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It aint about bringing you happiness. its about you want to be on the higher level than the average person. you want to be somebody that you are not made to be. >> education is the key, its getting your ged, going to trade school or going to college. i mean, the biggest factor that will tell whether or not you come back to prison or not is education. >> program director eric courtney oversees the program that puts rival gang members side by side. >> what kind of things do you want to teach your ...

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 very nervous. i feel scared on the inside. on the outside i try to make myself look tough to go and let them know i wasnt playing games and it wasnt what i thought it would be. >> we found our own respect up in here. and we feel that we got to do something in life besides just ki...

Along. but not everybody thinks that way. 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 gang 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...

One reason or another. and you stick them all together, some people do get along, some people dont. >> it has its ups and downs. rival gangs bring problems from the streets in here. that brings problems for everybody in here. you know. >> part of getting along you have 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. >> ...

From rival gangs have already caught the attention of the bexar county jails gang intelligence division. >> 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? since the last time we spoke to her we did a background check in the facility and her last incarceration, involved in a report, she was...

If not, about a 30-day lockdown. >> if you beat it, on what grounds? >> im a good liar. they believe my lie, thats it. coming up -- >> you were in 3d, there was a report you threatened another inmate. do you remember that incident? >> more trouble for peggy perales. benny alonzo receives an important visitor but things dont go as planned. and conrad ochoa is offered a deal. >> first deal is, a catch ten years and i can go for deferred, just get all ten years of probation. peggy perales pen...

Them separated. unfortunately, we dont catch all of them. we put them in the wrong place and 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. >> next person to talk, will be tased. >> sometimes they slip through our fingers. you know, gangs are groups of opportunity. theyre going to group together. once they see their numbers are large enough they become very territorial. from there it t...

Synonymous with the 1836 battle of the alamo. the fort still stands at the heart of downtown as a symbol of honor and bravery. today, however, a very different war rages in san antonio, as two rival gangs shed blood in a power struggle to control a wide range of criminal activity, including drugs, prostitution and human trafficking. and this turf war has expanded from the streets to inside the walls of san antonios behr county jail. >> traditionally the mexican mafia, the outgrowth of a prison g...

Theres a civil war brewing in two opposing factions of the gangster disciples are fighting for control of the organization. investigators dr them before the conflict turns violent. theyve identified 26 senior members of the gangster disciples either in power or trying to take over. >> a lot of times until one person from the street comes in thats heavy enough that says, hey, listen, this is what it is and both sides agree, then theres going to be violence and people here can lose their lives. >>...

>> this informant we are calling roosevelt to protect his identity is providing intel about a west side neighborhood known for its heavy drug traffic and murders. roosevelt claims two dozen members of rival gangs have joined together to do business under one boss. >> how did he get the block? he just took it. without a struggle? >> without a struggle. >> what are these guys travelers? >> travelers. >> these two guys -- he knows their nickname. we are mapping out their entire operation right now....