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Activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate -- >> get down, get down, get down! >> first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully it will make them stop. we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, this is what we call a scat round, which is really irritating. it's also a lot louder. >> the smoke you see there, that's cn gas. it's no fun. it messes up your sight. we have a mini-14 here, the 223 round. but we only use that as a last resort if the inmate has knocked another inmate unconscious and he's kicking him in the head or something. >> corcoran state prison no lon...

Fights of the mid-1990s. when we first filmed here in 2000, the unit was still recovering from that scandal. at the time, officers were keeping known gang rivals apart to cut down on inmate assaults. but it wasn't all that effective. >> in the olden days, it was more guys trying to kill each other. but we still have those. >> whenever violence broke out, the control tower went into a well-rehearsed routine as seen in this demonstration from 2000. >> the inmates start to fight, first thing you do is you activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate -- >> get down, get down, get down...

Activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate -- >> get down, get down, get down! >> first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully it will make them stop. we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, this is what we call a scat round, which is really irritating. it's also a lot louder. >> the smoke you see there, that's cn gas. it's no fun. it messes up your sight. we have a mini-14 here, the 223 round. but we only use that as a last resort if the inmate has knocked another inmate unconscious and he's kicking him in the head or something. >> corcoran state prison no lon...

Keeping known gang rivals apart to cut down on inmate assaults. but it wasn't all that effective. >> in the olden days, it was more guys trying to kill each other. but we still have those. >> whenever violence broke out, the control tower went into a well-rehearsed routine as seen in this demonstration from 2000. >> the inmates start to fight, first thing you do is you activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate -- >> get down, get down, get down! >> first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully it will make them stop. we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, this...

To cut down on inmate assaults. but it wasn't all that effective. >> in the olden days, it was more guys trying to kill each other. but we still have those. >> whenever violence broke out, the control tower went into a well-rehearsed routine as seen in this demonstration from 2000. >> the inmates start to fight, first thing you do is you activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate -- >> get down, get down, get down! >> first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully it will make them stop. we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, this is what we call a scat round, w...