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Get off the yard! take it home! >> attention, donnor cos! [ bleep ] >> that was our greeting. >> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolos donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different p...

Get off the yard! take it home! >> attention, donnor cos! [ bleep ] >> that was our greeting. >> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolos donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different p...

>> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolos donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the i...

>> to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolos donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. >> we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the i...

Any information that theyre trying to pass -- drugs -- all kinds of things theyll pass on the fish lines. >> i could use another one. >> i know. >> you guys are getting too bold. >> my name is charles a. pelham. and im originally from tampa, florida. you may wonder why i came to the golden state of california. well, its like they say, you come here on vacation, and you go home on probation. >> charles pelham is completing a short eight of month sentence for a parole violation. >> im not an aryan...

>> at san quentin, using fish lines is the customary way for locked up inmates to share food, tobacco, information, anything. >> fish lines are throughout the institution. i mean, thats a common practice for the inmates. its their way of getting something from this cell to that cell. they rip up bed sheets. sometimes theyll get real fine ones by taking their clothes apart, getting a thread-sized fish line going. they usually anchor it with a piece of soap or something that slides well down the t...

Have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and theyll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so its a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what youre going to get in here. you have to be prepared. just last week we had an inmate slashed from the second tier reception center and...

Institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and theyll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so its a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what youre going to get in here. you have to be prepared. just last week we had an inmate slashed from the second tier reception center and we just came off of lockdown from that. yesterday w...

Slides well down the tier. and theyll send everything from cigarettes to full newspapers to any information that theyre trying to pass -- drugs -- all kinds of things theyll pass on the fish lines. >> i could use another one. >> i know. >> you guys are getting too bold. >> my name is charles a. pelham. and im originally from tampa, florida. you may wonder why i came to the golden state of california. well, its like they say, you come here on vacation, and you go home on probation. >> charles pel...

You hold your can over it and you cook. and you hold the can up here. and it heats the can, therefore your water gets hot. >> at san quentin, using fish lines is the customary way for locked up inmates to share food, tobacco, information, anything. >> fish lines are throughout the institution. i mean, thats a common practice for the inmates. its their way of getting something from this cell to that cell. they rip up bed sheets. sometimes theyll get real fine ones by taking their clothes apart, g...