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Orejones to curtail their growth might also be speeding their transformation into a more organized gang like the mexican mafia. >> unfortunately, by segregating them, we are creating the ground for this gang to become more of a structurized group. we have reports of what are known as checks, the term the orejones created, and the check means you have to prove your heart to stay in the unit. and theyre checking every inmate that comes into the unit. youre not going to force somebody to prove thei...

Group. when they take our stuff, we go, get our group together, we go fight them and get our stuff back. >> pierre chatman was the first heartless felon who agreed to talk to me. >> the system call it a gang. it aint no gang, though. its a family for real. its just people sticking up for each other, thats all. >> you can see part of what the draw was. here are kids in juvenile jails, probably without family support, probably without resources, and theyre being offered this family-like situation,...

Big sam was warning these inmates that because they were being let out of the situation, they may be viewed as snitches. >> you know just as well as i do, it will come back. why they let bill out? why hes not standing with the fam? why they let jackson out? why hes not standing with the fam. why they let washington out? why hes not standing with the fam, you have to answer. >> they were not snitches but you have to stand up if you want to walk the right line, if you want 0 to get out of the lock...

Versus a very young group, trying to get their name out, trying to let people know, look, were aggressive, very intimidating, theyre more likely to be very disrespectful, more likely to be anti-authority, more likely to be disruptive in the living units. >> nothing can prepare you for going into the unit. you realize these are a bunch of young men with a lot of energy a lot of anger, feel tremendously gauged in, and they start banging and yelling and screaming. >> a sw of force a dominance, the ...

>> you know just as well as i do, it will come back. why they let bill out? why hes not standing with the fam? why they let jackson out? why hes not standing with the fam. why they let washington out? why hes not standing with the fam, you have to answer. >> they were not snitches but you have to stand up if you want to walk the right line, if you want 0 to get out of the lockup situation you have to stand up and be an individual versus a group think, like most gang members. >> do you have the h...

>> unfortunately, by segregating them, we are creating the ground for this gang to become more of a structurized group. we have reports of what are known as checks, the term the orejones created, and the check means you have to prove your heart to stay in the unit. and theyre checking every inmate that comes into the unit. youre not going to force somebody to prove their heart unless youre trying to structurize, who is the weaklings, who are the actual members? theyre weeding out those that dont...

>> unfortunately, by segregating them, we are creating the ground for this gang to become more of a structurized group. we have reports of what are known as checks, the term the orejones created, and the check means you have to prove your heart to stay in the unit. and theyre checking every inmate that comes into the unit. youre not going to force somebody to prove their heart unless youre trying to structurize, who is the weaklings, who are the actual members? theyre weeding out those that dont...

In 210, san antonio. >> represent 210. >> our gang coverage in san antonio revolved around a rivalry, there was a different story inside clevelands cuyahoga county correction center. most of the problems there swirled around one dominant gang. >> oh, thats raw. >> the heartless felons. but its members referred to it by another name, the family. because they say thats what they really are. >> heartless felon is like a family for real. it started for me in juvenile, people from other cities, they ...

So in 1997, they decided to break away. >> even though the two feuding gangs were cut from the same cloth, today, theyre very different. >> the mexican mafia and the orejones have a different personality. you can spot them by talking to them. >> mexican mafia members tend to be older, run their gang with a military-like hierarchy and strict accordance to rules. >> they do not want media attention. the mexican mafia would not talk to us at all. >> they keep a low profile in jail and prison, direc...

In 210, san antonio. >> represent 210. >> our gang coverage in san antonio revolved around a rivalry, there was a different story inside clevelands cuyahoga county correction center. most of the problems there swirled around one dominant gang. >> oh, thats raw. >> the heartless felons. but its members referred tit by another name, the fily. because they say thats what they really are. >> heartless felon is like a family for real. it started for me in juvenile, people from other cities, they here...