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>> whats the most painful area of your body to tattoo? >> its a toss-up between the toe, behind the leg and the lip. the lip, you have nerves. same as your toes. all your nerves end there. i was thinking, man, it wont hurt that bad. dont look at me at my tattoos and say, oh, my god. that guy is a felon or a white supremacist. im proud of who i am. and im proud to have my family be who we are. but im not a bad person because i have tattoos. being a white supremacist is not a bad thing. >> and acc...

Reasons. but the fighting within nccf lasted for approximately 30 to 40 minutes in one of the largest riots that l.a. county jail has ever seen. the fighting finally ended when the sheriffs emergency response teams were brought in. using verbal commands, stingball grenades, and pepper spray, sheriff deputies were able to prevent the inmates from killing each other, except for one inmate whose injuries left him in a coma, most of the men involved in the riots suffered minor injuries. >> jail is c...

Pre preezen reasons, but the fighting within nccf lasted for approximately 30 to 40 minutes in one of the largest riots that l.a. county jail has ever seen. the fighting finally ended when the sheriffs emergency response teams were brought in. using verbal commands, stingball grenades, and pepper spray, sheriff deputies were able to prevent the inmates from killing each other, except for one inmate whose injuries left him in a coma, most of the men involved in the riots suffered minor injuries. ...

>> what i need each one of you guys to do is get -- one of you get in front of each one of the dogs and i want you to keep two to three feet distance in front of the dog. i want you to flail your arms, get really high voice, high pitched, as high as you can, and just keep agitating the dogs. >> this training exercise helps the younger dogs build confidence as they imitate the behavior of the more mature dogs. >> we utilize the aggression dogs for protection of staff and offenders. >> release the...

>> the prison gangs really started after the prison riot. >> the people have divided themselves up because of that riot. no one wants to get caught alone in stuff like that, and there was a lot of hate still, a lot of anger, resentment, a lot of racism. >> major dean lopez started working in the prison in 1982 two years after the riot. >> we were being scrutinized left and right, and the facility itself promulgated an attitude, one of i really dont care. ill kill you in a heartbeat, and i dont r...

Shine, you know, on lame status. >> because folsoms yard is the smallest prison yard in the state, no one is segregated. members of the various prison gangs who are known to be enemies are forced to walk amongst each other. >> if i could describe it and sum it up in one word, i would say its like a big toilet waiting to be flushed. >> come here, both of you. hey, you two, come here. what building you in? what building are you in? >> 5. >> you go to five count gate, tell them youre going home. yo...

>> well, we had two northern mexicans jump on another northern mexican. it all stemmed over a disrespect issue. yesterday they beat him up over here in front of the yard shack. the guy that beat him up was the victims age. this guy was in his 60s. apparently the northern mexicans felt he wasnt -- business wasnt handled properly, so therefore today they sent over guys about a third his age. the guys that beat him up today are probably early 20s, late teens. what you saw here today was actually a ...

You can see he was pretty messed up. lately the northern mexicans have been acting up, more so than any race on this yard. beating up their own over respect issues. prisons about a lot of respect. when you are disrespected, situations like this take place. >> as long as you have street gangs, you will always have prison gangs. these guys aspire to do that. most individuals in a free society would aspire to be doctors and lawyers. these guys dont think past tomorrow. they dont know what they are ...

Walked to medical. >> after we took him to medical, he got stripped and had the shanks on him. >> what we have here is an improvised weapon that was removed from chris shiverdecker. he attempted to assault an inmate earlier today. shiverdecker claims hes had issues with one of our prison gangs thats been giving him some strife over the last couple weeks. he actually fabricated this out of a piece of a pencil sharpener. you could see the rivet right in there. and he attached a paper clip to it an...

>> utah state inmate tony duran is well-versed in the convict code. he has spent the majority of the past 23 years behind bars for burglary, robbery, and a slew of parole violations. >> the convict code is a person that carries himself with respect. he doesnt -- he only talks to the man when he has to. you know, he dont sit there and kick it with the man. you dont tell on nobody. you dont let nobody know your business. you dont get in other peoples business. you respect yourself. you respect oth...