All language subtitles for L.A. Law S08E15 Three on a Patch

Attorney visit for inmate C -77015.

Is that really necessary for a non
-contact visit?

It's procedure, sir.

Huh? I've been asked to communicate
something to you.

The state of California might be willing
to consider a transfer to Folsom Prison

in return for you dropping the suit.

Might be willing to consider, huh?
Right.

Does that mean they think we might win?

It might mean that. It might mean they'd
rather not litigate this until after

the elections.

It might mean they want to turn the
other prisoners here against you.

Have they changed the trial date?

No.

They're still flying me out to Los
Angeles today.

If you elect to go to trial, they'll fly
you down to Los Angeles and we will go

to trial.

Oh, please tell them that I elect to go
to trial.

Padret versus the California Department
of Correction. Yeah, that's mine.

Tom Padret is incarcerated at the
security housing unit at China Lake, a

-of -the -art, super -maximum security
prison. We're suing to have it shut

On what grounds?

On the grounds that the prisoners there
are being kept so totally isolated that

they're being driven insane.

There are no windows, no sunlight, no
interaction with other prisoners.

Literally, they are going mad.

Sounds like the perfect environment to
reflect on one's past sins and catch up

on one's reading.

How are we so fortunate as to have this
one fall into our laps?

A prisoners' rights group contacted me.
Shall we continue?

Golden Pines Retirement Community versus
Kara Nordoff and Croft. This one's

mine. The retirement community seeking
to evict three senior citizens because

they're participating in a drug
experiment.

What kind of drug? They're wearing
testosterone patches.

The administrator of the facility claims
that they become overly libidinous and

disruptive as a result. A patch?

How ingenious that is. It allows you to
control the ebb and flow, so to speak.

A poker game with the boys should take
it off. A weekend up at the San Ysidro

Ranch with a tootsie?

You put it on.

What are you looking at me for?

No reason.

We also have the issue of staffing to
discuss.

Yes, we do. We've cut through all the
potential candidates under consideration

from the past.

Resumes, recommendations, favors and the
like. And it pretty much narrows down

to two.

Inez Garcia and Patrick Flanagan.
Patrick Flanagan's a contender?

Yes, he is.

I've told you about my experience with
him. Yes, you have. And we should

certainly factor that into the decision
-making process, which I would ask we

conclude by the end of the week. And
with that, we're adjourned.

Don't we have something to talk about,
you and I?

No. What do you mean, no?

You kissed me on the mouth.

Yes, I was upset.

Does that mean you regret having done
it?

It means that it was a transitory
impulse and I acted on it and now it's

What can I do to make it come back?

You can't do anything.

You little temptress.

I'd love to see you beg.

What are my chances?

I'd say they're pretty good. You think
so?

Yeah. You graduated in the top 5 % of
your law school class. You've got great

experience.

Plus, you know me.

May I interview you Thursday?

Great. Will you be in the room?

I can't be. I'm sponsoring you.

Too bad.

Oh, you'll do fine.

I'm nervous.

I'm not used to being around places like
this.

Yeah, well, you can get used to it, let
me tell you.

I'm sure you can.

I'll see you Thursday when you come in.
Maybe we can have lunch together or

something. I appreciate you doing this,
Daniel.

It is. I've known you since you were
born.

Who are you going to come to for a job
if not me?

Would you state your occupation, Mr.
Overvault?

I am the administrator of the Golden
Pines Retirement Village.

You've instituted eviction proceedings
against Mr. Carr, Mr. Nordoff, and Mr.

Croft. Is that right?

Yes, it is. For the record, would you
state your reasons for doing so? They

participating in the clinical trials of
a testosterone patch.

Consequently, they've become disruptive.

Do you ever see one? Harold? No, I
haven't. Boys?

My, my.

I like a nicotine patch.

Only these get you to start smoking. Can
we return to the matter at hand?

What specifically do these gentlemen do,
Mr. Overvault? They wear tight pants.

They stage golf cart races. They get
into fist fights. And they engage in

blatantly promiscuous behavior.

What's the ratio of women to men in your
community, Mr. Overvault?

Approximately five to one. Is it
possible that what you characterize as

promiscuity is nothing more than the
laws of supply and demand at work? I

just refer to promiscuity, Mr. Brackman.
I referred to blatant promiscuity. We

are talking about necking. We are
talking about swapping.

