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But the top part, these are gangs that just are to be assaulted, and they have what they call hard candy, and those are individuals that they want killed. >> to combat the growing problem of gang violence behind bars, a task force called operation safe jail, or osj, was formed. >> we try to identify who the gang members are that are in the system, and then we kind of try to make a guess at what level in the gang they are. if they're somebody who's very active, we'll try to isolate them from general population. >> sergeant roger ross is in charge of the osj unit that monitors all gang activity ...

>> getting caught with a jailhouse weapon is a serious offense. which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically, they've recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. there's a metal support in different types of shoes, basically all shoes. they take them out and file them to a point also to one end and use them as a -- either a stabbing device or what have you. >> unfortunately for the inmates, the osj unit can't prevent all acts of violence inside the jail. sometimes they get there too late. >...

Which is why gang members take extreme measures to hide them. >> what we have here is the first one looks like a wire shank. basically, they've recovered that off a vent. these two are both shoe shanks. there's a metal support in different types of shoes, basically all shoes. they take them out and file them to a point also to one end and use them as a -- either a stabbing device or what have you. >> unfortunately for the inmates, the osj unit can't prevent all acts of violence inside the jail. sometimes they get there too late. >> and we've had similar situations where we found the inmate aft...