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Attack each other. >> we met robert galvan, a bulldog locked up in the shu, for numerous attacks on other inmates. >> bulldogs are at war right now with everybody. we don't get along with the north, we don't get along with the south, the blacks, whites. before they get us, we get them. i was on the yard and i stabbed a white guy like 17 times or whatever. and from there they took me to ad seg, i stabbed another white guy. that's what got me here. >> one challenge for corcoran's officers dealing with the bulldogs is a lack of a figure head. needing no permission to start fights, violence is jus...

I don't care about them. when i came to this yard, i surrendered a lot of stuff. 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 building as far as the electrical, the plumbing, keep all the machinery on line so the produ...

>> 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. >> i want to thank you for coming in here and speaking with us. being open with us, whatnot. we all wish you good luck. >> because of my situation i haven't had contact with my family since i was on the streets in '94. ...

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 integrated yard program. >> this is phase two. what they have to do, is come over to this yard. it's an integrated yard program. they're going out to the yard with everybody that they used to, you know, consider their enemies. they all go out here. they all get along. they house them differently. you have blacks and whites together, hispanics and whites....

It keeps you on your toes every day. other than that, if no one finds out for 9 years, 3 months, i may be able to fool them, but i highly doubt that. next on lockup, extended stay. a rare glimpse into the process of dropping out of a gang, where an inmate risks his life by giving up vital information to officers. >> you learn which weapons to use to affect a kill and which ones not top effective kill in the yard, you'll get a piece. >> christian finds himself in a life threatening situation. >> it was either kill or die, that was it.