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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 specifically cites a sergeant and two ...

It was very successful. we got what we wanted at this point. we'll see what kind of paperwork they have, documents they have that we might be interested in. >> these inmates will be held in administrative segregation until isu's investigation has been completed. although the incident at tehachapi forced corcoran to alter its day-to-day routine, the arrival of new inmates never ceases. and for these new inmates, survival depends on knowing the rules and knowing your place. >> everything comes down to how you conduct yourself. and the overall code of how you conduct yourself is pathetic. but it'...

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 the ever-present friction between all inmates and corcoran'...

Although the isu cell block search didn't turn up drugs, the quest to stop inflow of contraband into corcoran is never ending. >> going through the mail and i caught this letter. if you look at it, you can tell it was wet at one time and dried. you can feel that it has something on it. i would test it with a nic test to see if it comes back positive for amphetamines. so, the paper turns brown right away, it's a positive test for amphetamines. if it had gone through, they eat it like that or heat it up and

Overdose at his job in a laundry facility sparks this full-scale investigation by sergeant lawton and the isu team. >> today we're conducting a search of the pia warehouse laundry searching for any kind of contraband. last month we had an inmate overdose in the prison laundry on his job site. >> since corcoran's laundry facilities often act as a contraband distribution center for the inmate population this may be one of isu's best chances to catch the drugs before they spread to the rest of the prison. >> because of the big area and areas they could hide in we'll bring in two narcotics dogs he...