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Two? what have you been feeling? >> i feel like the worlds been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to do following these rules and regulations and all that of the circle. >> youve had the opportunity to be out there on the yard with other inmates in the same type of situation. hows that feel being amongst other inmates? >> its good. its good. one of my -- one of my best friends is an ex-associated member and another i...

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...

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. needing no permission to start fights, violence is just their way of life. >> we dont have no bulldogs that are validated....

There, and i would watch them die. i dont care about them. when i came to this yard, i surrendered a lot of stuff. you know what i moon? my name is gone, i had a good name in prison. i was always respected. i lost all that. i dont care about that. what i care about now is me, timmy duncan. i dont like those people, but i dont have to associate with them. i cant tell you ten peoples names, ive been in this building two years. i go to work 13 hours a day, i put the blinders on and i have to focus ...

Been for your phase one, phase two? what have you been feeling? >> i feel like the worlds been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to do following these rules and regulations and all that of the circle. >> youve had the opportunity to be out there on the yard with other inmates in the same type of situation. hows that feel being amongst other inmates? >> its good. its good. one of my -- one of my best friends is an ex-...

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 get together and take a boat, if you will. and the majority rules to go with that, theres no set leader of bulldog. >> if a bulldog has a chance to attack a southern hispanic, its on sight. if th...

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 vital arteries. you learn all of them. the weapons, you learn which weapons to use to affect a kill. an effective kill in the yard you get a metal piece. it goes straight to the heart or to the bone. then you have other weapons, like spears, crossbows, they dont really do no damage but when you mix it with poison, when you get caca and pee and let...

Status 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 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 com...

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 searching these guys, and find out whats going on. its really indicative of these inmates that they write this small so its hard for you ...

Found out about my charge, hed go off on me. nerve wracking. 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 by giving up vital information to officers. >> you learn which weapons to use to affect a kill and which ones not. to effectively kill in the yard, youll get a piece....