Terry Kinney was absent from this episode because he was directing a production for The Steppenwolf Theatre Company which he co-founded with Gary Sinise.
Clarke Peters, Lance Reddick, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, along with many of the other cast members later starred in HBO's The Wire (2002).
Luna Lauren Velez, Erik King and David Zayas became part of the main cast of Dexter (2006) six years after this episode of Oz, playing Lieutenant Maria LaGuerta, Sergeant James Doakes and Detective Angel Batista of the Miami Dade Police Department, respectively.