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And, more importantly, a serious loss of protection. 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 ...

Our most popular bed sets. plus, free standard shipping - but only through march 18th! ly at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699 when an inmate arrives at san quentin, he quickly learns that he needs to find a gang or a group with whom he can affiliate himself. even if he is not a gang banger on the outside, not belonging means going it alone. and, more importantly, a serious loss of protection. on the exercise yard, there are

I'm going to check these. it's just a beam. you walk under it every day. somebody is walking to the chow hall. a lot of guys know where it is. but they won't tell because they don't want to get killed, get hurt for ratting. i guess you can't reach up there, can you? i'll get them. >> you had to point that out, didn't you, partner? >> i can't help it. i call them like i see them. >> by 10:00 a.m., search teams had confiscated several homemade weapons, including sharpened bed springs and blades. the search was a success. and as a result, several prisoners will be prosecuted. coming up, inmates...

>> it's an old joint. you can hide stuff anywhere, like the i-beams up here. i'm going to check these. it's just a beam. you walk under it every day. somebody is walking to the chow hall. a lot of guys know where it is. but they won't tell because they don't want to get killed. they don't want to get hurt for ratting. i guess you can't reach up there, can you? i'll get them. >> you had to point that out, didn't you, partner? >> i can't help it. i call them like i see them. >> by 10:00 a.m., search teams had confiscated several homemade weapons, including sharpened bed springs and blades. the s...

Sometimes even hidden compartments. >> when inmates are released to the exercise yard, they never know if officer borrego is looking in their cell, but when they return, there will be no doubt he was there. nothing will be overlooked. >> tubes of toothpaste, try to see the integrity of it, has not been broken. a lot of times they'll stuff stuff in it, try to retrieve it later. we have speed sticks, what we have to do is look all the way through to see they didn't secrete anything in the bottom. you can see there's nothing there. sometimes they'll allow or rent each other pornographic material....