Wow. I am shocked that judge was so patient with him. He should have told him he (the judge) was not the proper person to whom to relay all these concerns he has, and that there are proper channels he needs to follow. Continuing the way he was, was just wasting the Court's time.
I think he needs a competency evaluation, which I would expect him to have no problem with, since it will get him out of the county jail, if only temporarily, and that's obviously his immediate concern. He's so worried about the other inmates (and possibly the guards too!) wanting to kill him, and he's probably right about that. There probably really are a number of inmates who would try to kill him if they got a chance. But that's what Segregation is for.
Pretty sure they already are housing him separately from other inmates, but I think he was claiming that during transport to and from court, other inmates are transported with him, and that the inmates know that's their only chance to get to him, so he fears for his life every time he goes to court.
Well, he may have good reason to be afraid. But that's what guards are for. And that's what inmate restraints are for. And there's probably a seat in the transport van or bus that is built specifically for an inmate who needs separation to be seated in. The one I've seen personally was like a cage basically with just two walls made of something like what a chain metal fence is made of, sitting right on the bench seat of an inmate van. It locked, and the inmate sitting in it would be sitting directly next to another inmate, but was perfectly safe from harm by them due to the metal barrier separating them.
No matter how many inmates (and possibly guards) there may be who do might want him dead, I think the jail authorities have safeguards in place and are using them to protect the life of this inmate, who allegedly took the lives of 2 of his own little children. IMO
