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Thank you. >> the assault has earned this inmate a 15-month cshu term. but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds. and i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i dont even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, its just a whole change of scenario. a whole change of l...

Me a shank about that long, with a handle on it. and i just started stabbing him. stabbed him over 100 times, in the back, sides, neck, he was crying, telling me to stop, begging for me to stop. and he was still alive through all of it. that was one of my favorite ones right there, because he was a rapist, and i despise rapists, i cannot stand them. child molesters, rapists, the worst. >> in spite of his love of violence, robert eventually grew tired of the gang politics, and decided to drop out...

For me, it was a hard, bumpy road. >> bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in corcoran. >> that is the life i picked for myself, and its really hard. >> in prison theyve got two choices, do their time and go home -- >> ive got a baby brother who doesnt have anybody out there right now. if i go home and he can look up to that -- >> reporter: -- or become even more destructive on the inside. >> more crazy people in your cell, and crazy things happen. >> stabbings, killings, drugs, weapon...

>> why is everybody looking at us, man? find you some business. >> while recreational options are limited on the sensitive needs yard, back in ad seg theyre even more restricted. angel gets his first real human contact for the day when an officer escorts him out for his one-hour yard time. >> i thought you was coming with me. >> yeah. >> you got one open? >> like a dog pound. get an hour out here. its better than nothing. but they put this because too many people getting stabbed. now what am i s...

Penetrated protective custody, at san quentin is referred to as the sensitive needs yard or sny. >> it is supposed to be gang free. a lot of guys go into sny not because they want to. a lot of these guys still want to be gangsters. >> many of these inmates come to sny because they violated gang rules and now need protection from gang retaliation. >> the easiest way to describe it is that even though you walked away from the gang, it doesnt change your gang mental state because what happens is th...

And then another inmate passed me a shank about that long, with a handle on it. and i just started stabbing him. stabbed him over 100 times, in the back, sides, neck, he was crying, telling me to stop, begging for me to stop. and he was still alive through all of it. that was one of my favorite ones right there, because he was a rapist, and i despise rapists, i cannot stand them. child molesters, rapists, the worst. >> in spite of his love of violence, robert eventually grew tired of the gang po...

So you got any questions? >> no. >> okay. thank you. >> the assault has earned this inmate a 15-month cshu term. but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds. and i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i dont even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, its just a who...

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Its not structured, were not considered, you know, like mafiawise -- we dont control the outside, money laundering and things like that, you know what i mean? they cant validate us. >> what do you want to do with the bulldogs? >> whatever it takes. this is my life now, theres no chance for me to get out. im going to have to die sometime. i might as well go out with a bang, you know? coming up, even in the shu, roberts always ready for battle. >> this is my shoe, i dont mess with my hands. i co...

Police are investigating an explosion in austin, texas with non-life threatening injuries. the presidents lawyer says this is no discussions about firing special counsel robert mueller this after a series of tweets by the president taking aim at mueller by name for the first time. now back to "lockup" due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> surviving a long prison term can often mean joining a gang. but theres one yard at california state prison corcoran thats supposed...