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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141214:06:13:00

and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra. familia. >> i walked into a war atmosphere and i was all for it. let's go, strapped on the boots and let's go. so three months after coming to pelican bay, i was assigned squad leader because squad leader is i'm in charge of educating other people on the bombs, the format, how to make knives, how to stab people, where to stab people, what would be the best times, exercising and making sure everybody's following the guidelines of our gang. right? >> i almost felt like it must have been what it was like 10,000 years ago when you have this almost tribalism. and you have to rely on your clan for protection. >> people would get stabbed because the mentality that we had out here and the way we train people within our own gang

Violence , Pelican-bay-state-prison , Northern-california , Gang-bangers , Arrival , Hispanic , Cortina , People , Prison-gang , Squad-leader , Lets-go , War-atmosphere

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141206:07:54:00

bay-raised, been up here going on 14 years. >> cortina was once a prominent leader of nuestra familia and housed in the security unit. >> i was doing 16 to life and i knew if i continued the way i was living back in the shu, i wasn't going to get out. so i wrote my brother in the navy. i told him what i want to do. i let my dad know, my other brothers know. their response was, it's about time. >> it's a big step when you come out here, because the first phase of it is, how do i act? >> walter farmer is a former member of the aryan brotherhood. serving a 23-year sentence for murder, he spent several years in the shu before making the decision to leave the gang. >> in some ways, you feel like you hung up your balls, you know, because you -- now you have to rely on the administration handling your issues as opposed to you handling them in a way you were taught to handle issues.

Way , Life , Raul-leon , Security-unit , Nuestra-familia , Cortina , 16 , 14 , Shu , Response , Brothers , My-brother-in-the-navy

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140531:05:12:00

wartime situation. and it feels like a war. it feels like a wartime prison, pelican bay. >> correctional staff told us that when it comes to battling gang activity, they're fighting a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. >> they're convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. >> such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. >> i've been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. >> he'd been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a

At-folsom-prison , Pelican-bay-state-prison , System , Gang-activity , Situation , America , Correctional-staff , War , Gang-members , Step-back , Gangs , Case

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140531:08:12:00

and it feels like a war. it feels like a wartime prison, pelican bay. >> correctional staff told us that when it comes to battling gang activity, they're fighting a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. >> they're convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. >> such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. >> i've been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. >> he'd been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra.

Gang-members , At-folsom-prison , Pelican-bay-state-prison , System , Gang-activity , America , Correctional-staff , War , Gangs , Step-back , Case , Epi-cortina

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140120:04:54:00

on 14 years. >> cortina was once a prominent leader of nuestra familia and housed in the security unit. >> i was doing 16 to life and i knew if i continued the way i was living back in the shu, i wasn't going to get out. so i wrote my brother in the navy. i told him what i want to do. i let my dad know, my other brothers know. their response was, it's about time. >> it's a big step when you come out here, because the first phase of it is, how do i act? >> walter farmer is a former member of the aryan brotherhood. serving a 23-year sentence for murder, he spent several years in the shu before making the decision to leave the gang. >> in some ways, you feel like

Life , Raul-leon , Security-unit , Nuestra-familia , Cortina , 16 , 14 , Shu , Way , My-brother-in-the-navy , Member , Brothers

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131226:08:13:00

he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. >> i've been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. >> he'd been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra. familia. >> i walked into a war atmosphere and i was all for it. let's go, strapped on the boots and let's go. so three months after coming to pelican bay, i was assigned squad leader because squad leader is i'm in charge of educating other people on the bombs, the format, how to make knives, how to stab people, where to stab people, what would be the best times, exercising and making sure everybody's following the guidelines of our

Prison , Pelican-bay , Murder , Life-sentence , Street-gang , It-led , 16 , 11 , 14 , Violence , Northern-california , Gang-bangers

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131226:01:13:00

that when it comes to battling gang activity, they're fighting a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. >> they're convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. >> such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. >> i've been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. >> he'd been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra. familia.

Gang-members , At-folsom-prison , Gangs , Step-back , Gang-activity , System , 9 , 11 , 8 , 10 , Pelican-bay-state-prison , Case

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131109:04:54:00

>> i've been basically pelican bay-raised, been up here going on 14 years. >> cortina was once a prominent leader of nuestra familia and housed in the security unit. >> i was doing 16 to life and i knew if i continued the way i was living back in the shu, i wasn't going to get out. so i wrote my brother in the navy. i told him what i want to do. i let my dad know, my other brothers know. their response was, it's about time. >> it's a big step when you come out here, because the first phase of it is, how do i act? >> walter farmer is a former member of the aryan brotherhood. serving a 23-year sentence for murder, he spent several years in the shu before making the decision to leave the gang. >> in some ways, you feel like you hung up your balls, you know, because you -- now you have to rely on the administration handling your issues as opposed to you handling them in a way you were taught to handle issues. but now i play sports with people that i once was enemies with.

Pelican-bay , Way , Shu , Life , Raul-leon , Security-unit , Nuestra-familia , Cortina , 16 , 14 , Response , Brothers

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131103:08:54:00

>> i've been basically pelican bay-raised, been up here going on 14 years. >> cortina was once a prominent leader of nuestra familia and housed in the security unit. >> i was doing 16 to life and i knew if i continued the way i was living back in the shu, i wasn't going to get out. so i wrote my brother in the navy. i told him what i want to do. i let my dad know, my other brothers know. their response was, it's about time. >> it's a big step when you come out here, because the first phase of it is, how do i act? >> walter farmer is a former member of the aryan brotherhood. serving a 23-year sentence for murder, he spent several years in the shu before making the decision to leave the gang. >> in some ways, you feel like you hung up your balls, you know, because you -- now you have to rely on the administration handling your issues as opposed to you handling them in a way you were taught to handle issues. but now i play sports with people that i once was enemies

Pelican-bay , Way , Life , Raul-leon , Security-unit , Nuestra-familia , Cortina , 14 , 16 , Shu , Response , Brothers

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131006:05:13:00

a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. >> they're convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. >> such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. >> i've been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. >> he'd been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he'd just been through years and years of just senseless violence. >> after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra. familia. >> i walked into a war atmosphere and i was all for it. let's go, strapped on the boots and let's go.

Gang-members , At-folsom-prison , Gangs , Step-back , System , 9 , 8 , 10 , 11 , Pelican-bay-state-prison , Case , Epi-cortina