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They stand out. the first one of these that i'm going to give out is to somebody here. of course, it's jamie alejos. >> yay! [ applause ] >> thank you, warden. thank you very much. >> no, thank you. >> oh, you're welcome. >> i mean, you know, i've known this guy for over 25 years, and he's the same now as he was then. a little grayer, a little grayer. i wanted him to be the first one to get this to recognize all of his years of dedicated service. but also because he takes his job as seriously as you take yours. he realizes, as you do, that we're responsible for the health and welfare of these ...

One. sometimes you have to go up there and yell like they're a little kid. >> you have to say you're sorry to other people. you didn't mean to do that. it wasn't you. it was your other twin, all right? >> sure. >> turn around. >> and sometimes you just talk to them like, you know, man-to-man. >> do me a favor. hang out here and d'antoon't ma noise. don't be kicking. i'm going to make a phone call. >> every approach don't work. you have to use different approaches for every inmate. >> it's my job. i'm here to protect and serve. an inmate has a problem, our job is to retrain -- diffuse the situa...

>> cramer. rodriguez. ♪ >> 44. >> now. >> 44. >> you hear those whistles and you hear those officers yelling, you know it's not a false alarm. >> call him in, will you? code four. fistfight. second tier landing. >> an alarm sounds in the sensitive needs unit after yet another fistfight breaks out on the tier. >> take yours down first. >> swing your feet around. swing your feet around. >> i heard a whistle and responded to the second tier landing south block. and found the inmate laying face down. the officer said he had just been in a fistfight. >> i knew i had to get out of the way.

>> in america's prisons, violence is a way of life. san quentin, the oldest prison in california, has one of the longest histories of violence. >> there's fistfights going on, there's guys getting beat up pretty good. >> whether it's an inmate fresh off the street -- >> i refuse to get disrespected by anybody. >> a gang dropout in protective custody. >> it happened a couple of days ago so -- >> or an officer trying to maintain order. >> he was going for the jugular but he just missed. >> they've all fallen victim to violent attacks. in the three months we were at san quentin, we saw our fair s...

Okay, and basically what that is is you get to give somebody a check, you give them money when they stand out. the first one of these that i'm going to give out is to somebody here. of course, it's jamie alejos. >> yay! [ applause ] >> thank you, warden. thank you very much. >> no, thank you. >> oh, you're welcome. >> i mean, you know, i've known this guy for over 25 years, and he's the same now as he was then. a little grayer, a little grayer. i wanted him to be the first one to get this to recognize all of his years of dedicated service. but also because he takes his job as seriously as you ...