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In our ovens you have the grills that you put in the oven to cook on. theyll break off the rods on that. heres a shampoo bottle that was just once a plastic bottle, theyve melted down and converted that into a weapon. >> getting caught with a jailhouse weapon is a serious offense. which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically, theyve recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. theres a metal s...

It doesnt matter if theyre a black gang, an asian gang, a hispanic gang, or a white gang. if theyre active in los angeles county and they get arrested, they end up coming to the los angeles county jail system. >> the osj unit must rely on communication to help prevent gang violence. >> solving crime is all about getting the information from somebody. its not physical evidence. >> we aint with nobody. its just mainly a money thing. mainly we just doing our thing. everybodys doing their individual...

A metal rod. in our ovens you have the grills that you put in the oven to cook on. theyll break off the rods on that. heres a shampoo bottle that was once a plastic bottle theyve melted down and converted that into a weapon. >> getting caught with a jailhouse weapon is a serious offense. which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically theyve recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. there is a...

It doesnt matter if theyre a black gang, asian gang, hispanic gang, or a white gang. if theyre active in los angeles county and they get arrested they end up coming to the los angeles county jail system. >> the osj unit must rely on communication to help prevent gang violence. >> solving crime is all about getting information from somebody. its not physical evidence. >> who you guys warring with right now? >> we aint warring with nobody. its just a money thing right now. mainly we are just doing...

>> solving crime is all about getting the information from somebody. its not physical evidence. >> we aint with nobody. its just mainly a money thing. mainly we just doing our thing. everybodys doing their individual thing. >> you have had a history of feuding with who? blacks or hispanics? throughout the years over there. >> its been a history of whoever stepped on our toes. >> knowing which gangs are fighting each other helps the osj unit decide who to remove from general population and where ...

But the top part, these are gangs that just are to be assaulted, and they have what they call hard candy, and those are individuals that they want killed. >> to combat the growing problem of gang violence behind bars, a task force called operation safe jail, or osj, was formed. >> we try to identify who the gang members are that are in the system, and then we kind of try to make a guess at what level in the gang they are. if theyre somebody whos very active, well try to isolate them from general...

>> getting caught with a jailhouse weapon is a serious offense. which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically, theyve recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. theres a metal support in different types of shoes, basically all shoes. they take them out and file them to a point also to one end and use them as a -- either a stabbing device or what have you. >> unfortunately for the inmates, the...

Which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically, theyve recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. theres a metal support in different types of shoes, basically all shoes. they take them out and file them to a point also to one end and use them as a -- either a stabbing device or what have you. >> unfortunately for the inmates, the osj unit cant prevent all acts of violence inside the jail. som...