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For years, the most dominant gang operating behind the walls of the suffolk county jail's riverhead facility has been the bloods. >> step over the back corner. >> now their archrival is out to change the pecking order. >> crips are trying to show force inside the jail. this is one of the problems we're having right now. that is why we are having escalation in fights. it's almost a green light for every time they see a blood in the jail. everybody is aware of it. we kind of know who the bloods and crips are. >> still pretty. >> we try to keep them separated as much as we can but they will meet ...

Status. he will be confined to a cell 22 1/2 hours a day. unlike solitary confinement, he will be able to socialize with others. >> put your hands up on the wall here. >> whenever he is out of his cell, he will be in cuffs and shackles. >> this is for your own safety. when you walk through the facility you'll be escorted. >> for safety, protect me. >> protection. >> that's what they say. >> because if i'm not, somebody's going to get hurt. >> cox said after the latest fight, it was only bloods who got hurt. >> i know how these guys move. they like to jump. it's not a one on one. my thing is i ...

To battle. as a third inmate rejoins the fight, officers flood the tier and the inmates scatter. >> chemical agents were deployed and at this time, we're decontaminating the inmates from the worst affected to least. to give them relief. >> have you been sprayed before? >> yes. but this stuff is way worse than the other one. i'm burning everywhere right now. bad. arms? >> cox and the other inmates involved in the fight are moved to holding cells in another part of the jail and will soon be questioned by investigators. >> we on the streets, you going to war, there's places to run. it's a bigger ...

Bye. >> we're going to take it up to the next level, and start cuffing and shackling these guys. we're going to identify who the guys are, who are fighting, sod bloods and krips want to stay in the background. those are the ones we're not going to cuff and shackle. but the leader like cox is going to get cuffs and shackles. which now means they're going to be cuff and shackled everywhere they go and escorted by the guys. we'll send a message to them, we're not going to tolerate what's going on inside the jail. coming up, nicholas cox is housed next door to a 16-year-old krip. >> he look up t...

Them. that is "national geographic" wrapped up inside plastic. they will wet it. makes it harder and heavier. it's a better weapon. brass knuckles made out of tape and some sort of sheet metal they got from somewhere. could have been left over from a construction project, which is why you see metal detectors throughout the facility. we use the board for training especially when we get new recruits to come in, we show them, we say we give them things. we are giving them things they can use as a weapon against each other or against us. our job is to try to stay a step ahead of them. >> you can t...