We are talking about public displays of
highly salacious behavior.

Is it fair to say, Mr. Overvault, that
you find the idea of senior citizens

being sexually active?

Personally repugnant? No. That which
seniors do privately and discreetly is

no concern to me whatsoever.

That which destroys the tranquility of
our community, that which violates our

bylaws, is of great concern to me.

You have any more in need of us,
Douglas?

No. Let's split. I've had about all I
can take of this little windbag.

We're not giving up our patches, Monroe.

And we're not moving out.

Your depositions start tomorrow,
gentlemen.

We'll be here, doll.

You little vixen, you.

Padret, how long have you been
incarcerated in the security housing

China Lake Penitentiary?

Three years and four months.

Would you describe yourself for us?

It's eight feet by ten feet.

There's a bed, a sink, and a toilet.

There's a shelf above my bed with ten
unbound sheets of white writing paper, a

plastic ink cartridge, and there's a
magazine with a stapler removed and one

book.

On a shelf above the sink, there's one
roll of toilet paper and one bar of

How many hours a day do you spend in the
cell?

Twenty -two and a half.

And where are you during the period of
time that you're not in the cell?

I'm in the dog run.

Would you describe for us what the dog
run is?

It's a concrete yard, 12 feet by 30
feet.

Would you describe for us the process by
which you're taken in and out of your

cell in order to go to the yard?

You're handcuffed through a slot in your
cell door.

The control booth officer opens the
door.

An assault rifle is pointed at you.

And then you remove all your clothes.

Another officer looks inside your mouth,
behind your testicles, and they shine a

flashlight up your rectum. And this
happens each and every time that you're

taken in and out of the cell?

Yes, sir.

Is there ever a time, Mr. Padret, when
the prisoners are permitted to interact

with other prisoners?

No, the prisoners can talk to the other
prisoners through the walls of their

cells, but they're not permitted to see
the other prisoners.

And what effect, if any, have you
observed the conditions to have on the

prisoners? Objection.

The witness has no medical or
psychological expertise. He's in no

answer that question. The witness is
being asked for his observation.

I'm going to allow it.

Mr. Padret?

Well, some of them scream.

Some cry.

Two weeks ago, one of them killed
himself by swallowing a showerhead. And

they affect you?

I don't sleep more than a half hour at a
time.

I think in a very precise, controlled
manner.

I work very hard at keeping myself sane.

I don't believe I'll be able to do that
much longer.

I have no further questions.

Who's Michael Sheehy, Mr. Patrick?

He's a prisoner at Vacaville State
Prison.

He's a prisoner that you killed, was he
not?

Yes. Would you describe to us how you
killed him?

I beat him to death with a mop bucket.

And who was James Wiley?

He was a prisoner at San Quentin.

You killed him too, didn't you?

Yes. Would you describe to us how you
killed him?

I stabbed him in the heart.

Would you describe for us how you got
the knife you used?

I melted down some candy wrappers,
waited till they hardened into plastic,

then I shaped that into a knife. And
it's your testimony that you are not a

security risk, Mr. Patrick?

Michael Sheehy sexually assaulted me.

James Wiley put out a rumor that I was
an informant.

In both of these cases, my killing these
men was necessary for my survival. I'll

ask you again, Mr. Padret.

Is it your testimony that you are not a
security risk?

If I'm such a security risk, then you
should kill me.

You should just strap me in the chair,
drop in the pellets, and put me down.

But I do not believe the prison
authority has the right.

to systematically destroy my mind and
the minds of the other men incarcerated

the SHU.

I do not believe that they have the
right to drive us insane.

Douglas, where do we stand with the
interviews?

Patrick's coming in today. I know he's
coming in tomorrow.

It seems as though they're both good
candidates.

I agree. Although I'd probably give the
edge to the girl. Would you? She's

clerked for a federal judge.

She's worked in the state legislature.

She's handled a number of major appeals
successfully. I think she'd be a real

asset. What about Patrick?

A good resume.

Fair amount of trial experience.

Not that he's a bad candidate, but has a
bad resume.

You know, his father and I are extremely
good friends.

Yes. Well, then.

They'll both be interviewed. Then we'll
vote.

Right. You'll be in the room for the
interviews?

Yes.

Good.

Are you familiar with these gentlemen,
Dr. Grass? Yes, I am.

And would you tell us in what context it
is that you're familiar with them?

