here, slashed the throat of another inmate, set fire to his cell. pretty dangerous inmate. the most dangerous inmate we have here right now. we have to treat him with extra caution. he will hurt you any opportunity he gets. that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. got medical on unit. i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i m applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. mosley s sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn t only physical.
it will trigger something deep in you. oscar was the same age as me. i happen to be african-american myself. his friends look like my friends. seeing that tape, i couldn t help but to imagine myself in that situation, and watching the fallout that happened afterwards where his character got pushed forward in different positions depending on people s political agendas. i really thought it was a great tragedy that nobody was looking at it as a huge issue and the young man didn t get to make it home to the people who loved him the most. the biggest reason i wanted to make it as a fiction film is two reasons. my documentaries take a long time to make, and i thought this film was something that was very immediate that could benefit from being on sooner. another reason is i wanted to bring people to a close proximity with the character like oscar. unfortunately, if a documentary, oscar isn t around anymore. he has to be absent from the film. yeah, if it was a doc. he s not alive. he s no
he has cut two of our officers here, slashed the throat of another inmate, set fire to his cell. pretty dangerous inmate. the most dangerous inmate we have here right now. we have to treat him with extra caution. he will hurt you any opportunity he gets. that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. got medical on unit. i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i m applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. i didn t know what happened until i pulled my arm out and saw severity of the injury. mosley s sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn t only physical. the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can t take this job
henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escort him whenever he leaves his cell. that particular death row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. officer robert mosley was one of hodges victims. got medical on unit. i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i m applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. mosley s sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn t only physical. the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can t take this job for granted. these guys are not here for the right reasons and the reality of it every day is there.