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Order, arm. forward. left, one, two, three, four. left, right, left. >> while these inmates were once warriors, staff here must meet the challenge of managing a very different type of fighting force. >> in the last decade weve had an increase of gang-related offenses. the florida public corrections has a comprehensive security threat group program within each institution and each institution has a security threat coordinator assigned which keeps up with and tracks and monitors our gang activity ...

Here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefinitely. >> you go through that program basically throw your hands up and youve fallen into what the state has, you know what im saying, what the state wants. >> theres a misnomer that...

Some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefinitely. >> you go through that program basically throw your hands up and youve fallen into what the ...

Violence. >> theres no doubt about that. records show im gang affiliated. >> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program. some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was...

Chicago-based gangs and crypts and bloods from the west coast, latino gangs. it all kind of came together in the middle of iowa. we had a lot of intergang violence. >> theres no doubt about that. records show im gang affiliated. >> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program. some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they ...

Here, a lots of them have engaged in activities that have put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefinitely. >> when you go through that >> theres a misnomer that its a snitch program. that in order to participate in the program you have to tell on other people. ive always maint...

Mirrors what happens on the street. we had a lot of influence from chicago-based gangs and crypts and bloods from the west coast, latino gangs. it all kind of came together in the middle of iowa. we had a lot of intergang violence. >> theres no doubt about that. records show im gang affiliated. >> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program. some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people...

>> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefinitely. >> you go through that program basically throw your hands up and youve fallen into what the saying, what the state wants. >> theres a misnomer t...

We had a lot of intergang violence. >> theres no doubt about that. records show im gang affiliated. >> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program. some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threa...

>> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program. some people go through it, some people dont, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefi...