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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...

In every prison profiled on "lockup" our producers have found subtle differences in how inmates enforce the convict code or the unwritten rules by which they live, but one aspect rarely changes -- the position of sex offenders on the inmate hierarchy. >> murderers, robbers, they're up here. child molesters, rapists, they're down here. them guys on the bottom deck, most of them guys are sex offenders, you know? i don't like them. i just tolerate them. i used to beat them. i used to prey on them. >> they normally mark the sexual predators by cutting them across the face with a razor blade or a k...

>> 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.

Apologized that i was sorry i had to do that i was so weak. i was in a position to protect him and i didn't. >> coming up on "lockup: raw." >> a man is attract to young women. god forbid 99% of us are. >> how the convict code applies to sex offenders. >> they walk around and they slide a knife under your door. here, cell your celmate or we kill you when you come out.

Does break out, the convict code dictates how they will respond. >> it's a racial situation, you have to respond according to your racial background. if i'm standing next to this man here and he's suddenly attacked by another racial group, even if i don't know him, he's black. i'm obligated by myself to assist this man. you know what i'm saying? >> it's a white thing, then you get in it. if it's with the whites and another race or something, then you got to be a part of it. but if it's something else, i just turn my head. i don't even want to see it, you know? >> we found that slips doesn't on...