Tyler Robinson, Accused Charlie Kirk Assassin, Held in Maximum Restrictive Custody at Utah County Jail

[00:05] >> Tyler Robinson is now in the

[00:09] most restrictive custody level

[00:10] that Utah can provide for him

[00:12] at the time, pending standing

[00:15] trial.

[00:15] >> New at 10:00 is the case

[00:17] moves forward against accused

[00:19] Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler

[00:19] Robinson. We have yet to see

[00:22] Robinson in person.

[00:23] >> Earlier this week, his new

[00:24] defense attorneys asked the

[00:26] court to change his appearance

[00:27] from in-person to virtual from

[00:29] the Utah County Jail where he's

[00:31] being held.

[00:31] >> Chief investigative reporter

[00:32] Wendy Halloran has been

[00:33] following the case and has more

[00:35] tonight on where Robinson is

[00:36] being housed and what that

[00:38] would look like. Wendy.

[00:39] >> Well, Heidi and Mark, Utah

[00:41] County Sheriff's Sergeant Ray

[00:43] Orman says Robinson is still

[00:45] being held in a special unit.

[00:46] So what does that look like?

[00:49] >> Could you state your name?

[00:50] >> Tyler James Robinson.

[00:52] >> 22 year old Tyler Robinson

[00:54] has been in the Utah County

[00:56] Jail for three weeks. Officials

[00:58] previously said Robinson is on

[01:00] suicide watch and in an

[01:02] isolation cell in the special

[01:04] housing unit known as.

[01:07] >> The shoe, is a perfect place

[01:08] to contain and isolate someone

[01:10] while they're standing. Trial

[01:12] for serious charges like this.

[01:13] >> At his initial appearance,

[01:15] he was seen in the jail wearing

[01:17] a suicide smock, which Two News

[01:19] Investigates confirmed is the

[01:21] attire for inmates in the shoe.

[01:24] >> The accused is in a very

[01:26] restrictive environment,

[01:27] meaning that there's hardly any

[01:29] movement unless the movement is

[01:30] called for by the

[01:32] administration.

[01:33] >> Carl Torres is a consultant.

[01:35] After retiring as deputy warden

[01:35] for the Arizona Department of

[01:38] Corrections at the prison in

[01:39] Eyman, where he oversaw the

[01:41] special management unit known

[01:43] as SMU, which is a similar

[01:45] concept to where Robinson is

[01:48] being housed.

[01:48] >> Basically, he's under the

[01:50] microscope. He's being

[01:52] monitored for everything he

[01:53] says and does. When he goes to

[01:55] sleep, what he eats, the food

[01:56] is passed through the slot on

[01:57] the door, so the door does not

[01:59] have to be opened.

[02:01] >> It is very likely he is

[02:03] under constant supervision with

[02:04] someone suicidal. The jail may

[02:05] have a camera, but they do

[02:08] physical eyes on checks at

[02:09] least every 15 minutes.

[02:10] >> They're going to know when

[02:12] he sleeps. They're going to

[02:13] know what his moods are going

[02:15] to be. They're going to when he

[02:16] mumbled something, they're

[02:17] going to be there. They're

[02:19] going to capture his mental

[02:19] state. The whole thing is a

[02:22] triage between medical, mental

[02:24] health and security.

[02:26] >> So what is in the isolation

[02:28] cell?

[02:29] >> He's got a self-contained

[02:32] cell, usually six by 10 or 8 by

[02:34] ten.

[02:35] >> Most have a sink in them,

[02:37] and a stainless steel toilet

[02:37] that's bolted to the wall. The

[02:40] floor is flat with a mattress

[02:41] on it. Some may have a cement

[02:42] shelf for the mattress to be

[02:44] put on. They would not be

[02:46] allowed to have bedding or

[02:47] clothing in the cell with them,

[02:49] since they could be used to

[02:51] attempt suicide.

[02:51] >> Most SMU and shoes don't

[02:54] have windows for security

[02:56] reasons, and also because there

[02:59] are issues inside those cells

[03:01] that make them suicide proof.

[03:04] >> The inmate would be under

[03:05] direct supervision to be able

[03:07] to shower, and a razor for

[03:08] shaving may be out of the

[03:10] question.

[03:10] >> Very limited property,

[03:12] mostly reading material. And so

[03:16] there's an invasion of privacy

[03:18] in this particular process. But

[03:20] it's for his own good. And it's

[03:22] for the to protect the

[03:23] liability of the county.

[03:24] >> As for entertainment,

[03:26] Robinson would most likely not

[03:27] have access to a television.

[03:29] However, depending on his

[03:30] condition, he may have access

[03:32] to reading material, which

[03:33] could include educational

[03:36] reference, religious and

[03:38] leisure reading material.

[03:38] >> It's the highest restrictive

[03:40] level that you can offer in

[03:43] phonology. It has very few

[03:45] privileges, limited visits,

[03:48] mostly legal. There's no gaps

[03:50] in there. It's a seamless

[03:51] operation. He's going to get

[03:53] frustrated because his privacy

[03:54] has been invaded, first of all.

[03:56] And second of all, he's facing

[03:58] things he's never faced for

[04:01] before in his life.

[04:03] >> Now, as for Mills, Robinson

[04:04] would eat what the other

[04:06] inmates do. It's food made

[04:07] there inside the Utah County

[04:09] Jail. It looks like a TV dinner

[04:11] because it comes on a cardboard,

[04:12] a sectioned off tray, and the

[04:15] inmates get plastic utensils. A

[04:16] source tells me inmates often

[04:18] comment that their food is the

[04:19] best food of any jail they've

[04:21] ever been in. I will keep

[04:23] monitori