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Of course they are -- you know, i oppose them and everything, but at the same time, though, not fixing to starting no issue with the guards just because they a guard. that's stupid. that going to make my time hard. >> you take it easy, man. >> you too. >> this is a controlled environment. out there, i don't gotta deal with them. in here, i gotta deal with them. so i'mma make my time as cool as can be. >> dean's cool is put to the test when he receives a visit from an old adversary. >> you remember me? i looked in here and i thought, man i know you. you're marquel, aren't you? >> yeah. >> how y...

Sentence, 50 years to life. gang members accused of violent crimes like dean are segregated in their own housing units. but they're not segregated from each other. >> you could have a pod that could have a handful of bloods, handful of crips, handful of serenos. you'll see some beefs they have in the street bleed over into here, literally, fights will happen. >> ohelio, a member of the serenos agrees. >> it's tough. they put the most violent people that you take out of society and put them in a pod and you expect them to be peaceful. that's not going to happen. we try to keep it that way, but ...

Banging behind him. >> -- in jesus name, amen. >> dean had recently been sentenced to 20 years in prison for theft, assaulting a police officer and failing to register as a violent offender. in prison, he received a new charge for allegedly shooting a man at a warehouse party. he was transferred back to sedgwick to stand trial. a years earlier he faced a different murder charge, also for allegedly shooting a man at a party. >> nobody ever said i shot or did anything, you know. i guess since they just found out that a gang member was there, you know, they pinned it on me, but i sat in here for ...

Inside the sedgwick county jail, housing units occupied predominantly by gang members are often hotbeds for sudden violence. but marquel dean is considered to be one of wichita's most notorious gang members. he says that's all in the past and his unit has been downright amiable. >> i got hot chili and cheese over there cooking on the hotpot. throw that all on here. >> dean combines snacks purchased from the comsierra to make a platter of nachos. >> so you crunch them down, like a powder? >> no, they just in big chunks, so i crunch them down smaller. >> i love food, i eat a lot of food. being i...

Ingredients, they put it together and make one meal, just like the nachos. this right here is gonna all come together. what you about to see is something real, real nice come to fruition. a little bit of nothing is gonna make something. you dig what i'm saying? >> just the time they spend and the things they can make, shows their creative side. >> y'all try it out, let me know what you think. hold, hold on. >> in jail, dean says he knows how to interact with staff without being perceived as a snitch. >> even when you chew, it just step back like this. [ laughter ] >> we ain't going to be talki...