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Castillo has been transported from a small cell in downtown men's central jail to a large dormitory with exercise yard at north facility. this is where he will spend the rest of his 180-day sentence. >> well, i have been here since wednesday. you come out here for two hours -- i think it's about two hours every day except saturday and sunday. it's pretty cool. you get to see the sun and the warm heat. you don't get to see any green, but the only green you see is the deputies' suits. they're a little stricter, you know, they're a lot stricter but, you know, it's a lot better over here. >> tryin...

In the institution to conceal things or sometimes even hidden compartments. >> when inmates are released to the exercise yard, they never know if officer berrago was looking in their cell. when they return, there will be no doubt he was there. nothing is overlooked. >> tubes of toothpaste. try to see the integrity has not been broken. a lot of times they'll stick stuff down in and retrieve it later. you got these speed sticks, stuff like that. usually what we'll have to do is go all the way through to make sure that at the very bottom of this, they don't secrete something. at this point you ca...

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 and having a good time. if the ya...

That. and so you can't let your guard down. >> warden diana butler knows the importance of communicating with inmates. she's only 1 of 11 female wardens in california, and with 20 years of service, she knows what to look for. >> one thing you develop when you work here is how to read the inmates. if you go on to an exercise yard, a lot of times they will have magazines inside of their jackets, and, of course, that is to stop any potential violence such as stab wounds or something. and if they appear nervous, then you know you'd better bring some other officers over and kind of find out what's ...

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