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Some times we will put them in the wrong place. that's typically when the fights erupt. >> this was the scene following a riot in which inmates from the mexican mafia fought with members of their archrivals. >> sometimes they slip through our fingers. you know, gangs are, roots of opportunity. they're going to group together. once they see their numbers are large enough they become very territorial. from there it tend to develop into a dangerous situation. >> while rival gangs can pose a threat to each other. they often reserve their harshest punishment for members who drop now the into the ja...

You want to do with yours? >> teach her to get an education. >> in general population, gd, and the vice boards, they wouldn't associate, they would be against each other, they wouldn't talk. in here, since they're isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize they're more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but they're really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked up i feel like i was a bad role model, because he followed in my footsteps. >> me, too. i was very nervous. i feel scared on the...

>> in general population, gd, and the vice boards, they wouldn't associate, they would be against each other, they wouldn't talk. in here, since they're isolated, they have to. they have to, they realize they're more the same, more the same than different. maybe they were brought up different in rival gangs, but they're really more similar than they are different. >> i got a little brother. if he got locked up i feel like i was a bad role model, because he followed in my footsteps. >> me, too. i was very nervous. i feel scared on the inside. on the outside i try to make myself look tough to go...

All in one place before. if you're gang-banging, and you're down for your set, you're down for it, no matter what it takes. >> you can tell any time something's going on. any time there's any type of issue or anything like that, the section will split apart. >> certain words will be said. there's some obvious words, punk, bitch, stuff like that. >> going up to somebody saying "f" your hood or something like that. >> even if it doesn't involve you, even if it's two different rival gangs, you'll go and gravitate towards your own gang because you never know what's going to happen. >> within our l...

Realized that we need to do something to try to curb gang activity within our prison system before it led to a violent nature. >> captain darren smith is the head of the stg unit which has documented more than 150 different gangs inside the prison. >> we have our hispanic gangs, which basically fall under southern cal or southern hispanic or northern cal, northern hispanic. we have crips, and we have bloods, and then we have our white supremacists. >> the most active gang members at usp are segregated into one section of the prison, away from the general population. >> it's pretty amazing. you...