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>> so he was moved down to here to get away from that pod because he had informed on them up there, and when he came down here he kind of was bragging about that incident and how he came forward and gave us the information, and vasquez said, well, youre a snitch. started from there. and escalated. >> vasquez says he was honoring the long-standing convict code which says snitches should be punished. >> telling them something about somebody else, technically it is snitching. he kept calling me a b...

He had been out of jail on bond, but less than 24 hours earlier, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for rape by instrumentation. his victim was a minor and other inmates almost always target sex offenders for violence. >> not the cool thing to be doing, man. >> the guards, they try to get him out of the pod in time, but he come to jail with those charges, they will execute you to the fullest extend of the convict code. >> when somebodys charged with a sex crime, they arent by...

Be enemies. they are former gang members, gay men and accused sex offenders. >> they all sit together and its -- its very powerful. >> trust me this is not happening in other houses. but it is happening here. so you ought to be grateful to god he allowed you to be a part of whats happening here. >> they put aside race. they put aside what their crimes and classifications are. the things you just dont see in this institution. >> jimmy silva, known as jimbo is a gang dropout who in the past has fo...

>> we had numerous off-camera conversations, but everything switched when it became an on-camera interview. theres a convict code that many of these guys have to live by. and part of that code is to not reveal too much information. the most challenging part of interviewing alejandro steele was when i started asking him about his most visible crime. >> that crime occurred while steele was serving his original sentence and got him an additional 23 years. it was an assault that he carried out liter...

Get working here are the people who got picked on in school. they come over here and now its payback time. they think that badge gives them power, that badge is only an illusion of power. that power can be stripped and taken away in a moments notice. >> and you help them see? >> no, allegedly. >> yes, alejandro was playing a cat and mouse game, absolutely. part of it it could have been the convict code not to reveal too much information, and part of it could very have been the fact that he was k...

>> there are certain prisons where even when youve established a certain rapport with inmates theyve made it very clear to me that if another inmate attacks me they will not come to my aide. thats against the convict code. other prisons inmates say they will protect me. i have been told they are watching me to make sure nobody hurts me. >> in certain high-security housing units lockup field teams are required by the prison to wear stab-proof vests before entering. >> the first time i put on a st...

Because of the bond that i feel like we have with these inmates and the understanding of why were there and what were there to achieve. having said that, though, im not naive. there is always the possibility that something could happen. >> were told we have to prepare for that. but we always have staff around us in the case of doing a one-on-one interview i tend to get fairly close to the person im interviewing because its how i can engage and have communication and always talked to my camera cr...

>> how the convict code applies to sex offenders. >> on main line, they walk around and they slide a knife under your door. here, kill your celly or we kill you when you come out.

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With someone just like himself. >> my celly is really a multiple offender. and bad as that sits in my gut like acid, just -- its just a putrid thing. there is nothing sexy about a kid, you know what i mean? and to hear it, to know it -- i know im here for it. that charge. but its just still sickening. next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i want to go home with her. >> yeah, im taking this one home to the country. >> the convict code takes on a new dimension when the inmates are women. >> we call it bul...