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What kind of things different do you want to do with yours? >> teach her to get an education. >> in general population, gd, and is vice lords, they wouldnt associate, they would be against each other, they wouldnt talk. in here, since theyre isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize theyre more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but theyre really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked up...

What kind of things different do you want to do with yours? >> teach her to get an education. >> in general population, gd, and the vice boards, they wouldnt associate, they would be against each other, they wouldnt talk. in here, since theyre isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize theyre more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but theyre really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked ...

Theres other gangs that just dont -- just dont want to get along. >> felix solis is a member of occ, ogdens craziest chicanos, a local utah gang. hes serving 11 months for possession of a controlled substance. >> ive never seen so much gangs all in one place before. if youre gang-banging, and if youre down for your set, youre down for it, no matter what it takes. >> you can tell any time somethings going on. any time theres any type of issue or anything like that, the section will split apart. >...

Rival gangs bring problems from the streets in here. you know, and that brings problems for everybody in here, you know? >> part of getting along you got to learn how to be a human being and put your hate behind you. >> so theres always this kind of uneasy truce. but for the most part, if they have respect for each other and each others space, then theres usually not a problem. >> while segregated from the rest of the general population, within this unit the inmates are integrated. meaning a mem...

Peggy perales pen pal relationships with two inmates from rival gangs have already caught the attention of the bexar county jails gang intelligence division. >> so you got a guy that you have a child with but youre writing to somebody else as well? correct? >> one of the letters written to perales was intercepted by mail room staff, who suspected it might contain gang codes. now, she has some new trouble. >> perales? >> yes, sir. >> since the last time we spoke to her we did a background check o...

Some times we will put them in the wrong place. thats typically when the fights erupt. >> this was the scene following a riot in which inmates from the mexican mafia fought with members of their archrivals. >> sometimes they slip through our fingers. you know, gangs are, roots of opportunity. theyre going to group together. once they see their numbers are large enough they become very territorial. from there it tend to develop into a dangerous situation. >> while rival gangs can pose a threat to...

You want to do with yours? >> teach her to get an education. >> in general population, gd, and the vice boards, they wouldnt associate, they would be against each other, they wouldnt talk. in here, since theyre isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize theyre more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but theyre really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked up i feel like i was a bad role m...

>> in general population, gd, and the vice boards, they wouldnt associate, they would be against each other, they wouldnt talk. in here, since theyre isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize theyre more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but theyre really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked up i feel like i was a bad role model, because he followed in my footsteps. >> me, too. i was ...

All in one place before. if youre gang-banging, and youre down for your set, youre down for it, no matter what it takes. >> you can tell any time somethings going on. any time theres any type of issue or anything like that, the section will split apart. >> certain words will be said. theres some obvious words, punk, bitch, stuff like that. >> going up to somebody saying "f" your hood or something like that. >> even if it doesnt involve you, even if its two different rival gangs, youll go and gra...

Realized that we need to do something to try to curb gang activity within our prison system before it led to a violent nature. >> captain darren smith is the head of the stg unit which has documented more than 150 different gangs inside the prison. >> we have our hispanic gangs, which basically fall under southern cal or southern hispanic or northern cal, northern hispanic. we have crips, and we have bloods, and then we have our white supremacists. >> the most active gang members at usp are segr...