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Im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is put to the test by the convict code.

After a fight in his dorm, surveillance video caught morgan trying to clean up the blood. >> you could be a firsthand witness to an actual crime, but if you live by the convict code, you see nothing, you hear nothing, and you say nothing, and that was the case unfortunately with peaches. he was witness to a crime. but he wouldnt cop to it. >> morgan was moved to the segregation unit pending an investigation into his role in the fight. but he denied any involvement, even when confronted by deputy...

Thats a movie. no, thats a fact. >> still, hymer has mixed feelings about sharing a cell 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. >...

>> we discovered the proliferation of gangs at every prison we profiled. and utah is no exception. but nowhere are prison gangs more powerful, dangerous, and faster growing than in california. and they have added their own ominous chapters to the convict code. >> you can always spot a guy thats not used to prison, a new inmate, because hell come out, hell wander around, he wont go with his own group. you know, hes just looking. and usually, what will happen is one of the gangsters will go over a...

To extend the convict code to their own father. >> my father was in here for -- i dont know the exact charge, but he was in here for messing with kids. and you know, i aint cool with that. >> brad and michael are serving time for murder at animosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never incarcerated with him. when i found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what hes charged for, they asked if there are any problems if were in the same prison, i said yeah, i probably would e...

But when it comes to gangs, the convict code is the code of silence. talking about gang business can get members killed. >> they got rules and we got rules within the rules. you know, among different people or among different races. but we have to deal with it. you know, i cant elaborate too much on it. >> the subject was clearly off the table when we sat down at pelican bay state prison with raul leon, alleged to be one of the leaders of the most powerful prison gang of all, the mexican mafia. ...

To young women. god forbid. 99% of us are. >> 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 cellie or we kill you when you come out. thought they were dead. [ laughter ] [ grunting ] huh? [ male announcer ] shouldve used roundup. americas number one weed killer. it kills weeds to the root, so they dont come back. guaranteed. weeds wont play dead, theyll stay dead. roundup. no root. no weed. no problem. wee...

Convict code is the code of silence. talking about gang business can get members killed. >> they got rules and we got rules within the rules. you know, among different people or among different races. but we have to deal with it. you know, i cant elaborate too much on it. >> the subject was clearly off the table when we sat down at pelican bay state prison with raul leon, alleged to be one of the leaders of the most powerful prison gang of all, the mexican mafia. >> how powerful is the mexican m...

The problem is there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> utah state inmate tony duran is well-versed in the convict code. he has spent the majority of the past 23 years behind bars for burglary, robbery, and a slew of parole violations. >> the convict code is a person that carries himself with respect. he doesnt -- he only talks to the man when he has to. you know, he dont sit there and kick it with the man. you dont tell on nobody. you dont let nobody...

99% of us are. >> 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.