terry mahler has 35 years left on his sentence for his sex offense crime.t able to function in general population. >> i've been diagnosed with clinical depression and extreme stressful situations. i hear voices, noise-induced paranoia. anxiety attacks. sometimes when you get into a big crowd, you know, your mental illness seems to just explode. and it got to the point where i didn't want to live anymore. i just wanted to kill myself, you know, my mental illness was so bad. >> terry was transferred to the rtu, where he received treatment to help him cope with this stressful environment. >> i was given some one-on-one therapy, and i was also put into group therapy. they got me into school. i was able to get my ged, which helped my self-esteem. >> terry now lives in general population. his cellmates also came from the rtu. >> it seems like they kind of seem to put us together when we get out here because we better understand, you know, our illnesses and our little idiosyncrasies. they go along with being mentally ill. where a lot of people in general populatio