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Corcoran, the housing unit or shoe. we visited the shoe's now vacant exercise yard, the scene of the prison's most brutal violence. >> i can see why fights went on. it was like a cage. there was nowhere for you to go and if you wanted to take them out, that was the place to do it. it's literally like the extreme ultimate fighting you would see. >> they showed cameras how they quell the violence with an arsenal of their. >> hopefully they will make them

>> for a photographer, san quentin was a really interesting place to shoot because it's the old-style tiers and the big exercise yard and there's a lot of corners and shadows and things to attract your lens. so it was just as a photographer, it was really an interesting place to shoot. it can be a very dangerous place because it's got incredibly dangerous or infamous history as a dangerous place. >> on our first day of shooting here, we got a stark introduction to the constant security threats posed by gang warfare. >> we're basically getting ready to feed the level four, which are the maximum...

Rat. you follow what i'm saying? for giving up information, for giving up game. for explaining how it is in here. >> that's a ten-four. we'll keep that area clear until we're complete. >> as in most prisons, the exercise yard can be the most dangerous place in the facility. >> right off the bat you can tell when something is going to go on. it gets quiet. guys are grouping up in different races. you've got blacks, whites, everybody. >> if violence does break out, yard gunner hosso is well equipped to respond. >> co gas. i have batons, direct foam rounds. it's a less lethal weapon. this is a de...

You follow what i'm saying? for giving up information, for giving up game. for explaining how it is in here. >> that's a ten-four. we'll keep that area clear until we're complete. >> as in most prisons, the exercise yard can be the most dangerous place in the facility. >> right off the bat you can tell when something is going to go on. it gets quiet. guys are grouping up in different races. you've got blacks, whites, everybody. >> if violence does break out, yard gunner hosso is well equipped to respond. >> this is a 40 millimeter. it can use multiple rounds of cn gas. i have direct rounds. it...

>> if you're an active gang member or an active hispanic wind the group, you're expected to be up at 6:00 in the morning when they go to the exercise yard together. they do exercises together in cadence. that's one of the rules. you have to. you don't have a choice. you have to participate. what they're told to do is expect to have a fight any time the cell doors open, with their weapons readily available. you notice when the cell doors open, whatever inmate's inside that cell will walk to the cell door immediately to see why the door's open. they'll look up and down the tier to see if there's...