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One of only two officers assigned to manage the 95 men on wasatch "a" that morning. >> yeah, they can take the block, but theyre not going anywhere. what are they going to do. that doesnt really bother me. i dont have a control issue that way. they let us control and manipulate how they live and what they do. >> they got their rules, we got ours, you know? >> theres a code of conduct in here that you got to follow, if you want to, you know, make your time easy, you know. you dont rat on people. ...

This is the consequences for being -- >> if you look up, the fourth decks pretty high, you know? people take an elevator ride. problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive been a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential...

Block. >> there is a pecking order that they go by. as far as them moving other inmates off the block, it happens. >> this is life. this is the consequences for being -- >> if you look up, the fourth decks pretty high, you know? people take an elevator ride. problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of ...

>> if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive done a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. he...

This is the consequences for being -- >> if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive spent a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one o...

You see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive spent a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. hes been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and bu...

>> if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride. the problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive spent a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. h...

Based on behavior. most of the inmates on a-east are classified as kappas. >> the kappa inmates are those inmates who exhibit aggressive type of behavior, and are most likely the inmates who are going to prey on the weaker inmates. >> i got aggravated assault. so any time you come in here on violence, youre automatically a kappa. because if you can do it out there, you can do it in here. is what they think. if youre a kappa, youll get along with these people. you know street rules. if youre weak...

The problem is, there aint no elevator. the fall doesnt hurt them. its the sudden stop at the end. >> the inmates have created their own hierarchy in this unit based on their own form of respect. the old-timers live on the top tier. >> a lot of them respect me. not because theyre scared of me but because ive spent a lot of time in here. >> tony duran is one of the influential inmates on a-east. hes been in and out of prison for 20 years for robbery, and burglary. >> murderer, robbers, theyre up ...

To have no fun. >> if they dont like someone, they wont let somebody in their section. >> theyll get moved. >> theyll get moved. they will straight out be told, get yourself out to the pod and get moved. >> youre not welcome on the block. >> there is a pecking order that they go by. as far as them moving over inmates off the block, it happens. >> this is life. this is the consequences for being -- >> if you look up, the fourth deck is pretty high, you know. you see people taking an elevator ride...