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Respect. >> we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valley's kitchen. >> how unusual are you here? >> in this prison i'm the only one. >> the only what? >> the only white krip. >> when we met dillon, i think the whole crew was very surprised to find out he was a crip. a white guy as a crip. >> i run with the blacks. there's not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a little fun, but we found out he was the real deal. >> so talk to me about how an irish boy ends up as ...

I'm always going to be that way. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i can't change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i don't try to be black, i'm me, i'm dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his president ing gang didn't allow dunn much optimism for the future. >> hope is the biggest -- to me, hope is like thou kill me before one of them kills me. >> what? >> hope. as far as getting out. if i hope too much for it, i'll go bald, probably shrivel up, it's a disease to me. coming up on "lockup raw" --...

>> i'm not irish. >> dylan dunn? >> my father. i'm puerto rican and italian. >> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect. if i didn't, i -- like, they could stab me or whatever, i wouldn't be here, i'd be dead, you know. so evidently i get my respect. i mean, it wasn't easy, you know, it's still not easy, some places i go, i'm a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, who my gang is. like i said, real racers. if blacks get into it, i got to be there. really especially -- i'm always out there on the front lines.

Places i go, i'm a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, my gang affiliates. like i said, it's real racial. if blacks get into it, i got to be there. i'm always out there on the front line. i'm always going to be there. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i can't change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i don't try to be black, i'm me, i'm dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his prison gang didn't allow dunn much optimism for the future. >> hope is the biggest -- to me, hope is like thou kill...

>> i run with the blacks. there's not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a little fun, but we found out he was the real deal. >> so talk to me about how an irish boy ends up as a crip? >> i'm not irish. >> dylan dunn? somebody named you irish. >> it's my step dad's last name. >> are you white? >> i'm puerto rican and italian. a little bit. >> he is serving 25 years to life for armed robbery. >> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect. if i didn't, i -- like, they could stab me or whatever, i wouldn't be here, i'd be dead, you ...