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Pelican Bay State Prison was at one point, the highest security prison in the world.

Prison, i hear. if you get a draw, its sort of a rough prison. >> this is how serious it is. its a life and death situation. pretty much, yeah, it is like that. i dont care what they tell you. it is like that. okay. its hard core like that. >> corcorans general population inmates are split into three main yards. the level one yard consists mainly of low security inmates, many of whom are in on parole violations. b yard holds the medium security level 3 inmates. and a yard is home to the maximum ...

To another institution, and well get them processed, idd get them medical attention, give them orientation speech. >> whats your number? >> p 97494. >> date of birth? >> 4/3/81. >> how old are you? >> 26. >> how much do you weigh? >> weigh about 150. >> how tall are you? >> about 62". >> how many times have you been coming back? in and out? >> this is my 6th time in prison. >> 6th? can you cell up with anybody on the yard? >> i can, but i prefer to be with the whites. you know the politics. >> o...

Stab you. the first thing that got in my head was, we better get some knives. living on the street you learn one thing, you survive by any means necessary. you do whatever it takes to get out of a situation like that. so, if that means i have to become an accomplice, so be it, im not going to die, you know. im just too young. it began from there. and one day they came up to me and said youre going on a mission to go to add sag. my mission was to stab a man that came from another yard that was su...

It just depends. northern hispanics are very, very structured. they have positions and, you know, so, its good information whatever it is because if it wasnt, why would he have it under his tongue? >> with the weapons still hidden somewhere on the yard, these kites may be the officers key to their discovery. >> bring it out. here we go. another fine day. >> yes, sir. >> here we go, come on out. >> keep moving. keep moving. >> clear? >> yes. >> corcoran inmates self-sego very ga -- self-segregate...

Terry is a maximum security transgender inmate living on a yard. >> im in prison for prostitution with hiv/aids relations because i tested positive on one of my arrest cases. this building is medical, but its for hiv and its been open for integration with non-hiv inmates on the yard. >> we first met terry while shooting the "lockup" return to corcoran episode in 2005. >> so, when you survive in here its because either youre going to get a job when you get out, youre going to reform yourself or y...

Institutional gang investigators or igi, plan an early-morning raid. this time hitting the inmates where they sleep. >> were looking for weapons, dope, tobacco, got to be real careful with these guys. last time we did this in june in the same facility, the northerners will make sure that they flush or try to get to the toilets as soon as they can. the southerners we found a lot of weapons, weapons stock, metal stock in recent months. quite a built it of it. a lot of metal theyre fashioning into ...

Hes here. he has a life outside of me. >> thats it right there. home sweet home. >> you want to hug me? [ laughter ] >> okay. >> on b yard, officers are using the intel obtained in the cellblock raid in hopes of finding the hidden weapons. >> looks like its made out of aluminum. fashioned into a handle. it could ruin your day.

Plenty of inmate on inmate fights. this time an alarm sounds in the chow hall of the sensitive needs yard. by the time our crews reached the yard, officers had broken up the fight and separated the suspects for questioning. >> off the chair and almost hit the other gentleman. he felt like i was disrespecting him on purpose. we exchanged some words. the next thing, we were fighting in the chow hold. he kicked some "a" sitting on the seat violently towards my way. he did it with a brown face, you ...

Clue. >> we found some kites up here. what do you have in there? >> we have homemade [ inaudible ] wrapped in celophane tied in string. >> any time offer certificates find kites, there is a poe essential wealth of information. after completing their search, the isu and igi teams head back to headquarters to decode the message in hopes of learning more about the hidden weapons. >> want to make some kites? >> basically they take a pen, sharpen it down and write as small as they can. they write a l...