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Sophisticated at gang-infested ifornia. >> here at san quentin i work for a unit called the investigative services unit. the inmates call us the goon squad. >> the specially trained officers assigned to these units are constantly working to intercept gang communications drug smuggling, and prevent illicit activities. another one of their functions is to validate an inmates gang affiliation. >> you need three identifiers to validate a gang member. tattoos, known association with another gang memb...

Killer cops are in cell blocks. the station interviewed the protesters who complained about the mistake whose brother died in police custody last year and said in a statement "although last nights report reflected an honest misunderstanding of what the protesters were saying we apologize." >> a media failure by the huffington police after another shooting near ferguson quoting a guy on twitter to have been an eyewitness but ran a correction say he backed off the claim of having been there. the a...

When rolling stones story about the supposed gang rain at the university of virginia collapsed, i said the magazine needed to get an outside jurn list to investigate how it was ever published. the owner breaking a month-long silence has now asked a columbia journalism school to examine the magazines failure. first smart step of the whole fiasco. >> the fox affiliate in baltimore totally botch add story of a demonstration of police tactics in the nations capital. >> participants chanted, we wont ...

Killer cops are in cell blocks. the station interviewed the protesters who complained about the mistake whose brother died in police custody last year and said in a statement "although last nights report reflected an honest misunderstanding of what the protesters were saying we apologize." >> a media failure by the huffington police after another shooting near ferguson quoting a guy on twitter to have been an eyewitness but ran a correction say he backed off the claim of having been there. the a...

And as i walked around after that, some of the guards were calling me belly flop. >> backing up the officers on the yard are intelligence units that are growing ever more sophisticated at gang-infested prisons throughout california. >> here at san quentin i work for a unit called the investigative services unit. the inmates call us the goon squad. >> the specially trained officers assigned to these units are constantly working to intercept gang communications drug smuggling, and prevent illicit ...

What they havent shared is a face-to-face meeting. thats about to change. >> are you ready for blade? have a nice visit with your brother. >> always. kind of a relief. its been a while, but i probably feel the same way i feel right now, im going to be happy. >> interaction between offenders from different cell blocks is not normally allowed. for the reed brothers to meet they have to submit to rigorous security checks. >> strip him down and well search him, see if they have anything. once we sea...

Thats about to change. >> are you ready for blade? have a nice visit with your brother. >> always. kind of a relief. its been a while, but i probably feel the same way i feel right now, im going to be happy. >> interaction between offenders from different cell blocks is not normally allowed. for the reed brothers to meet they have to submit to rigorous security checks. >> strip him down and well search him, see if they have anything. once we search them, theyll get dressed and well call them in ...

Sophisticated at gang-infested prisons throughout california. >> here at san quentin i work for a unit called the investigative services unit. the inmates call us the goon squad. >> the specially trained officers assigned to these units are constantly working to intercept gang communications drug smuggling, and prevent illicit activities. another one of their functions is to validate an inmates gang affiliation. >> you need three identifiers to validate a gang member. tattoos, known association ...

That are growing ever more sophisticated at gang-infested prisons throughout california. >> here at san quentin i work for a unit called the investigative services unit. the inmates call us the goon squad. >> the specially trained officers assigned to these units are constantly working to intercept gang communications drug smuggling, and prevent illicit activities. another one of their functions is to validate an inmates gang affiliation. >> you need three identifiers to validate a gang member. ...

Rest of them. see, when i first got here in 84, convicts used to run this joint. the man runs this joint now. what i mean by the man is the system. >> we run the prison. we have the towers. we have the fences. and we keep control of the inmates. >> to crack down on contraband and violence, usp instituted a policy of controlled movement. no two cell blocks are ever in the same common areas at the same time. >> things are changing over there. this place now, its that new mentality with get tough o...