I work for Derm -X Industries, and I'm
involved in the development of a

transdermal testosterone delivery
system. In common parlance, the patch.

gentlemen are participating in a
clinical trial for same.

Have any side effects?

manifested themselves in this clinical
trial?

Surprisingly few. Would aggressiveness
be one of them?

I choose my words very carefully, Ms.
Korshak.

Aggressiveness would be an
overstatement, some degree of

perhaps, an intermittent
rambunctiousness, even, but

accurate characterization.

The purpose of this drug is to heighten
sexual desire, is it not? That is one

purpose. Increasing testosterone levels
also serves to lessen fatigue, restore

muscle tone.

The potential is here for the patch to
become a major asset in the practice of

gerontology. How high is high, Doctor?

I'm afraid I don't know as to what you
are referring, Miss Korshak.

I would like to know what level of
sexual desire you're trying to attain.

How is that relevant?

These gentlemen have been behaving in a
way that suggests that the level is

somewhat excessive.

Sometimes it gets really excessive.

That's when it gets interesting, right,
boys?

Harold. Are you familiar with the
practice of double patching, Doctor? I

aware that it has occurred. Certainly it
is not sanctioned, and anyone caught

doing so will be immediately dropped
from the group.

You didn't have to drop Earl Grunewald,
did you, Doctor?

Mr. Grunewald's death was not
attributable to the patch.

He was found wearing two patches at the
time of his death, was he not?

Yes. He was also engaged in an act of
sexual congress at the time of his

was he not?

Yes. He was also 95 years old at the
time of his death.

We should all be so lucky.

How much money is your company spending
to develop this patch, Doctor? That is

both irrelevant and proprietary.

You don't have to answer that. I'll get
a ruling.

Get a ruling.

Until then, Doctor, I have no further
questions.

What's your expertise, doctor?

I'm a psychologist by training. I
specialize in the effects of confinement

means of punishment.

Have you ever had an opportunity to
examine the psychological effects of

confinement at China Lake Penitentiary?
Yes, I have. I have interviewed 52 of

the inmates there, including Mr. Padret.
And what were your findings?

That the technologies in use at China
Lake are unparalleled in the history of

the American penal system. The physical
layout of the prison, including the use

of intercoms and automatic doors, Ensure
that the prisoners will be deprived of

any direct human contact except with the
guards that take them in and out of the

cells.

The inmates are given almost nothing in
the way of physical or mental activity

to occupy their time.

The lights are kept on at night.

And the meals consist of a processed
nutrient loaf that bears no resemblance

actual food.

The combined effect is one of prolonged
sensory deprivation. Is that different

from solitary confinement at other
prisons?

Well, yes, it differs both in the degree
of the isolation and the duration of

the treatment. Now, at most of these
institutions, a prisoner is rarely kept

solitary for more than six months.

At China Lake, it can go on for years.

What's known about the effects of this
kind of prolonged deprivation? Well, the

best -known case studies we have are of
POWs who were kept in isolation during

the Korean War.

Deprived of contact and conversation...

Many of these men became psychotic.
Doctor, would you assess the mental

of the inmates at China Lake? One -third
of the men I saw are actively

psychotic. Of this group, most
experience visual and auditory

Several have committed acts of self
-mutilation.

Two are catatonic. And what about the
remaining two -thirds?

85%, including Mr. Padret, show signs of
severe psychological trauma, including

uncontrollable trembling, sleeplessness,
distortions in perception, and panic.

What, in your opinion, are the prospects
for these men being successfully

integrated into a general prison
population or the world outside of

following incarceration at China Lake?
In my opinion, there are no such

prospects.

Thank you, sir. Nothing further.

Your evaluation of inmates at China Lake
consisted of interviews. Is that right,

Doctor? Yes. You would ask inmates if
they had various symptoms, and they

respond affirmatively, for the most
part.

My interviewing technique is a little
more sophisticated than that, Counselor.

usually can gauge pretty well whether or
not somebody's being truthful.

Assuming that the problems at China Lake
are what you say they are... What

remedies would you propose?

I recommend that the prison be shut down
so that it can be modified to include

common areas, recreational and
educational facilities, and a fully

psychiatric clinic.

So you would close a $200 million
facility, spend countless additional

of dollars on modifications, all so that
the most vicious criminals in the state

of California could be made to feel more
comfortable?

Objection. I'm going to allow it.

