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I mean, it just doesn't happen without it being ordered or authorized by the gangs. we believe right now that it was other southerners that attacked him. you know, he was probably in trouble for one thing or another that he did in his past, violating gang rules. and you can hear them doing their little solidarity inside the unit there now. [ rhythmic shouting ] we don't know exactly what he did. hopefully we'll know in the next few days. >> if it's really important for you to get somebody, you're going to get to them. coming to prison made me more violent than what i was. it's about getting ba...

>> if angel decides to talk to prison officials, he'll most likely be placed in protective custody, also known as pc or sny, short for sensitive needs yard. once an inmate debriefs, there's no going back. >> i don'tike toun the yard. i like to play pinochle or cut hair. i don't really run around in yard. >> george mariscal is an ex-northern structure gang member who lives in sny. because this yard is a mish-mash of inmates who can't function in general population, some people consider it an even worse place than ad seg. >> this is the dirtiest place of all places. if you're a pc, you're going ...

He's a cool cat. >> not being a bigot is a pretty cool thing. you know, when you're not busy hating people, it's pretty cool to get to know them. because there's a lot of people that have a lot to say. they have cool stories. to not like somebody because of the way they look or because of the color of their skin is ignorance. and my ignorance showed for a long time, and i'm glad i'm away from it. coming up on "lockup" -- some inmates get special attention on the sny yard. >> they're looking at all this. it just goes along with the territory. you know? that's what you're going to get, a lot o...

I had a release date of 2019, i was going home. but also, i do take responsibility for my actions. i could have very well just beat the guy up and forced him that way to move that way. i chose to kill him. i enjoy hurting people. >> robert's violent choices sealed his fate in prison. but for other inmates inside corcoran, eve an life sentence isn't reason to give up. back on the sny yard, bryan attends a program for inmates serving life sentences called "dare to hope." >> i would like to bring on randy. >> originally a lot of us went out of curiosity and none of us knew what to expect. we didn...

I shouldn't have allowed that to happen. i'm an adult. i made a wrong decision. in my church, i had people who were cos, and they told me a little bit about prison life, and, of course, the first thing they said, make sure you go through an sny yard. at first, i didn't know what to expect. i was scared in some ways of maybe somebody jumping me or whatever. that's my life now. >> a lot of them stick out. a lot of them don't. but i just try to -- man, i don't want to know, because i still think it's a horrible crime, and i would be lying if i said it's not something in the back of my mind. every...