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Over there. they ended up cuffing up the shock collar for the whites and for the south siders, and they ended up patting everybody down, sending everybody home and bunk status for the rest of the night. >> clearly the gang problem is so large, no part of the prison is safe from the politics. before officer garcia and the igi staff consider putting former gang members together on the sny, they must be convinced dropouts are sincere in their desire to leave the gang lifestyle behind. after the debriefing interviews have been conducted and the inmates have been approved, they move into the integr...

Although they said they would. at that point, i felt like, what's the point of this? >> since you've entered the debriefing process, up until now you're getting ready to get endorsed to an sny, how has it been for your phase one, phase two? what have you been feeling? >> i feel like the world's been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to do following these rules and regulations and all that of the circle. >> you've had the opportunity to be out there on the yard with other inmates in the same type of situation. how's...

>> bulldogs they're not as organized as your other gangs. they don't have the leadership in their organization. their rule of thumb is, that majority rules. if there's issues on the yard they have to try to resolve, the bulldogs would get together and take a boat, if you will. and the majority rules to go with that, there's no set leader of bulldog. >> if a bulldog has a chance to attack a southern hispanic, it's on sight. if they can get away from staff during an escort, a door accidentally pops, anything. if there's another bulldog they're going to go at it, attack each other. >> we met robe...

>> i feel like the world's been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to do following these rules and regulations and all that of the circle. >> you've had the opportunity to be out there on the yard with other inmates in the same type of situation. how's that feel being amongst other inmates? >> it's good. it's good. one of my -- one of my best friends is an ex-associated member and another is an ex-nlr member. those are two of my best friends. in the past, even though we're on a respectful level, we're all enemies. >...

This yard, they could die right there, and i would watch them die. i don't care about them. when i came to this yard, i surrendered a lot of stuff. you know what i moon? my name is gone, i had a good name in prison. i was always respected. i lost all that. i don't care about that. what i care about now is me, timmy duncan. i don't like those people, but i don't have to associate with them. i can't tell you ten people's names, i've been in this building two years. i go to work 13 hours a day, i put the blinders on and i have to focus on me. think about $250 a month. i take care of the whole bui...