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Always poses one of the greatest risks for violence at san quentin. san quentins lack of modernization places inmates within striking distance of officers and other inmates. among the 6,000 inmates at san quentin, more than 3,000 general population inmates eat their meals in the dining hall. only a handful of officers oversee the process. >> on most nights there will be two officers in the dining hall. there will be anywhere from like 200 to 400 inmates in the dining hall. and theres no guns in ...

Always poses one of the greatest risks for violence at san quentin. san quentins lack of modernization places inmates within striking distance of officers and other inmates. among the 6,000 inmates at san quentin, more than 3,000 general population inmates eat their meals in the dining hall. only a handful of officers oversee the process. >> on most nights there will be two officers in the dining hall. there will be anywhere from like 200 to 400 inmates in the dining hall. and theres no guns in ...

>> 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 brother. im not a skinhead. i used to be a member of hari krishna back in the old days. the skulls let th...

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 month sentence for a parole violation. >> im not an aryan brother. im not a skinhead. i used to be a member of hari krishna back in the old days. the skulls let the rest of the inmates know theyd better back off because im not an easy mark. i dont hate anybody. im too old...

Among the 6,000 inmates at san quentin, more than 3,000 general population inmates eat their meals in the dining hall. only a handful of officers oversee the process. >> on most nights there will be two officers in the dining hall. there will be anywhere from like 200 to 400 inmates in the dining hall. and theres no guns in any dining hall. and all we have is our pepper spray and baton and our communications skills. >> this is known as mark 46. it sprays pepper spray. controls any kind of distur...

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