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Level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a cell block. [ yelling ] >> there is an alarm in that building right there. a3. staff responds. so, this is an actual alarm because nobody's waving us off yet. something is going on inside of the building. [ siren ] now someone is being escorted out of the building, cuffed up. in all...

>> where did you find that? >> in a male inmate's cell. there's no such thing as crazy in prison. you know, i don't know, maybe you got to be crazy to work here, i'm not sure. we come here voluntarily every day. >> since the 2000 riot, the level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a cell block. [ yelling ] >> there is an alar...

Now someone is being escorted out of the building, cuffed up. in all probability, he was involved in some type of an assault, either he was the aggressor, more than likely he was the aggressor because he is the first one out. >> one of them came out of his cell and was walking down the tier actually to go out to the yard, to the general population yard, and another inmate came up behind him and stabbed him several times. he received lacerations to the back of his neck, along with several puncture wounds. >> the evidence collected on the scene was later used to help build a felony case. while t...

And i look down, and he said, "look." and i look down and he had his testicle out of his scrotum. i ordered him to submit to hand restraints, and cuffed up. we took him to medical staff. >> staff believe that he peeled off the casing of a battery and used that to cut himself. he was treated at a local hospital. after returning to prison, cruzado underwent three days of psychological evaluation. >> you can imagine officers and nursing seeing that for the first time, it's pretty bizarre. and so, naturally, people are going to think this guy must be crazy. but in regards to other things that he h...

There's no such thing as crazy in prison. you know, i don't know, maybe you got to be crazy to work here, i'm not sure. we come here voluntarily every day. >> since the 2000 riot, the level of violence at pelican bay has dropped considerably, but numerous assaults still occur. when they do, the squad must respond like street detectives, carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. when we last visited the prison, our cameras were rolling as one of these assaults occurred inside a cell block. [ yelling ] >> there is an alarm in that building right there. a3. staff responds. so, ...