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Coming up on "lockup: raw" -- >> i'm a man that is attracted to young women. god forbid. 99% of us are. >> how the convict code applies to sex offenders. >> on main line, they walk around and they slide a knife under your door. here, kill your celly or we kill you when you come out.
Convict code is the code of silence. talking about gang business can get members killed. >> they got rules, and we got rules within the rules, you know. among different people or among different races. but we have to deal with it. you know, i can't elaborate too much on it. >> the subject was clearly off the table when we sat down at pelican bay state prison with raul leon, alleged to be one of the leaders of the most powerful prison gang of all, the mexican mafia. >> how powerful is the mexican mafia here at pelican bay? >> i don't even touch on that right there. i don't speak on it myself, y...
And in the morning we'll come over and we'll search that area and try to find their weapons. but they're getting better and better at the way they hide their weapons. as you see, this one guy keeps looking around, and he's got the heavy coat on. the temperature's pretty hot, so they're the soldiers. they wear these jackets. it's a little bit more armor. if anything goes on, they're the first ones to get involved. >> many inmates have told us, if violence does break out the convict code dictates how they will respond. >> if it's a racial situation, you've got to respond according to your racial...
To extend the convict code to their own father. >> my father was in here for -- i don't know the exact charge, but he was in here for messing with kids. and, you know, i ain't cool with that. brad and michael love are serving time for murder at animosa state penitentiary in iowa. >> i was never incarcerated with him. when i found out he was getting incarcerated, what he did time for, what he's charged for, they asked if there are any problems if we're in the same prison. i said, yeah, i probably would end up killing him. i cannot condone that. >> "lockup" has profiled many inmates who spew hat...
>> still, hymer has mixed feelings about sharing a cell with someone just like himself. >> my celly is really a multiple offender. and bad as that sits in my gut like acid, just -- it's just a putrid thing. there is nothing sexy about a kid, you know what i mean? and to hear it, to know it -- i know i'm here for it. that charge. but it's just still sickening. next on "lockup: raw" -- >> i want to go home with her. >> yeah, i'm taking this one home to the country. >> the convict code takes on a new dimension when the inmates are women. >> we call it bulldagging, women relationships here, that...