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In the town of riverhead the county jail is a reminder that crime knows no bounds. >> crimes you thought you got away coming back to bite you in the ass. >> the riverhead facility is one of two jails operated by the sheriff's office. it houses about half of the county's 1,500 inmates, most of whom are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of the cases. >> timing is everything. it's fast. >> i do. nonviolent general population inmates are usually allowed out of their cells between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. >> i'm going to get right back to you. >> but that freedom is ...

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 ...

Stop, because if they don't stop and continue to fight aggressively, then we have to try to control the situation, and we do end up getting hurt almost every single time. >> neither campbell nor despeines have been forthcoming about the cause of the conflict. investigators suspect it has to do with gang rivalries. during his one hour of daily recreation, campbell reveals he fought despeines who is nicknamed jugs, over something else entirely. he sucker punched me. so i [ bleep ]. >> one, two, whammy. >> had to do it. >> had to do it because he wanted my red and whites. i told him i wasn't givi...

Get hurt trying to save you guys from getting further injury. we still have a job to do. >> that's jail. this is the gang life, i guess, you know what i'm saying? it's just how it goes, how the cookie crumbles. >> the feedback i got from him is he's got to do what he's got to do. my feeling to that is he doesn't care. >> just because i'm his older brother doesn't mean i control his life. he is going to do what he does. he's a grown ass man. so he is going to do what he does. he is my little brother so i have to be by his side no matter what. whatever his dumbass decision i have to be there. >>...

>> we are going to do jeffrey first. here we are again. the same guy you were fighting last time. how do you plead? guilty, not guilty, guilty with an explanation? >> not guilty. >> not guilty? you weren't fighting with the guy? is that why you are innocent or are you innocent because you met up with him? >> because i met up with him but i was not supposed to meet up with him. i got a keep separate. >> so that makes it okay. >> it doesn't make it okay. i know that. >> what are you trying to say? it's our fault? is that what you are saying? it's our fault that you fought? you guys didn't get hu...