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>> its called the sensitive needs yard, sny. its where gang dropouts or sex offenders or high-risk inmates go for their own safety. but even here gangs can spring up, and we found one of the most unorthodox gangs. they call themselves gbg, the gay boy gangsters. >> its a group of men that are gay, that are not transgender, and who are gay men who like men who do not want to be a woman. okay. thats it. were pretty thick actually. were pretty much respected. we dont get into fights. we dont get in...

Needs yard, sny. its where gang dropouts or sex offenders or high-risk inmates go for their own safety. but even here gangs can spring up, and we found one of the most unorthodox gangs. they call themselves gbg, the gay boy gangsters. >> its a group of men that are gay, that are not transgender, and who are gay men who like men who do not want to be a woman. okay. thats it. were pretty thick actually. were pretty much respected. we dont get into fights. we dont get into that sort of thing, but w...

>> shoot it out. >> but our producer was about to find out that there was a far more dramatic story surrounding inmate, washington. >> i was on suicide watch last week and i just came back last week. >> why? what happened? >> they was trying to send me somewhere i didnt want to be. >> so what did you do? >> i cut my wrist with a razor blade. >> washington went on to explain that he cut his wrist to prevent the prison to transferring him to the sensitive needs yard or sny. its a place most inmate...

>> im the king of the court. i run that court. that court was mine for about an hour. >> since weights have been banned from san quentin, inmates like speedy have found other ways to keep in shape. thats our weights. thats how we work out. we got to make water bags. we dont get weights no more. arnold schwarzenegger took those away from us. >> 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 ...

The gay boy gangsters, but now were following this love relationship between these two gay boy gang members. two guys who had known each other a matter of days. >> i like him, and its never going to change. i dont know what else to say. >> i like you, too. >> i like you more. >> i like you more. better. >> all right, bye. i love you. >> we had been filming in another part of the prison, and when we came back to the sensitive needs yard, first thing we heard was wicked filling us in on some gossi...

Supposed to be gang-free. >> its called the sensitive needs yard, sny. its where gang dropouts or sex offenders or high-risk inmates go for their own safety. but even here gangs can spring up, and we found one of the most unorthodox gangs. they call themselves gbg, the gay boy gangsters. >> its a group of men that are gay, that are not transgender, and who are gay men who like men who do not want to be a woman. okay. thats it. >> how much clout do you guys have? >> were pretty thick actually. we...

Take my line. i have to make another one. >> shoot it out. >> but our producer was about to find out that there was a far more dramatic story surrounding inmate washington. >> i was on suicide watch last week and i just came back last week. >> why? what happened? >> they was trying to send me somewhere i didnt want to be. >> so what did you do? >> i cut my wrist with a razor blade. >> washington went on to explain that he cut his wrist to prevent the prison from transferring him to the sensitive...

He was transferred to the sensitive needs yard. >> they thought that all sny men were all equal. its not the case. they celled me up with a convicted child molester, he molested his sister between the age of 8 and 14. so a couple of days later, i dealt with it. i took my boxers apart and took the string out and braided it up and on either end i put a slip knot and rolled up two socks and waited one night while we were watching tv. i picked a fight with him. once he stood up, i put him in a dual ...

>> i live on corcoran, 3c facility. its a sensitive needs yard for inmates that cannot program around the general population inmates. people with sex crimes, child molesters, gang dropouts and people like myself that have testified. my path to prison started when i began selling drugs in little rock, arkansas. three years after selling drugs, i ended up going with a buddy. not really a murder-for-hire, but we were supposed to beat a guy up really bad and make it look like a robbery. i told my fa...

Have to go by the regs. 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. ...