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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...

At tehachapi, they've been looking for signs of a similar threat in their own backyard. 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 tehachap...

Corcoran has been on full alert, searching cells and shaking down inmates to prevent similar attacks in their own prison. >> what are you looking for right now? >> anything, weapons, anything that would be considered contraband. >> pornography, not supposed to have it. >> we'll give him a cell search receipt saying we took it. most of the time we'll just destroy it because it's not dangerous contraband. >> what are you really looking for? >> just anything, like needles, drug paraphernalia, information. like that would be information. you got names, numbers, akas. >> what makes information so d...

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 the ever-present friction between all inmates and corcoran's officers. >> if a staff below me disrespects ...

Just like eliot 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 was an isolated one. >> ever sin...