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In the town of riverhead the county jail is a reminder that crime knows no bounds. >> crimes you thought you got away coming back to bite you in the ass. >> the riverhead facility is one of two jails operated by the sheriffs office. it houses about half of the countys 1,500 inmates, most of whom are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of the cases. >> timing is everything. its fast. >> i do. nonviolent general population inmates are usually allowed out of their cell...

For years, the most dominant gang operating behind the walls of the suffolk county jails riverhead facility has been the bloods. >> step over the back corner. >> now their archrival is out to change the pecking order. >> crips are trying to show force inside the jail. this is one of the problems were having right now. that is why we are having escalation in fights. its almost a green light for every time they see a blood in the jail. everybody is aware of it. we kind of know who the bloods and c...

Stop, because if they dont stop and continue to fight aggressively, then we have to try to control the situation, and we do end up getting hurt almost every single time. >> neither campbell nor despeines have been forthcoming about the cause of the conflict. investigators suspect it has to do with gang rivalries. during his one hour of daily recreation, campbell reveals he fought despeines who is nicknamed jugs, over something else entirely. he sucker punched me. so i [ bleep ]. >> one, two, wha...

Get hurt trying to save you guys from getting further injury. we still have a job to do. >> thats jail. this is the gang life, i guess, you know what im saying? its just how it goes, how the cookie crumbles. >> the feedback i got from him is hes got to do what hes got to do. my feeling to that is he doesnt care. >> just because im his older brother doesnt mean i control his life. he is going to do what he does. hes a grown ass man. so he is going to do what he does. he is my little brother so i ...

>> we are going to do jeffrey first. here we are again. the same guy you were fighting last time. how do you plead? guilty, not guilty, guilty with an explanation? >> not guilty. >> not guilty? you werent fighting with the guy? is that why you are innocent or are you innocent because you met up with him? >> because i met up with him but i was not supposed to meet up with him. i got a keep separate. >> so that makes it okay. >> it doesnt make it okay. i know that. >> what are you trying to say? i...

Thats it. stay out of trouble. no fighting. did you get your moneys worth this time? >> no. >> no, okay. >> with an additional 150 days on lockdown status, despeines will be confined to his cell 22 1/2 hours per day. he will be allowed out for a half hour to shower and make phone calls and given one hour of outdoor recreation. >> im never getting out the box. >> is it all worth it? >> its not really worth it, but it happens. >> now its campbells turn to meet. >> how do you plead? guilty, not gui...

Is the new friendship he has made here with an 11-month-old bulldog named rocket. >> anthony has played with him a lot of times, and he has been on the phone with mom and dad trying to get them here to fill out an application. >> like these boots? they have a lot of personality. >> he does. he definitely does. >> he was excited to come out. >> oh, yeah. >> while he hopes to free rocket from his cage full time back at the jail timothy campbell had his own feelings of being caged in. >> i hate the...

Them. that is "national geographic" wrapped up inside plastic. they will wet it. makes it harder and heavier. its a better weapon. brass knuckles made out of tape and some sort of sheet metal they got from somewhere. could have been left over from a construction project, which is why you see metal detectors throughout the facility. we use the board for training especially when we get new recruits to come in, we show them, we say we give them things. we are giving them things they can use as a we...

They have all day to just work on these weapons, make them, sharpen them, secure them, hide them. that is "national geographic" wrapped up inside plastic. they will wet it. makes it harder and heavier. its a better weapon. brass knuckles made out of tape and some sort of sheet metal they got from somewhere. could have been left over from a construction project, which is why you see metal detectors throughout the facility. we use the board for training especially when we get new recruits to come ...

Equal part and neither one of them were listening to the officers when she was trying to give them orders to separate and lockdown or whatever. in this case we have to charge both of them. >> the charges are strictly internal as the fight is not considered serious enough to file criminal charges. rather than defend themselves in a hearing blaha and berry sign waivers admitting to the infractions and are given 30 days on lockdown status. >> what room is ms. berry in? >> 42. >> 42. >> yes. >> they...