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Pelican bay's powerful gangs band together by race. the slightest of rifts can trigger an institution-wide race war. >> the level of violence is not, you know, overly extreme at the moment but that can change any day. i can't say that it's on a downhill slide, uphill slide, just takes one thing to trigger it off and it's gone. >> next on "lockup," a look back at one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history.

the president's plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistan's president hamid karzai is onboard. >> both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we're confident that we're on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we've laid out. >> the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn't have all the cash...

How it was in the beginning it shall be in the end. the righteous shall live and the wicked shall perish. >> ever since it opened in 1989, pelican bay state prison in northern california has always had a reputation as one of the most violent and volatile penitentiaries in the nation. when we first visited the institution in 2000, it was under lockdown, still reeling from one of the worst prison riots in u.s. history. five years later, we went back inside pelican bay, where the staff has worked to curb gang activity and prevent violent outbreaks. but in an environment simmering with bitter riva...

>> you give what you want. you give respect, you get respect back. >> you can say the wrong word and that can start a whole big melee. >> when an inmate of any race is deemed to be disrespected, pelican bay's powerful gangs band together by race. the slightest of rifts can trigger an institution-wide race war. >> the level of violence is not, you know, overly extreme at the moment but that can change any day. i can't say that it's on a downhill slide, uphill slide, just takes one thing to trigger it off and it's gone. >> next on "lockup," a look back at one of the worst prison riots in u.s. hi...

Both pleasure that he died, finally he died, but also felt cheated. and i still had in me this desire to get back at him. >> if mcfadden's vengeful, it's not apparent. he seems to become a model prisoner, reverting to islam, taking college courses, and helping guards restore order during the notorious prison riots. >> he's a bright guy, he understands how you manipulate the system so that it works for you. >> mcfadden's good behavior seems to be motivated by his desire to get out of prison. from 1977 to 1992, he applies for commutation of sentence no fewer than eight times.