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Infractions. and for them it was more important that the people who did it be held accountable. but it was odd to suddenly have to shift positions. were there to work, to document peoples stories and now suddenly were getting involved with the kind of thing that we would usually be filming. >> the incidents provide yet another insight into a gang whose members have committed far more serious acts, such as assaulting on inmates and staff. but whose roots go back to when they were young teenagers ...

And this van started flying toward me in the intersection, and a motorcycle jets towards me across the street. i thought he was a terrible driver. jesus [ bleep ]. he and i almost have a collision. thats when i bike around him and i thought it was funny that this guy was such a terrible driver. >> what happens next is anything but a joke. >> then he pulled up to me. when he pulled up, he started pulling out a pistol. when i first saw the pistol, i felt he was road raging because we almost got in...

Lockup. >> you had kool-aid? >> yeah. >> this is how you marked your stuff. >> yes. >> very good, very good. as you see, thats one way that we ask them to try to identify their items because we have this type of activities that occur and thats very good, okay? three guys actually went to the hole, but we did not get all of his commissary back. a lot of time when this type of thing happen, when they hit a cell, they try to use as much as they can to get rid of the evidence. >> concerned about pos...

>> victor says, in the 1980s he was one of the first members of the texas mexican mafia. and rose to a high ranking in the gang. >> i had the power to order hits, i had power to do a lot of stuff. i didnt believe in, how can i say this, physical violence, i believed, you know, when it comes to another gang, why not beat them psychologically? why not plan this information? >> for example, victor says in prison, he was once housed next door to a member of a rival gang. using a method called fishin...

Versus the other group, theyre a young group, trying to get their name out there, trying to let people know, look, were aggressive, very intimidating, theyre more likely to be very disrespectful, more likely to be anti-authority, more likely to be disruptive in the living units. >> nothing can prepare you for going into an orejone unit. you realize these are a bunch of young men with a lot of energy a lot of anger, feel tremendously caged in, and they start banging and yelling and screaming. >> ...

Rodriguez is not just dealing with these gang members inside the jail. he will also be called sometimes to testify against them in court. >> i do have to testify on a lot of not only just gang members, but high-ranking gang members for very heinous crimes and at the end of the day, i still have to go home and be with my family and live a completely different life than the life im living here. ive run into many gang members outside the facility. ive had death threats against me or ive had these g...

Staff, but whose roots go back to when they were young teenagers in juvenile detention centers. >> there was our cart, had a lot of stuff on it, camera gear and whatnot, and took candy, something they could have gotten off a commissary, they decided to take a little box of candy. it was so indicative of the heartless felon m.o. they take stuff from other people and then they can prove, look what i got, i got this from this other person, and it happened to us. >> im the star of the show, man. im ...

Driver. he and i almost have a collision. thats why i bike around him and started laughing. i thought it was funny this guy was such a terrible bike driver. >> what happens next is anything but a joke. >> he pulled up to me. when he pulled up, he started pulling out a pistol. when i first saw the pistol, i felt he was road raging because we almost got into an accident. there was a moment of confusion on my behalf. my spanish is terrible. i definitely know what this means, backpack. it was clear ...

Jesus [ bleep ]. he and i almost have a collision. thats when i bike around him and i thought it was funny that this guy was such a terrible driver. >> what happens next is anything but a joke. >> then he pulled up to me. when he pulled up, he started pulling out a pistol. when i first saw the pistol, i felt he was road raging because we almost got into an accident. so there was a moment of confusion on my behalf. >> i dont know what you are saying, man. >> my spanish is terrible but i definitel...

Collision. thats when i bike around him and i thought it was funny that this guy was such a terrible driver. >> what happens next is anything but a joke. >> then he pulled up to me. when he pulled up, he started pulling out a pistol. when i first saw the pistol, i felt he was road raging because we almost got into an accident. so there was a moment of confusion on my behalf. >> i dont know what you are saying, man. >> my spanish is terrible but i definitely know what he was saying. i knew he mea...