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>> while rec is a time to enjoy some fresh air and exercise, it is also one of the times inmates are most likely to exchange contraband, including shanks. >> tell us what's going on out here. >> well, right now they're patting down the convicts that are going back in from recreation, to check and make sure they don't have any weapons. i guess there's been a tip that there was going to be some trouble. the officers just line them up, pat them down one at a time, make sure they don't have any weapons on them, pretty much as they come back in, and you'll find a bunch of times after that happens, ...

Bubble, for example? joining me now in the virtual studio is correspondent tom foreman and peter brooks at the heritage foundation. tom, show us what this ring of steel refers to. >> what it really means, jake, is in a great big country like russia, not everything can be guarded the same. this massive country. yes, you can have a ring of steel over here where you can say you have a tremendous amount of security inside that zone and the tighter you get to the middle there may actually be more security. what are you talking about, peter? >> well, tomorrow is the opening ceremonies. they are goin...

Pelican bay's nine-member unit responds to all crimes committed by inmates within the institution. working in pelican bay makes them one of the most active law enforcement units in the world. the squad performs random pat downs for weapons on the yard, confiscating an average of 12 per week. >> this was made by an aryan brotherhood member in the security housing unit. this was destined for an officer. you can see how he honed it down on concrete. i mean, this is incredible. >> the squad is also responsible for screening any suspicious mail entering the institution. >> there's approximately 5,0...

There, these officers in an orderly fashion, enacting the very policies that came out of columbine. >> and doing pat-downs. this reminds us of columbine. do you remember the pictures, tom, if you were reporting? i reported on it. we remember the pictures of the kids coming out with their hands up. the kids in columbine were running out of there. listen, for some reason, because of littleton, colorado, we think columbine high school, but columbine high school is not in the same district athis. it's in the jefferson county. >> but they're close, don. >> right there. >> it's very, if you were to ...

>> if a prison can be considered a city, the security squad is the police force within that city. pelican bay's nine-member unit responds to all crimes committed by inmates within the institution. working in pelican bay makes them one of the most active law enforcement units in the world. the squad performs random pat downs for weapons on the yard, confiscating an average of 12 per week. >> this was made by an aryan brotherhood member in the security housing unit. this was destined for an officer. you can see how he honed it down on concrete. i mean, this is incredible. >> the squad is also re...