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But theyre getting better and better at the way they hide their weapons. as you see, this one guy keeps looking around, and hes got the heavy coat on. the temperatures pretty hot. so theyre the soldiers. they wear these jackets. its a little bit more armor. if anything goes on, theyre the first ones to get involved. >> many inmates have told us, if violence does break out the convict code dictates how they will respond. >> if its a racial situation youve got to respond according to your racial b...

Attitudes towards sex in male penitentiaries are complex. according to the convict code, child molesters and rapists are reviled. but homosexuals can live freely in prison as long as they adhere to other parts of the code. mind your own business. and never show weakness. >> well, the boys seem to have no problem. they love us. i mean, were like gold in here. we really are. there are very few of us. oh, please. maybe not for you. anyway, they treat us just like they treat anybody else. long as we...

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...

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 and snatch him up and bring him over and run the game down to him, tell him hey, this is what youve got to do, this is where youv...

In every prison profiled on "lockup" our producers have found subtle differences in how inmates enforce the convict code, or the unwritten rules by which they live. but one aspect rarely changes -- the position of sex offenders on the inmate hierarchy. >> murderers, robbers, theyre up here. child molesters, rapists, theyre down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them guys are sex offenders. you know? i dont like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >>...

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. great prices. i just wish you could guarantee me they wont be beat. oh, actually... then id be like, you rule! and my kids would be like, you rule! id be like, yes, i do rule! ohh! that rules! oh, load up the sleigh; this is going to be a great christmas. yeah. ring dinga-ding, ring dinga-ding, ring, rin...

>> 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. >> the convict code takes on a new...

Tattoo trade took them from trail blazers to targets among fellow inmates. inman got the message in no uncertain terms. >> apparently another inmate or two went into his cell and put some knots on his head and said dont be giving us anymore heat over here. we seen inman a day or two later, of course, he wont tell what happened or what it was over or anything like that, because thats a convict code. but we know what it was over. i got enough people out there telling me what it was over. >> and no...

When you are released from prison next year, what will be different? >> what will be different? well, i have one choice, to live, be out there with my children again, my family. or come back in. or be dead in the ghetto. thats all i can say. and i have to do it. i have to do it. i cant come back. im 39, im getting too old for this, too old. i cant do this no more. i cant do it. coming up -- >> get the cable fixed. >> an old con teaches a new arrival a thing or two about the convict code. >> wh...

In a minute. theyre rats. im a straight convict. im not an inmate. >> robert spears was your typical convict. he had done a lot of time. he had lived very distinctly by the convict code and he was very accepting of his situation. he didnt complain. he didnt blame anybody. he was a tough guy. >> when i came to prison, i was a kid. i had to do what i had to do to survive and im not proud of the things sometimes that i had to do. some people has to be hurt, ive been hurt. you know what i mean? but ...