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Inside corcoran, our producers saw violence erupt many times. though never between inmates and officers. as we neared the end of our stay, no one foresaw that the greatest threat to corcoran staff might come from an event in a california prison more than 100 miles away. >> three guards and two inmates were taken to area hospitals this afternoon after a stabbing in the maximum security area. two inmates used homemade weapons to stab two sergeants and a correctional officer around 1:00 this afternoon. >> it's significant enough that we lock down statewide the whole system. we made the determinat...

It's approximately nine inches in length. the one closest to the ruler, as you can see, has a pretty big tapered point. that's some pretty thick metal. it easily, as you can see, could puncture the skin, and it could easily get to a vital organ. you know, that into your neck wouldn't be a good scenario. this is what we're looking for. we're always looking for weapons. any time we remove weapons out of the cell, that means it's one less weapon out there on the yard. one less weapon that could be used against staff. >> the search has yielded solid results, allowing officers to remove certain sus...

>> so i'm being written up for the fight? >> yeah. so that's what's going to happen. all righty? i'll get an officer to get you some clothes here in just a minute. >> with a white suspect and a southern hispanic victim, officers are wary of retaliation that could explode into a race riot. >> hey, step outside for me real quick. how many south siders? you've got two south siders over there? what's dude that came from level one? is that him? >> he's right here. actually, he's right here. out with these white boys right here. >> yeah. and then the dude to his right is a south sider as well. what'...

Pictures of it. it's approximately nine inches in length. the one closest to the ruler, as you can see, has a pretty big tapered point. that's some pretty thick metal. it easily, as you can see, could puncture the skin, and it could easily get to a vital organ. you know, that into your neck wouldn't be a good scenario. this is what we're looking for. we're always looking for weapons. any time we remove weapons out of the cell, that means it's one less weapon out there on the yard. one less weapon that could be used against staff. >> the search has yielded solid results, allowing officers to re...

Together with the intent of not being governed by any other prison gang. >> bulldogs they're not as organized as your other gangs. they don't have the leadership in their organization. their rule of thumb is, that majority rules. if there's issues on the yard they have to try to resolve, the bulldogs would get together and take a boat, if you will. and the majority rules to go with that, there's no set leader of bulldog. >> if a bulldog has a chance to attack a southern hispanic, it's on sight. if they can get away from staff during an escort, a door accidentally pops, anything. if there's ano...