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Not only did he recently complete a nine-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, hes now awaiting trial on two new counts of aggravated assault. and if thats not bad enough, today is his birthday, and all he has is a gift from another inmate. >> he told me happy birthday and gave me toilet tissue with my name on it and gave me some of these. >> having served time before, bates knows this is no random collection of items. theyre to make a device known in jail as a fifi. >> you could ge...

And she came to the top of the stairs, so i decided to meet her up there and she just kept getting in my face and she shoved me. so -- >> the whole unit got in everybodys business. just stupid, petty drama. >> both women will receive several days in segregation for fighting. and tensions continue to rise in another unit, as well. enrique cruz says he came to s-4 on his own free will in order to investigate the alleged misdoings of fellow blood member michael bates. >> i was sent here. after spea...

In the citys bergen county jail about 15% of the inmates are gang affiliated. while most are divided among racial lines, the dominant gang here has found strength in diversity. >> the predominant gang inside bergen county jail is united blood nation. they recruit anybody. they believe in numbers. its a numbers game for them. there could be bloods from different ethnic backgrounds, black, white, hispanic. when i worked in the state prison system system i actually had a blood gang member who was a...

Im not taking it. if i got to do some time, they got to give it to me. im not pleading guilty to nothing. >> bates has pled not guilty to multiple charges of weapons possession and aggravated assault. he had hoped to reach a plea deal for a sentence of five years, but the prosecution had a harsher sentence in mind. >> 15 and three years running consecutive. id have to do 15 then when i finish the 15 start the three years. >> so 18 years? >> give or take. >> bates will now take the case to trial....

His maximum security status was changed based on his sentence, so he went to medium. he is going to be transferred there tonight. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> cruzs plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. >> yeah, yeah. whats up, old-timer? how you doing? >> how you doi...

For over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, were not just insuring our lives... were helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. doing time behind the walls of the bergen county jail in hackensack, new jersey, is the last place michael bates wanted to be today.

And have someone murdered, i dont. >> i never heard of him before. never heard of him. now ill make the necessary phone calls and get the necessary contact i got to make and im going to see about this guy. see whats up. because to me in my heart and my mind i know i feel hes nobody, but i cant just go with what i feel. i still have to do my homework. i still got to do a proper investigation. if hes not who he says he is, hes going to get dealt with. >> while bates has chosen patience over action...

I done orchestrated riots. i been in every prison in the state of new jersey except the southern state so everybody knows me. my word is gold to them because they seen me action. they dont just hear my audio. they seen my video. they know if i say something its law. all i got to do is send an order and its going to be carried out. whether i want somebody poked up or i want somebody stabbed, its going to get done. >> recently, the self-proclaimed minister of defense of the bloods was transferred ...

Cool until he has accurate information on who cruz really is. >> i think hes retarded, i think he kind of slow. i think something is wrong with him. something is wrong with this guy. >> all day, blood like that, five, all day. recognize real when you see real. you know? aint nothing hidden about this. this is straight blood love. you know what i mean? this is what i do. >> hes going to get dealt with either here or when he goes down to prison. somewhere hes going to get dealt with. coming up -...

>> boom, boom, just one hit. he was all over the place. he couldnt stand up. >> he hit me first, and, yes, after three or four times of him punching me in the face, i realized i wasnt going to be able to calm him down. i hit him with an uppercut. saw his dentures fall out to the ground, brought him to the ground and thats when we both got maced. >> were you injured? >> no, not at all. >> not injured. >> no, not at all. >> but now cruz says he had a secret motive for the fight, one that has nothi...