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Few things embody that particularly southern california latino street culture more than low riding. ♪ esteban is a photographer, chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion and low-riding. >> the old-timers, they used to cut the coils or put sandbags in their truck to make them lower. then around the 70s is when they got popular. >> why these particular models of cars? >> its pretty much always been late 50s all the way through the 60s and the 70s. ...

Continues to shape the town, determine its character. k-town exists upside its latino neighbors and i guess its natural that both choe and choi identity very much with mexican street culture. few things embody that particularly southern california latino street culture more than low riding. ♪ esteban is a photographer, chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion and low-riding. >> the old-timers, they used to cut the coils or put sandbags in their t...

End of it to throw it from one cell, over the top range to the bottom range. a lot of times youll see mail bags, envelopes tied to them they can put letters in and magazines. a lot of times youll see them tie a kite or letter to the end of it. thats the way they communicate. >> the packages tied to the fish lines are sometimes called cadillacs. and hard as they try, correctional staff can rarely keep up with them. >> 99% of the time, youre not going to get out there and catch it because, you kno...

>> i say i got too good of a heart, but nick gets it done. some people, i think, im like, you know, hes a good guy, just let him go with that. but nick likes to charge everybody for everything. no matter what it is. something simple, give me a snack. sometimes i dont mind doing favors. but nicks good about it, though. were going to go broke if we dont -- dont charge for everything. >> got to look out for me. >> got to make money. >> in the end, its jail, so its all about me. >> battaglia got his...

This appears to be a staple run through the head of an ink pen and its attached to a motor. that looks similar to the motors that are in some of the air fresheners that are hung up in some of the offices. an inmate worker probably was in that area cleaning and smuggled it into the back and made a tattoo gun out of it. its important that we find this stuff because its dangerous. its a sharp instrument in a cell. it can spread incommunicable diseases, hepatitis c, aids, the list goes on and on. �...

I started talking [ bleep ] back to him. >> what did he say? >> i dont know because i was talking over him. i just know that he was a bitch. thats what i told him, that he was a bitch [ bleep ]. >> with his recent setbacks, roca moreno faces six more months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught with possession of marijuana. >> whats been going on since last time we saw you? >> just sitting here drawing, watching...

This, as im sure people are watching, eating their lunch, doing this as well. that was the least of it, by the way. i was sitting in on stephen colbert, the "late show" and they played, detailed. >> yeah. >> drilling of your chest. well spare you if youre eating your turkey sandwich right now. let me start with, why? >> look, i have tattoos, one more not making me prettier, younger, relevant or anything else. a possession of a very old car. got a lot of dents in it. one more dent isnt really goi...

>> finding true friendship in prison might be a dicey proposition. but at the spring creek correctional center in alaska, we found a pair of cell mates that seem more like frat house brothers rather than inmates at a maximum security penitentiary. >> look at the nugget, dude. >> mine is better. >> whatever. >> when we met richard evans and roger boshier. >> i was in the hole for tattooing. >> who were you tattooing on again? >> actually, got caught tattooing on this guy right here. this is the o...

Thats one of the first questions thats asked. do you have a job? i have my business right here. his family owns a street sweeping and graffiti removal company. you cant be a dead beat and join the club. thats not going to happen. >> whats up, dave? >> hey, dave. just watching something that looks painful. >> so what exactly is that face youre tattooing? >> pretty much our center patch, depiction of genghis khan. >> is anybody whose a mongol get a mongol head tattooed on their body? >> you have t...

Thats not going to happen. >> whats up, dave? >> hey, dave. just watching something that looks painful. >> so what exactly is that face youre tattooing? >> pretty much our center patch, depiction of genghis khan. >> is anybody whose a mongol get a mongol head tattooed on their body? >> you have to ask lil dave. >> i would have to cut it off you. >> cut it off me? >> what would you do seriously? >> remove it or cover it up, nicely. >> what if i refused. >> nicely. [ laughter ] >> thats as nice as...