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Program. >> this is phase two. what they have to do, is come over to this yard. its an integrated yard program. theyre going out to the yard with everybody that they used to, you know, consider their enemies. they all go out here. they all get along. they house them differently. you have blacks and whites together, hispanics and whites. >> its basically our attempt to see how sincere they are in debriefing. if theyre born and bred in this gang to know these guys are their enemies, dont associate...

Looking for somebody with a target. im always a target. it is a little nerve wracking to do next door. it can be cool one day, if you have to go out on a bad day, he found out about my charge, hed go off on me. nervewracking. it keeps you on your toes every day. other than that, if no one finds out for 9 years, 3 months, i may be able to fool them, but i highly doubt that. next on lockup, extended stay. a rare glimpse into the process of dropping out of a gang, where an inmate risks his life b...

When we get here, we try to grab it all and bring it over here for these guys. >> many of these inmates are serving shorter sentences for nonviolent crimes and parole violations. corcorans gang population has grown so large that even a level one yard isnt free of politics. >> we received the information off an inmate on our northern image on here, how to behave and not cooperate with staff. in conjunction with my staff. we talked about the northern infraction on the yard. ive asked them to start...

This one i cant get out. usually its the code of conduct or hits they want taken care of on the yard. or background checks on other northerners that hit the facility. >> for a level one yard, were hard on these guys. this is where we have all the workers for corcoran. our northern inmate population seems pretty active, were trying to combat that right now. these are really hard to find. >> theres codes of conduct, its like respect yourself and others. treat everyone equally. have a positive atti...

Bulldog locked up in the shu, for numerous attacks on other inmates. >> bulldogs are at war right now with everybody. we dont get along with the north, we dont get along with the south, the blacks, whites. before they get us, we get them. i was on the yard and i stabbed a white guy like 17 times or whatever. and from there they took me to ad seg, i stabbed another white guy. thats what got me here. >> one challenge for corcorans officers dealing with the bulldogs is a lack of a figure head. need...

Were headed over to c facility. its a full programming yard. its dropouts. people would have problems on the gp yard. mixture of some sex offenders. people who dropped out of gangs. no longer want to play in the politics of the gp yard. its an interesting mixture, youll get a lot of old time heavy duty gangsters who have gotten too old and dont want to be involved any more along with those sexual predators. >> the peculiar mix of inmates isnt celebrated by everyone. we ran into an inmate who dro...

Bulldogs. >> the bulldog street gang originated in fresno, that group of hispanic population not being from southern california, not being from northern california, they affiliated or they joined together with the intent of not being governed by any other prison gang. >> bulldogs theyre not as organized as your other gangs. they dont have the leadership in their organization. their rule of thumb is, that majority rules. if theres issues on the yard they have to try to resolve, the bulldogs would...

Which, you know, he teaches you how to do all your warfare tactics and your weaponry, and then you got your kill squad. once you learn all that, you learn the pressure points on the body, where to hit them, how much inches to the heart, hit them in the jugular vein, the main vital arteries, right? you learn all of them. the weapons, you learn which weapons to effect a kill. an effective kill in the yard you get a metal piece. goes straight to the heart, and it sticks to the bone before you go to...

For the rest of the night. >> clearly the gang problem is so large, no part of the prison is safe from the politics. before officer garcia and the igi staff consider putting former gang members together on the sny, they must be convinced that dropouts are sincere in their desire to leave the gang lifestyle behind. after the debriefing interviews have been conducted and the inmates have been approved, they move into the integrated yard program. >> this is phase two. what they have to do is come o...

Im always a target. little it is nerve-racking to do next door. it can be cool one day, if you have to go out on a bad day, he found out about my charge, hed just go off on me, its nerve-racking. it keeps you on, you know, toes every day. other than that, its [ bleep ]d up. other than that, if no one finds out for 9 years, 3 months, i may be able to fool them, but i highly doubt that. next on "lockup, extended stay" -- a rare glimpse into the process of dropping out of a gang, where an inmate ...