It's not a matter of making them more
comfortable.

The state of California is running a
facility that not only denies these men

chance of rehabilitation, but
effectively destroys their mental

Now, I find that unconscionable.

Well, thank you, Doctor. Your moral
outrage is duly noted.

I have nothing further.

Leland?

Patrick, my boy. How are you? Great.

Great. They told me you were in here. I
just wanted to stick my head in and say

hi. Well, I'm glad you did.

Got my interview today.

I know all about it.

I just wanted to say thanks for
everything you've done with us.

Well, what have I done?

We need an associate. You need a job.

Well, you made it possible for me to
come in and be considered, and I

that. Excuse me. Are you Patrick
Flanagan?

Yes. They're ready for you. Great. Which
way am I headed? Come with me. I'll

walk you.

This is Denise Ionello.

How do you do? Nice to meet you.

You still playing squash?

When I can.

Patrick was the number two ranked squash
player at Harvard. Is that so?

Well, it was a weak field when I was
there.

You're right in here.

Thank you.

Good luck. Thank you. You'll do fine.

Let me start by saying that we are, all
of us, very impressed with your resume.

Thank you.

We also all know that there are a few
things we need to discuss.

Yes, there are. I'd like to ask you to
explain the incident at Harvard.

I plagiarized a law review article.

What would you like to know?

How do you explain it?

It's hard to keep an explanation from
sounding like a justification, and I

very much for it not to sound like that.

I did what I did because I wanted to
fail.

I wanted to self -destruct.

I could just as easily have driven my
car into oncoming traffic.

Has the impulse passed?

It feels like it has.

I ended up taking some time off from
school, albeit not voluntarily, and I

thought about myself.

I ended up going to a psychiatrist for
the first time in my life. I took stock

of myself.

All I can say is that I'm a very
different person at 27 than I was at 21.

There's another matter we need to
discuss, and this happened only a year

You represented a plaintiff in a
whistleblower suit and had your case

because of falsified lab reports?

Say it ain't so, Joe. I'll say it ain't
so. I'll say it's my dying day. Those

falsified lab reports were planted by
the defendant corporation.

Unfortunately, I couldn't prove that,
and the judge bought that I was

responsible.

One day I hope I can prove it. And then
there's the matter of Daniel Morales.

You and he had a bit of a contretemps.
I'm sure you've heard the events

recounted by Mr. Morales. I would offer
up a somewhat different interpretation.

Both our clients were on trial for armed
robbery and murder. He represented

his... I represented mine. He claims
that you induced your client to turn

state's evidence.

The state induced him. They offered him
parole.

He claims he put your client on the
stand knowing he was going to lie.

I didn't know he was going to lie. I
don't know that he did lie. Should you

to work here, Mr. Flanagan, this is a
matter that you and Mr. Morales will

to settle.

Mr. Morales has thus far refused to talk
to me.

You may want to make additional efforts.

Mr. Carr.

Call me Buzz.

Buzz.

Are you aware that since the beginning
of this study, the Golden Pines

have lodged 15 complaints against you
and your co -defendant? From those

the patch, no doubt.

Some of these complaints were from
women. I haven't had any complaints.

Have you, Dwight? Nope.

But I have had a few marriage proposals.

Mr. Carr, is that your signature?

Yes, yes, that looks like it. That would
indicate your familiarity with the

bylaws of the community in which you
live.

Do I give her that? Just tell her the
truth, Buzz.

All right.

Yes, I am familiar with the bylaws.

On October 10th, 1993...

Did not you and your two friends here
take over a square dance class and

to lead your female partners in the
lombada? Oh, yes, we did. And a fine

it was, too.

And did not two of those females faint
on that occasion?

Oh, no.

What they did was swoon. I believe
fibrillate would be closer to the truth.

I would ask that your client not
interject, Ms. Korshak. They interject?

Why can't I interject? I would ask that
no one interject.

Let me ask you something, dear.

Don't you think we should be able to
decide for ourselves what kind of

recreational activities we can engage in
without being dictated to? Mr. Croft.

Unless, of course, a Max such as
yourself were interested in doing the

dictating.

This is utterly depraved. Fair is the
sanctimony, Mr. Overvault. No kidding.

we were in our 30s or 40s or 50s, it
wouldn't be depraved. There are rules

govern conduct in our community. Well,
to hell with your rules. We're not

in a ding -dang gulag.

