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Going to be interviewed by the sergeant. any questions? >> corcoran staff interviews each inmate individually in an attempt to facilitate his needs. >> how old are you? >> 22. >> you're 22. where were you born at? >> philippines. >> philippines. you got life, huh? >> yeah. >> okay. you take medication? >> no. >> can you cell up with any other race? >> i bunked up with asian. >> asian only? you're eligible to bunk up with any race now. >> why's that? >> you've got no history of fighting blacks, hispanics, whites, you have none. you're eligible to be celled up with another race because you've go...

One particular cell search gives startling evidence confirming an attack on staff here at corcoran is a very real threat. >> this is an anonymous kite. kind of connects the dots with an attempted murder that just took place at tehachapi. it references that, almost as if they're related. now, we have to establish the authenticity of this kite because we don't know where it came from at this point. but basically it says that everyone has seen the news and the reason for the lockdowns. speaking of the tehachapi incident. speaking of the incident. it says the next chance that you get, and it speci...

The dope comes out. they take it off there and use it. more than likely, chop it up and sell it, piece by piece. his argument will be he didn't know it was coming in. it's coming in off the streets. that's all he has to say, i didn't know it was coming in. this is an actual address. we'll turn over to squad and let them know it tested positive and it's up to them to see what they want to do. >> acting on an inside tip about contraband continuing to come through the laundry facility, on corcoran's "b" yard, the sergeant and his team launch a surprise search. >> this is our level three general p...

Precautions to make sure that that type of threat doesn't exist on this facility or in this institution. so the decision was made to lock down the southerners, pending the outcome of additional investigation. we're going to limit their movement, limit their access while we're investigating the possibility of violence. what we want to make sure of is we go through cells on facility. we search southern hispanics and try to find any type of intelligence we can. >> although the lockdown affects only southern hispanic inmates, the resulting tension affects the entire prison. this stress increases t...

♪ so my guns is quick to blow just like eliott ness ♪ >> hit that [ bleep ]. >> when it comes to staff threats, we take them seriously and do everything we can to collect all the information we can. definitely in light of recent events at other institutions -- we always take staff threats seriously. and we're going to act on them. >> 17 news at 5:00. >> two inmates stabbed three tehachapi prison guards in what's being described as a violent attack. following the attack, all state facilities went into immediate lockdown. authorities saying it won't be lifted until they're sure this incident...