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Screwdrivers, anything that can be used as a tool is there, not altered. he has done a good job. probably worked for me for four months now. he's worked out pretty well. >> i believe that will cut now, sir. >> let's see it. >> while john smith might be one of the more trusted inmates at santa rosa, another portion of the population is always on staff's radar. security threat group coordinators knight and demerey gather intelligence on prison gangs. during a cell search of bobby sandier and alfredo roca moreno, they found gang-related material among sandier's possessions. now they will intervie...

You don't know the report we're talking about? roughly 20 days ago? no, someone else was in fair view. the report says that this guy fears that you and a bunch of other inmates are basically strong arming him and other inmates and that you're ex-mexican mafia. you have a history of being identified as a gang member in the past. the thing is, there's 44 units in that unit. why would he do that? >> i don't know who he is. >> it doesn't matter who he is. the point is he identified you. we want to go ahead and try to weed out the major prison gangs from general population because these particular ...

Tattoos and that history, we can establish whether or not the guy is a gang member. >> raymond diaz is up front about his gang-related tattoos. >> the stuff i got on me, a lot of it is gang related. they call them like stamps, you know. everything was done behind bars with a staple. we don't use fancy needles and all that. the main part on my chest, it's the blast and that's for dongo blast. it's probably one of the biggest prison gangs in texas. i chose to put it in big letters on my chest because when i get to a prison unit or a pod or something the first thing i do is i take off my shirt, a...

And i'm proud to have my family be who we are. but i'm not a bad person because i got tattoos. being a white supremacist is not a bad thing. >> and according to allgier, being a white supremacist doesn't mean he belongs to one of utah state's white supremacist prison gangs. >> you got fourth reich, those dudes are aren't white supremacist. they were started by people who were rats, and pc cases. >> interesting thing about curtis was he claims he's not in a gang. he's not a gang member. he's just a white supremacist, a skinhead. and he felt there was a really, really severe difference. >> i'm n...

The only treat cats ask for by name. it's been said that inmates in maximum security prisons live their lives based on the three rs, respect, reputation, and revenge. the same could be said of prison gangs. >> no matter where we're filming, whether it's the united states or around the world, gangs are a big problem for prisons. it's a secret society with a code of silence. but when we went to a prison in colorado, limon correctional facility, we met a gang member there that seemed to be different. it might be something to do with the two officers we met there. >> those two officers are lieut...