"Cruel and Unusual Punishments"

Episode #:22 (3.6) Cruel and Unusual Punishments
Season:3
Air Date:8/18/99
Producers:Levinson/Fontana/Finnerty
Writer:Tom Fontana
Director:Terry Kinney
 
Synopsis:
When Cudney threatens to spill the truth about Cyril's "wins," Ryan solicits Kosygin for help. He then schemes to have Kosygin and Stanislofsky eliminated and finally, tips off the hacks to get Hernandez, Guerra, and Ricardo busted. Busmalis gets a welcome visitor. Sister Pete's questions keep rising after sessions with Keller; Nappa continues working on his new project, and he gets a new roommate; The attempt at peace between Alvarez and Rivera may come undone. Khan stages a mutiny and Said is cast out; After Beecher asks Said for lessons in the Islamic faith, Said and Beecher become pod mates.
 
Starring:
KIRK ACEVEDO as Miguel Alvarez
ADEWALE AKINNOYE-AGBAJE as Simon Adebisi
ERNIE HUDSON as Warden Leo Glynn
TERRY KINNEY as Tim McManus
RITA MORENO as Sister Peter Marie
HAROLD PERRINEAU as Augustus Hill
J.K. SIMMONS as Vernon Schillinger
LEE TERGESEN as Tobias Beecher
EAMONN WALKER as Kareem Said
DEAN WINTERS as Ryan O'Reily
 
Also Starring:
EDIE FALCO as Officer Diane Wittlesey
LUIS GUZMAN as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
OLEK KRUPA as Yuri Kosygin
AUSTIN PENDLETON as William Giles
MARK MARGOLIS as Antonio Nappa
CHRISTOPHER MELONI as Chris Keller
GEORGE MORFOGEN as Robert Rebadow
LAUREN VELEZ as Dr. Gloria Nathan
B.D. WONG as Father Ray Mukada
GRANVILLE ADAMS as Zahir Arif
CHARLES BUSCH as Nat Ginzburg
PHILIP CASNOFF as Nikolai Stanislofsky
ROBERT CLOHESSY as Officer Sean Murphy
WILL COTE as William Cudney
SETH GILLIAM as Officer Clayton Hughes
FRED KOEHLER as Andrew Schillinger
TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis
MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson
KRISTIN ROHDE as Officer Claire Howell
J.D. WILLIAMS as Kenny "Bricks" Wangler
SCOTT WILLIAM WINTERS as Cyril O'Reily
 
With:
MALÉ BABY ALEXANDER as Pierce
TIM BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong
NATASCIA A. DIAZ as Margarita Ricardo
CARL DiMAGGIO as Officer Len Lopresti
JUAN CARLOS HERNANDEZ as Carlo Ricardo
ERNIE HUDSON, JR. as Hamid Khan
JUDY REYES as Tina Rivera
R.E. RODGERS as James Robson
OTTO SANCHEZ as Chico Guerra
PHILIP V. SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo
SYBIL WALKER as Rosetta Wangler
CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo
DOUGLAS CROSBY as Officer D'Agnasti
 
Notes:
Ryan has Kosygin kill Cudney, then has Stanislofsky tell Pancamo that Kosygin drugged him; Ryan tells Kosygin that Stanislofsky that he told; Kosygin kills Stanislofsky; Kosygin ends up in the hole.
When Nappa begins writing his memoirs, Pancamo gets orders to get the book and take care of Nappa.
Giles tells Father Ray that Leo Glynn was the one who killed Clayton's father, Samuel Hughes.
Fred Koehler's credit gets an upgrade although he only appears briefly in a flash back from episode #5.
This episode introduces:
#99G376 Nat Ginsberg.
This episode gives the background on:
#99K515 Hamid Khan, Convicted March 6, 1999. Aggravated assault. Sentence: 10 years; up for parole in five. (He stopped a [white] man who was raping a [black] woman.)