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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 is an ex-nlr member. those are two of my best friends. in the pas...

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...

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 is an ex-nlr member. those are two of my best friends. in the past, even though were on a respectful level, were all ene...

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 attitude, be well mannered. the last code of conduct is no fraternizing with the canine or en...

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 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 souther...

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 searching these guys, and find o...

>> you got different educations. you got your street education, your squad leaders, which they teach you how to do all your warfare tactics, your weaponry, 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 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. then have...

It got heated. the next thing you know, the dorm filled up with south siders and whites. the cops saw what was going on. she called for yard staff to go over there. they ended up cuffing up the shock collar for the whites and for the south siders, and they ended up patting everybody down, sending everybody home and bunk 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 putti...

If they can get away from staff during an escort, a door accidentally pops, anything. if theres another bulldog theyre going to go at it, attack each other. >> we met robert galvan, a 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 fr...