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And seeing too many people doing paying rain and doing things they didn't want to do, being forced to do, right? and just like the higher you go up, the more you see. >> the debrief process takes months, sometimes even years. because the igi must verify the truth of an inmate's autobiography. >> for myself, back in 2001, when i was in county jail, they ordered me to hit my own uncle because he was a no destruction dropout, right? and then after that, right, that's when i got -- got my little points, what they call points or what they train us to do and all that. >> how were you trained? >> wit...

>> the debriefing process means severing all ties with the gang member's affiliation. the process is irreversible and not all dropouts are happy with the decision. >> i'm a drug habit. i do whatever i have to do to support my drug habit. the sentence i'm on right now, with si a three strike case, i'm doing life for a $20 bag of methamphetamine. it was like i had to establish myself in order to survive basically, and one aspect of doing that was to associate myself with a gang, a prison gang. a strong prison gang, which was the aryan brotherhood, it's something you don't just grab on to, you ha...

Gang to know these guys are their enemies, don't associate them. here's the chance to see how sincere you are in debriefing and wanting to change your life. >> for some inmates sny is freedom. the iyp is a small taste of what's to come. after over a decade in the shu, inmate angel chaves looks forward to a more interactive prison program. >> i feel like i got let down by the familia. the situation was, i was doing time for the familia. i asked for assistance. i'm not going to specify what assistance. i asked for assistance to handle business for me because i was in the business for them. >> su...

Letter in the first place. i told her, be strong, and you'll get through this. it's a learning experience. i am being strong and trying to make the best out of the situation. thank you so much. god bless you and your family. she shot me a little glossy, i cuddle with it at night. no, i'm just kidding. >> once an inmate is validated as a gang member in corcoran, they have a choice, stay in the gang or drop out and debrief. our officers were allowed to follow officer garcia into the debrief process. >> there's one building set aside for inmates who are requesting protective custody. the inmate h...

From that point we ask him to go ahead and draw up or write his autobiography, detailing his involvement with the gangs from the street to the county jails to the prisons, and back out to the street. anything he's been involved in, anything he's witnessed. everything. right now there's quite a few inmates that are dropping out. you know, they're realizing there's no future in these gangs. >> because gang dropouts become immediate targets to the former gang, the debrief process must occur in secret. usually an inmate will pass a kite to the officers who will remove the inmate from their cell un...