We're living in the U .S. of A. The fact
is there are rules, and these rules are

legal and enforceable.

And notwithstanding the fact that you
are three very attractive men with...

testosterone surging.

In the end, your options are to adjust
or move.

You are wicked.

Clearly, we have a difference of
opinion.

It's also quite impossible for us to
move.

Why is that?

Because you've got all our money tied
up, you little squint. Between your

entrance fees and your rent, we can't
afford to move. Yeah, and if it weren't

for what we make selling patches, we
could hardly get by.

You have been selling patches?

I believe that's a felony, Douglas.

I'll need some time to confer with my
clients.

Take all the time you want. As far as
I'm concerned, this deposition is over.

I'll be in front of a judge tomorrow
seeking an injunction.

Good day, gentlemen.

Drug traffickers.

And to think that at one time I had
hoped to make you, Dwight, the master of

ceremonies at our pageant.

How does a prisoner wind up in the
security housing unit at China Lake,

He proves himself to be unmanageable at
other prisons.

Characteristically, how would he do
that? He'd kill someone.

He'd traffic in drugs.

He'd make himself a threat to the rest
of the prison population.

The security housing unit at China Lake
employs technology and prison design not

found in other prisons. Is that right?

Yes. And what, to your mind, is the
effect of that? The most significant

is that not a single prisoner or guard
has been killed since the unit's been in

operation. Why is it necessary...

To isolate these men. To protect them.

These men have demonstrated that they
can't function in a group environment.

Do you acknowledge that some prisoners
may be psychologically damaged by the

conditions in the SHU? I would argue
that most prisoners are psychologically

damaged in one form or another to begin
with.

I will acknowledge that it's not
particularly pleasant to be incarcerated

SHU, but I'd also argue that there's no
one there who doesn't deserve to be

there. I have no further questions.

It's fair to say, is it not, warden,
that you've pretty much abandoned any

pretense of providing a means of
rehabilitation for these men, yet?

Rehabilitation requires a certain
minimal level of cooperation on the part

the prisoner.

These men thus far have not demonstrated
that. And according to you, the nature

of the operation at the FHU is dictated
by what they have demonstrated?

That's right. All right, prisoners are
allowed in the yard for 90 minutes a

is that right?

Yes. Are there recreational activities
of any kind available to them in the

yard? I don't know what constitutes a
recreational activity to your mind.

Are there weights in the yard? No. Why
aren't there weights?

Weights can be made into weapons.

Is there basketball or handball in the
yard? No, there isn't. Why isn't there?

They can also be made into weapons.

And if you doubt that, I suggest you
talk to your client. I'm sure he'd tell

exactly how he'd do it. Objection. I ask
that the latter part of the witness's

response be stricken. So stricken.

Warden.

Isn't the mental deterioration of
prisoners the express purpose of the SHU

China Lake? No, it is not. You do
understand it to be the inevitable and

proximate result of incarceration there,
though, do you not? I understand no

such thing. Isn't this prison designed
for one thing only, sir?

Isn't it to make it as easy as possible
for you to store these men?

I've worked in the prison system for 19
years, Mr. Rollins.

There wasn't a single day in all that
time that I would call what I did easy.

When I was a guard, I took it as a
personal failure to have a prisoner die

watch. I felt it was my responsibility
to see to it that prisoners stayed alive

for the entire length of their sentence.

I still feel that way.

Now I don't fail nearly as often.

All right, Ms.

Korshak, I've read your motion.

You have something to add?

Your Honor, in addition to the
disruptive incidents referred to in my

have reason to believe the defendants
have been peddling these testosterone

patches to other residents of Golden
Pines. We ask the court to enjoin this

study immediately to cut off
distribution of this illicit

Your Honor, there's absolutely no
evidence of any trafficking.

And joining the study would be a drastic
overreaction and grossly unfair to my

clients. These patches constitute
controlled substances, Your Honor.

wreaking havoc on the community, and we
have no idea what the long -range side

effects are. I'm 82 years old, Missy.
How long -range should I be concerned

about? That's quite enough, Mr.
Nordhoff.

Can I say something, Judge?

Go ahead.

Yeah, well, before we got our patches,
Harold, Dwight, and I were just three

lonely old men sitting around waiting to
die.

Yeah. The patch opened our eyes. It
restored us. It made our lives less

lonesome. We're begging you, Judge.

