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You can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. one of the most unpredictable locations of the suffolk county jail's riverhead facility is the booking department. >> this is probably the most volatile area in the jail especially because this is where it hits most inmates that i'm
>> commissary! >> the limited dining options have are grown smaller. >> i told everybody no more franks and beans. fellow, no more franks and beans. franks and beans are done. >> any suggestions? >> what are your suggestions? >> filet mignon? yeah, open the door. >> the riverhead facility is one of two jails operated by the suffolk county sheriff's office. each houses more than 700 inmates who depend on commissary snacks to supplement three meals a day provided to them. >> it's all about the price. they will buy anything for a dollar. that's why all these cupcakes for 60 cents, we can't keep t...
Riverhead jail. cox is housed next to a 16 year old who jail officials say is also a crip. >> i'm telling you man, they can't do nothing to me. he can't do nothing to me [ bleep ]. >> he is like a friend of mine. i like him. he is young. he looks up to me. i be kind of schooling him. >> they join gang wide because they are looking for protection, they're looking to belong to something. it is mostly prevalent in the youth, 16, 17, 18 year olds here for the first time, scared. looking for safety and security and want to belong to something. >> battling gang influence is just one goal at the jail...
At the suffolk county jail's river head facility on long island most of the correctional staff said they are vigilant in monitoring the activities of inmates. but now the recent increase in violence between the two gangs, the bloods and crips, officers must be especially alert to signs of trouble. sergeant investigator lundquist heads up the jail's gang unit. one training tool is called a shank board, a collection of lethal weapons suffolk county inmates have crafted from evidence items. >> most of the weapons were made from things that we give them, combs from our commissary, toothbrushes, to...
>> that guy that got down here, the crip, he knows he's a crip but he won't admit it. >> riverhead is operated by the sheriff's office and house a combined total of about 1,500 inmates. the majority are only charged with crimes but awaiting trial in the resolution of their cases but nearly all of them feel the impact of gangs. >> another day in paradise, i guess. >> got like four positive hits today john, one crip, latin king, two bloods. >> combatting activities is up to a team of investigators in the veil's gang unit headed by sergeant investigator lundquist. >> bloods are the biggest gang w...