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Data. one child is killed in chicago every week on average. that's a figure that's been true for the past quarter century. why is chicago so deadly? >> officers are under attack. >> reporter: in an interview with "60 minutes," former chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy says chicago cops are not actively policing out of fear of putting themselves and their families in jeopardy. >> police are on their heels. they're on their heels for a number of reasons. we see the results, don't we? we're reaching a state of lawlessness. >> reporter: of the 762 murders in 2016, 65% of the killings are ...

Policing out of fear of putting themselves and their families in jeopardy. >> police are on their heels for a number of reasons. we see the results, don't we? we're reaching a state of lawlessness. >> reporter: of the 762 murders in 2016, 65% of the killings are happening in five districts on the south and west sides of the city where 59 rival gangs fight each other for territory, police say. to curb the violence more photographers a officers are being hired and gunshot detection technology allowing a faster response is being purchased. but until the killings stop -- >> i want to move from chi...

Peggy perales' pen pal relationships with two inmates from rival gangs have already caught the attention of the bexar county jail's gang intelligence division. >> so you got a guy that you have a child with but you're writing to somebody else as well? correct? >> one of the letters written to perales was intercepted by mail room staff, who suspected it might contain gang codes. now, she has some new trouble. >> perales? >> yes, sir. >> since the last time we spoke to her we did a background check on her history in the facility and her last incarceration, she was involved in a report, she was a...

Peggy perales' pen pal relationships with two inmates from rival gangs have already caught the attention of the bexar county jail's gang intelligence division. >> so you got a guy that you have a child with but you're writing to somebody else as well? correct? >> one of the letters written to perales was intercepted by mail room staff, who suspected it might contain gang codes. now, she has some new trouble. >> perales? >> yes, sir. >> since the last time we spoke to her we did a background check on her history in the facility and her last incarceration, she was involved in a report, she was a...

Though it is the capital of california, sacramento is a mid-sized city surrounded by thousands of square miles of farmland. yet it still must cope with big-city crime. authorities say more than 50 gangs battle for territory and notoriety here. and many of those rivalries come to a head inside the sacramento county jail. >> we have our ortenos, sacramaniacs, m.o.d., masters of destruction. there's a laundry list of gang wet have just within this county. >> most of the inmates here are only charged with crimes. they're awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. but with so many rival gangs...