Take away our Motrin. Take away our
Digitalis. Even our milk of Magnesia.

for God's sakes, do not take away our
patches.

If you men are trafficking in a
controlled substance, you can and will

prosecuted. Since there is no evidence
of such activity, I deny plaintiff's

motion to enjoin the study.

The eviction notice will continue as
scheduled.

We stand adjourned. Very well, sir.

Your Honor, the defense calls Elizabeth
Rowe.

Objection, Your Honor. The testimony of
this witness is wholly irrelevant.

What is this witness here to testify to,
Mr. Clayton? Your Honor, Miss Rowe

witnessed the killing of her father at
the hands of Mr.

Padraic. 19 years ago. She's flown here
at her own expense to testify to the

nature of that crime.

Testimony about a crime committed prior
to Mr. Padret's confinement is

irrelevant. Objection sustained.

Call your next witness.

The defense calls Roland Prince.

Objection.

The testimony of this witness is wholly
irrelevant.

Is Mr. Prince also here to testify to
events prior to Mr. Padret's

incarceration? Yes, Your Honor.

His sister.

Was killed by Mr.

Padret. Objection is sustained.

Call your next witness.

The defense calls Dorothy White.

Objection irrelevant.

Mr. Clay.

She was assaulted by Mr.

Padret. Objection sustained.

Call your next witness.

The defense calls Trent Ma.

Objection irrelevant.

Counsel will approach the bench.

Are your remaining witnesses crime
victims, Mr. Clay? Yes, Your Honor.

here to testify to the nature of crimes
committed by Mr. Patrick and other men

who are now being held... Okay.

What you're doing is grandstanding.

I'm not impressed.

It does not help your case. The
testimony of all of these witnesses is

inadmissible and irrelevant.

What you have done is waste the time of
this court and the time and the money of

these people who showed up here.

I submit that you owe all of them an
apology.

Step back.

Well, Inez, we know something about you
from your resume, but perhaps it would

be best if you told us yourself about
the kind of work you've been doing.

I've been working in a storefront legal
clinic in East L .A. I've done mostly

immigration, landlord -tenant, and
criminal.

Primarily, I'm a trial lawyer.

You've handled some pretty major
appeals.

Yes, I have.

How come you're leaving?

We had a rough year last year. Our
budget was cut. They closed our office

How do you feel about doing types of law
other than what you've been doing?

I feel good about it. It's one of the
reasons I want to work in a firm like

this, is that I hope to try other types
of cases.

You see yourself as a trial lawyer?

Yes. Are you prepared to serve second
chair while another lawyer tries the

Absolutely. Are you prepared to spend
the vast majority of your time doing

that has no political significance
whatsoever?

That's an odd question.

Well, it's not an odd question at all.
You worked in the legal clinic at East L

.A. I'm sure you derived a great deal of
professional gratification from

handling cases that were in concert with
your political beliefs. You weren't

doing it for the money.

My question is, how happy would you be
here? I think I could be very happy

Mr. Brackman.

I'm interested in acquiring a certain
credibility as an attorney that

I feel myself to be lacking.

I'd be making considerably more money
than I'm used to making.

And I also know something about this
firm from Daniel Morales. I know the

of cases you take on.

I think I know the kind of people you
are.

This is where I want to work.

Fair enough.

The Eighth Amendment to the United
States Constitution says that cruel and

unusual punishment shall not be
inflicted. It codifies what we very much

believe about ourselves, that we have
evolved.

That no matter how much we may revile an
individual, no matter how heinous may

be their crime, we don't torture them.

We don't use the rack or the whip or the
thumbscrew. We as a society have come

to believe those devices to be immoral.
And so our Constitution makes them

illegal.

Your Honor, the use of psychological
torture as found in the security housing

unit at China Lake is no less immoral
and no less illegal.

You have heard uncontroverted expert
testimony that 30 % of the prisoners

are clinically psychotic.

You've also heard expert testimony that
what brought about this mass psychosis

is the conditions at the prison.

Now, assuming that those conditions
don't evoke a sense of moral outrage,

are still practical considerations.

Most of the men at the SHU will one day
finish their sentences, and when they

do, we as a society will have to deal
with them.

We will either maintain them in
psychiatric hospitals or we'll put them

the streets.

And we will soon find out what this
latest prison technology has made them

Your Honor, I'm...

asking the court to declare the
conditions and procedures at the China

Prison Security Housing Unit cruel and
unusual punishment.

