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>> like i say, ten-four for me and my girlfriend while we go in here. because shes going to fall down and have a seizure. >> thats another inmate ten-fouring for another inmate while they have sex with their lover. some of us been together here four years, some of us been together five years, some of us have been together a long time. you see what im saying? and its easier for them to ten-four for them, and you can give them two or three cigarettes or a pack of coffee. and some of them know what...

>> some of them really dont like gays. >> in a prison setting, those things we have to discourage. and one reason we have to discourage is people have been here for a long time. and sometimes, some of the boundaries get clouded between the women. >> some of the people in here havent been with women and are curious and try it. i do it because i love women. >> a female offender has a lot of needs and part of that is to feel that someone cares about them. >> i love animals and jennifer takes pictur...

It still surprises me at times hearing some of these inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent wo...

It still surprises me at times hearing some of these inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent wo...

>> san quentin employs a multilevel screening process before inmates are allowed into protective custody in order to ensure that the sny population remains safe. this ex-gang member is currently in ad seg for threatening a cellmate, but he wants to be returned to sny. >> there was a battery that was in 2005, the current charge, though, is of threatening another inmate. >> he doesnt want to be housed with inmates who have sex-related offenses, whether it be against women or children or such. even...

But just sometimes the mere presence with the dogs in the yard, a fight is ready to break out and the dogs in the yard, it may also deescalate the violence. >> while the dogs are used to respond to a threat, prison gangs are the biggest danger to security. >> what people dont realize is that almost everything that happens in a prison setting has some sort of gang involvement. whether it be extortions, intimidations, trafficking, narcotics. theres nothing that goes on that at least one gang membe...

Time. you know what im saying? >> you want to play some chess, man? >> hes trying to communicate with another inmate to play chess with him. and theyll do it verbally through the vent system. >> all right, hold on. >> we play by calling out the numbers, like 12 to 28, 52 to 36. he has to have the same type of board, set up 1 through 64. >> 12, 28, man. >> i think most inmates dont want to go to segregation. its not a pleasant place to live. you get a limited amount of material in your cell. whet...

Release a dog in our facility but just sometimes the mere presence with the dogs in the yard, a fight is ready to break out and the dogs in the yard, it may also deescalate the violence. >> while the dogs are used to respond to a threat, prison gangs are the biggest danger to security. >> what people dont realize is that almost everything that happens in a prison setting has some sort of gang involvement. whether it be extortions, intimidations, trafficking, narcotics. theres nothing that goes o...

Gays. >> in a prison setting, those things we have to discourage. and one reason we have to discourage is people have been here for a long time. and sometimes, some of the boundaries get clouded between the women. >> we have some here that just havent been with women and are curious and will try it. i do it because i love women. >> the female offender has a lot of needs and part of that is to feel that someone cares about them. >> this is -- i love animals, and jennifer takes pictures of little ...

It still surprises me at times hearing some of these inmates accounts of their extreme violent behavior. im often curious as to why or how they became this way. but i also think its a part of the human condition. and i think its important that people understand that. part of it, i think, is created at birth, but also a big part of it is how one survives in prison. more often than not, a lot of these stories of violence have occurred in the prison setting. in order to survive in such a violent wo...