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After you hit 30 or so well, the picture is a little different. >> it's trying to start this program called mentors for mex it is about educating society and enlightening them on the criminal activity of the gangs. gangs are like cockroaches. they are always going to be around. but hopefully by having actual people who were actual members of these organizations, if we can enlighten them on some of these activities, hopefully we can help curb a lot of their activities and make our community safer. >> but while leaving a gang may be considered by many to be courageous, raul leon sees it as a des...

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>> some of us are stronger than others and i think that's what pelican bay is about. only the strongest are the ones that are going to make it, you know? so, this is it right here. everybody here is pelican bay but when it comes to doing time here, uh, nobody wants to be here, you know? >> next on "lockup," the hidden messages and secret codes gangs use to communicate inside and outside pelican bay. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this ...

>> in the ongoing battle against drugs and contraband, pelican bay security squad has the authority to conduct cell searches at their discretion anywhere within the prison. >> all the way back? >> all the way back. >> the first guy, come on out. >> come back. >> like a s.w.a.t. team on the streets, the element of surprise puts them at an advantage. inmates are adept at concealing contraband in their cells as well as on their person. >> actually put it up their rectum. that is the best place to do it, unless we catch them in here quick enough where they can't get it up. behind this hollow, they...

Upon it, throw that one away and then just the indented message goes out. when we would find these indented messages in their paperwork, and they would hide it amongst their legal documents as well, then they would open up envelopes and do the ghostwriting on the inside of the envelope, reseal the envelope, place some insignificant communication inside the letter and send it out. >> officers in the mailroom review an average of 300 to 500 letters every day, looking for any clues of impending gang activity. >> one gang member down in a prison in southern california wrote to three different mexi...