I would ask the court to shut it down.

Your Honor, China Lake is a success.

Tom Padret and the other inmates in the
Security Housing Unit there

have demonstrated their inability to
live in the society of other men, even

the controlled environment of a maximum
security prison.

Attempts to rehabilitate them have
failed.

They are the most violent, most
dangerous, most incorrigible inmates in

entire prison system. And somehow, the
prison system must deal with them.

China Lake offers the safest, best, most
economically feasible solution.

Now, is there psychological damage?

No doubt there is.

It comes with the territory.

Commit heinous crimes on the street.

Continue committing heinous crimes in
prison.

And we will do that which is necessary
to counteract your ability to commit

crime.

We will put you in a place like this.

And we will be safe from you.

I'll be right back.

Come on, just wait a second.

Not a minute too soon.

Officer, I'm the attorney for these men.
Please advise me as to what's going on.

It's been alleged that these gentlemen
have been selling a controlled

Counselor, we have no choice but to
bring them in.

Who alleged this? Monroe. Who else?

Research the units of several other
residents here. We found testosterone

patches. Requesting the resident, they
said they purchased it from these

gentlemen here. They ratted us out.

Please put your hands behind your back,
sir. I have to handcuff you. Come on.

Wait.

Those patches don't contain
testosterone.

What? Who are you? I'm Dr. Kendall
Graff. I'm conducting the clinical

Those patches are placebos. What do you
mean, placebos? Every clinical trial

has a control group.

In this trial, you're it. You mean we
haven't been getting the real thing?

We'll need a statement to that effect,
Doctor.

I'll give you a statement. I also have
full documentation.

Well, what about, you know... The mind
can be a powerful aphrodisiac, Mr. Carr.

I'll talk to Lorraine Korshak. We'll see
what effect this has on the eviction

proceedings. Well, shoot.

Where are you going?

I'm going to go lay down.

I think I'll do the same.

Come on, Dwight.

Where are you going?

Two minutes, that's all I'm asking.

What do you want?

I want to see if I can clear the air.
Man, we have nothing to talk about.

with all due respect, I don't think
that's right.

You're going to tell me what's right?

No. What I would ask, though, is that
you at least consider the possibility

I didn't do what you think I did.

Patrick, I have a client doing 20 to
life in a maximum security prison

your client lied on the witness stand.

What, are you saying your client was
innocent?

I'm saying he never would have been
convicted of felony murder if it hadn't

for that particular testimony.

I don't see it that way.

Like I said, we have nothing to talk
about.

So what do you propose we do?

I propose we stay as far away from each
other as possible.

Well, that may be a problem if I come to
work here.

Yeah. Well, we'll cross that bridge when
we come to it.

Tell me something. Do your partners know
how you feel?

Oh, yes, they do.

It's a little surprising I'm still being
considered.

All right, I'm coming.

Whatever we're here to do, let's do it
quick. I've got a six -bar schedule for

.30. They faxed over the terms of the
agreement.

They'll be here any minute.

And we need to discuss this. Dwight,
have a seat, please.

Thank you. I strongly advise against you
signing this. Well, we are going to

sign it, Doug. Let me tell you what's
here. In exchange for them dropping the

eviction proceedings, you agree to no
parties without written permission from

the management, no music after 9 p .m.,
no tight jeans, no spandex bicycle

shorts, no cruising in electric golf
carts. Douglas.

It doesn't make any difference. Let's
sign the paper and be done with this.

Guys, we can go to court and win.

They have no right to impose these rules
on you. We don't want to make waves.

They want things to be quiet. Let them
be quiet.

Explain something to me.

You find out that you've been getting a
placebo, and suddenly you want to fold

your hands and file in like good little
boys?

What's the story? The story is...

Rude. You were old yesterday. You were
old the day before yesterday. You were

also studs. We were under the illusion
that we were receiving medication.

You don't need the medication.

You had the desire to be a bunch of
sharpsters, and that's what you were.

didn't want to be physically decrepit,
and you weren't. The fact that those

patches were placebos is good news,
boys.

It means that you can go back to being
studs.

Good morning.

I assume you received the documents?

Yes, I have.

Good. And are they acceptable?

Not as far as I'm concerned, they're
not.

Are they acceptable to your clients?

You'll have to ask them.

Okay. Gentlemen, what'll it be?

How?

