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>> just like that, somebody gives somebody a cue, and it's people chasing other people with knives. >> a full-scale attack. the southern hispanics ambushed the black guerilla family. within seconds b yard becomes a war zone. >> there was a lot of confusion and a lot of chaos. the level of violence on this one yard at that one day, that one moment, was as large as i had ever seen in my life. >> nursing director jim anderson is at the shoe gate when he hears the explosion of a tear gas canister. >> i looked up and i saw the white smoke billowing out of b yard and then i heard the crack of a mini...

One moment, was as large as i had ever seen in my life. >> nursing director jim anderson is at the shoe gate when he hears the explosion of a tear gas canister. >> i looked up and i saw the white smoke billowing out of b yard and then i heard the crack of a mini 14, which is like an assault rifle. >> dr. everett allen, the surgeon at pelican bay, watches the mayhem unfold just steps away from his clinic. >> you see these little combat scenes going on all over the yard as far as you can see. you see smoke all over the yard, and you know that this is a pretty massive event. >> the sheer number o...

We don't let them mix the race to come to the yard out here. they go with their own race, to the concrete yards. >> this is a camera that oversees the yard that i'm working on right now. within a millisecond, these guys will stab each other and they will try to toss the weapon, so the camera comes into good play. >> every door in inmate housing is operated from the upstairs control level. the officers up here control every aspect of inmate activity. only the downstairs officers have physical contact with the inmates. their colleagues upstairs are their eyes and ears, and their protection. >> t...

To come to the yard out here. they go with their own race, to the concrete yards. >> this is a camera that oversees the yard that i'm working on right now. within a millisecond, these guys will stab each other and they will try to toss the weapon, so the camera comes into good play. >> every door in inmate housing is operated from the upstairs control level. the officers up here control every aspect of inmate activity. only the downstairs officers have physical contact with the inmates. their colleagues upstairs are their eyes and ears, and their protection. >> this is the l-88. it fires rubbe...

Segregation, or the hole, a disciplinary unit where inmates are locked down 23 hours a day. what landed him here? he viciously beat up a rival cellmate. >> what provoked it? you know what i mean, i don't want to talk about that. because i could be considered a rat. you follow what i'm saying? for giving up information, for giving up game. for explaining how it is in here. >> that's a ten-four. we'll keep that area clear until we're complete. >> as in most prisons, the exercise yard can be the most dangerous place in the facility. >> right off the bat you can tell when something is going to go ...