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On the exercise yard, there are no bars keeping rival gangs apart, only a desire to carve out their own place in the sun. >> this is the lower yard. and the inmates segregate themselves out here. and the reason being that the gangs want it that way. john gladson is a veteran officer at san quentin, with 19 years of experience observing yard politics. this has helped him to fine tune his senses for predicting trouble. >> sound is a big thing in prison. if you look out, this yard's pretty nice. everybody is out and about, talking and laughing and having a good time. if the yard goes silent, you ...

Dormitory with exercise yard at north facility. this is where he will spend the rest of his 180-day sentence. >> well, i've been here, you know, since wednesday. you come out here for two hours. i think it's about two hours every day except saturday and sunday. so it's -- it's pretty cool, man. you know, you get to see the sun and the warm heat, you know. you don't get to see any green, but -- the only green you see is the deputy's suits. they're a little stricter. you know, they're a lot stricter. but you know, you've got -- it's a lot better over here. >> trying to survive and make the best ...

Unit, or shu. we visited the shu's now vacant exercise yard, which has been the scene of some of the prison's most brutal violence. ♪ >> i can see why fights went on in that exercise yard. because it was literally like a cage. there was no where for you to go. and if you really wanted to take someone out, that was the place to do it. it's literally -- like the most extreme ultimate fighting thing you would see. >> correctional officers show our cameras how they quell the violence with an arsenal of their own. one that includes nonlethal and lethal weaponry. >> get down! get down! >> the firs...

>> in the exercise yard at california state prison corcoran, we met an inmate whose art is inspired by his life. >> tell me your name. spell your last name for me. >> my name is kevin moore, m-o-o-r-e. >> what were you convicted for? >> i'm doing a parole violation for sales of marijuana. >> the yard is an interesting place because you never know who you're going to run into, you never know who you're going to talk to, you never know the personality, who they are. i kind of just started looking around and tried to find interesting-looking faces. i happened upon kevin moore. he started telling ...

>> in the exercise yard at california state prison corcoran, we met an inmate whose art is inspired by his life. >> tell me your name. spell your last name for me. >> my name is kevin moore, m-o-o-r-e. >> what were you convicted for? >> i'm doing a parole violation for sales of marijuana. >> the yard is an interesting place because you never know who you're going to run into, you never know who you're going to talk to, you never know the personality, who they are. i kind of just started looking around and tried to find interesting-looking faces. i happened upon kevin moore. he started telling ...