Well, as a matter of fact, I do have a
question.

That rule that says we've got to have
written permission before we can have a

party.

What constitutes a party?

I think you can assume standard usage of
the word. So if, for instance, I were

to meet, let's say, a woman like you,
and I struck up a conversation, and one

thing led to another, and you came back
to my place, and I put on my Charlie

Rich records, and we had a couple of
drinks, and after a while you turned to

and said...

Charlie Rich or no Charlie Rich, you're
the silver fox as far as I'm concerned,

and the patients took a hold of us.

Would that constitute a party?

That would not be acceptable behavior.

Then to hell with it. That's right.

Douglas, you do whatever you have to do.
And I say we go to court. Fine. You are

willing to go to court over this? In a
right hot minute.

It's horrifying to consider.

that an institution whose highest aim is
the rehabilitation of men could

actually be subjecting some of those
same men to conditions that drive them

insane.

What's even more horrifying is the
thought that those conditions may be

necessary to save lives and to allow
that institution to survive.

From the evidence presented, it's quite
clear to me that many of the inmates at

China Lake are psychologically being
harmed by the prison. It's equally clear

that the prison system has legitimate
security needs.

And to meet those needs, it may be
necessary to place Tom Padret and men

him in isolation.

There's nothing in our Constitution that
prohibits a special unit for the

dangerous, incorrigible offender.

And therefore, I deny the plaintiff's
petition.

Find a favor of the defendant.

This court's adjourned.

Tom, what appeal?

I don't think so, Jonathan.

Just give me a minute, please. Tom, Tom,
it's not costing you anything.

You're in prison. Let me just work on
the appeal.

By the time you're ready to go back into
court again, I'll be as crazy as arrest

him.

Hold the elevator, please. Yeah.

What

are

you doing?

We want to say something.

This isn't the way to do that. This is
the way we're doing it.

Okay, what do you want to say? We want
you to hear from us the kind of man you

represent. I don't make any apologies
for the kind of man you are. He killed

father in front of me. He killed my
sister because he wanted her car.

If you appeal this case, we'll be right
there in the courtroom.

Whether we're allowed to testify or not.

Any attempt to restore to this man any
freedom at all, we'll be there and we'll

bear witness.

This shouldn't take very long. We just
need to put the two candidates to a

Before we do that, I'd like to say
something.

By all means.

I think Ines Garcia would make a great
addition to this firm.

She's smart, she's principled, she's got
all kinds of trial experience.

Plus, I've known her since she was a
kid, and I can vouch for her character.

That said, I would urge you, whether or
not you vote to hire Ines, not to hire

Patrick Flanagan.

Because of what he did to you. Because
what he did to me is indicative of what

he does.

I'm not sure that's altogether fair.

Check his track record.

Plagiarism in law school, fabricating
evidence in one case, suborning perjury

another. He would argue that there are
legitimate explanations for these

Of course he would. Guys like that
always do. Doesn't change the fact that

has been a pattern of treachery to his
entire life. Since I have known this

young man for his entire life, let me
weigh in with what I think.

Patrick did plagiarize a law review
article. He was young, he had problems,

he did it.

He also paid for having done it.

He was suspended from the university.

He took off a year, and he came back and
graduated in the top 10 % of his class.

What about since then?

What about since then?

None of us can prove that he fabricated
evidence.

And we can't prove, none of us can prove
that he's suborned perjury.

Well, to exclude him on the basis of any
of these charges strikes me as

manifestly unfair.

We can only hire one of them.

Oh, we can definitely only hire one.
Let's put it to a vote.

Inez Garcia.

Yes.

I vote yes.

I also have Jonathan Rollins' proxy. He
votes yes as well.

I vote no.

Also no.

Also no.

No.

I don't feel comfortable voting on this.
I haven't been here long enough.

I abstain.

Four to three.

Against.

Patrick Flanagan.

I vote yes.

Yes. Also yes.

Also yes.

You're going to have to stay in this
time too, right, Eli?

Right. You're going to fall in line
behind Leland McKenzie.

Well, he is owed a certain amount of
deference, Daniel. He's not owed this.

The vote's been taken. Should an
opportunity arise again, I suggest we do

after Inez. As far as I'm concerned,
there won't be a next time.

What does that mean? That means I quit.

Oh, come on, Daniel. Save your breath.

I don't want to work for a firm that
does what this friend just did.