For Life

who would most certainly give our Ms. Masry

one helluva headache.

We are cracking down on any kind of drug trade.

But who brings it in?

A Captain.

Boss ordered a shakedown of Frankie's cell.

They found a piece of the Bible.

I'm not gonna let this blow up in my face.

Aaron Wallace is the rat.

Cassius got a problem with me, he gotta take it up with me.

All this stuff with the Bible and the Warden,

he been playing us, man.

You got a plan?

I gots to take him out of here.

Hey, Jamal!

We got a riot in the gym.

All departments, initiate a full facility lockdown.

Initiate CERT.

I used to believe that one person could make a difference.

That a powerful idea,

if pushed with conviction and courage,

could overcome inertia and apathy.

I don't know now if I was wrong, and ‐‐

and maybe I'll never know.

But today, I'm sure of one thing.

Everything I've tried to do here

will be twisted around and second‐guessed.

14 minutes of violence

will wipe out eight months of progress.

And I'll be made to look like a fool.

If I let that happen,

then whatever I stood for, whatever I tried to do here,

those ideas and ideals will be buried for a very long time.

I can't let that happen.

Officer Vasquez was taken away.

Why are these people still lying here?

At least three prisoners dead, one corrections officer,

36 seriously injured.

This is what happens when you apply the softer touch?

There were 150 people in here.

Most of them stayed out of the fighting.

Many tried to help.

Officer Vasquez was pulled out of the fray

by two of the inmates.

A lot of good that did him.

So, this is just gonna be a rush to judgment?

I guess we already know that's one of your favorite tricks.

You'll have your hearing.

In the meantime, my detectives will need access

to all the security footage.

We have four homicides to deal with. Of course.

While you're at it, I'd like you to look into

how Cassius Dawkins got here in the first place.

I don't follow ‐‐

Dawkins was a prisoner at Lubeck, a level four max,

and he was transferred here

when all the reports on him, from every superintendent

at every facility he's ever been at,

indicated that he's high‐risk.

So, you're blaming the entire breakdown

of your security apparatus on one dangerous inmate?

I believe he was sent here

to unleash precisely this kind of damage

to my facility and my program.

So it's a conspiracy. To bring you down.

You're the Attorney General.

Snap your fingers, and you can get to the bottom of it.

I'll see what I can do. Thank you.

Now, if I can get back to doing my job ‐‐

Let me remind you that a gag order is in place.

No one speaks to anyone outside these walls.

There are families waiting to hear from ‐‐

And they'll have to keep waiting for now.

You speak to no one.

I know they took him out of here in an ambulance.

His name is Jamal Bishop!

Look, I told you, we have no information right now.

Not even the hospital that they took him to?

You need to clear out.

It's not good, Marie. There are a lot of paramedics here.

New doctors going in,

and they're not giving us any information.

There's no one there to talk to?

No. No, it's crazy.

Alright, I‐I‐I have an idea.

I‐I'll call you back.

Jazz, I need you to go get ready.

Where are we going?

I think I have a way to get to the Warden.

At least four dead and dozens seriously injured here.

Still, though, no word on the identities

from any of them.

What a disaster.

Any press?

Not yet.

They all still think you're holed up

in your office downtown.

What's your thinking on how we handle this?

With distance.

Safiya over here, you over here.

"No comment" all the way.

Aaron Wallace's wife and daughter just showed up.

Sounds like she tried the main office,

and when she couldn't get past the press,

she came here.

I wasn't sure how to handle it.

Talking to them would be a very bad idea.

Come here. Come here.

I need you to apply pressure.

Alright, people, we got more coming in.

Let's get a move on.

Alright, we're gonna lift on the count of three.

One, two, three.

I can't talk right now.

Well, Marie Wallace and her daughter are here

in my campaign office, and I don't know what to tell them.

Excuse me.

Where's Aaron Wallace?

You think I can keep track of who's who?

I've got his file right here.

What's his condition?

Why don't we just go talk to her ourself?

I think she's trying for us.

Mrs. Wallace? Yes.

I have some information for you.

Hello?

This is Safiya Masry.

Your husband suffered a blow to the head.

The doctors believe he has a concussion,

but he's conscious now.

He's okay. He's in the infirmary.

He hit his head, but he's alright.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I know you help each other,

and he really respects you.

He's supposed to be in court tomorrow.

Uh, I'm sure you know he's due in court tomorrow.

Do you think he'll be alright to come?

Mrs. Wallace, it's way out of protocol

for me to even take this call...

but I‐I think it's highly unlikely that that can happen.

I'm sorry, but I‐I have to go.

I understand. Thank you.

I really appreciate what you did. Thank you.

Of course.

Aaron?

Jamal.

How's Jamal?

He's in critical condition.

They had to medevac him off‐site.

I tried to save him.

I've seen the surveillance.

Jamal struck the first blow at Dawkins.

Then you jumped in.

Dawkins is unlikely to survive.

It was him or us.

That's the real.

You know I'm gonna need something more than that.

I wouldn't do his bidding anymore,

so he went after Jamal to get to me.

Then Jamal ‐‐

I knew there was no chance he'd walk out of there alive.

But why didn't you come to me?

There was no time.

I asked you to help me deal with him weeks ago.

You okay?

Well, I spoke to your wife, and she knows you're alright,

but she ‐‐ she thinks you're getting out of here

to go to court.

The motion for my retrial.

And I'm sure the judge will grant you a continuance,

but you have got to rest.

And we're on a lockdown.

Election is next week.

I can't wait that long.

Do you really think I'm gonna use whatever juice I got left,

when I got the OSI, state police,

the Attorney General breathing down my neck?

If I can't get to court...

I'll lose everything.

Well, if I can verify your story...

I'll do what I can.

Alright?

Thank you.

And when you patted down inmate Jamal Bishop,

you didn't detect anything unusual?

No. I didn't.

But you're aware that it was Bishop

who started the fight, slashing at Cassius Dawkins

with a shiv he brought into the gym?

Yes, I ‐‐

I‐I don't know how I could have missed that.

Well, we were able to see on surveillance footage

and confirmed with several inmates who were on the frisk line

that you told C. O. Vasquez to...step aside?

Captain Foster?

I'm sorry.

Can you, uh...

can you repeat the question?