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Attack by the atgs and vice lords will remain an isolated incident. or whether it will spark a bigger war on multiple fronts. that's what investigators have to find out quickly. they're leaning on many different sources for intel. including an inmate whom we've been calling franklin. he belongs to the side of gangster disciples plotting a takeover against their current leaders. >> people are smelling that blood in the water right now. that you guys aren't on the same page. so they're taking some of you guys. >> they're taking me. let's make this plain and simple. >> it's the vice lord aspect i...

>> ain't no jobs out here, nothing. look at this. it's the slum. poverty. >> nobody deals drugs because they like it. they deal because they make money. >> i'm out here being me, living many e. you all have a beautiful day. >> a lot of families have come to depend on it. they may have a 14-year-old son and the mother has two or three kids and this 14-year-old son is brings home $500 a week selling drugs. that's the only income she has. >> hey, jay, goldie is at the liquor store. he has on a red leather jacket. >> with drugs come gangs and three groups dominate inform ford heights. the gangster...

Now that a guy like this gets hit, some retaliation is going to have to happen. >> a perfect storm appears to be gathering inside chicago's cook county jail. at the center, the gangster disciples. the biggest gang on the compound. their chief of security has been beaten and nearly killed by rival gang members. the alleged assailants belong to two different groups. the atgs and vice lords. they've exposed the gangster disciples' leaders for being vulnerable. a result of their own internal disarray. the gang's senior ranks are split in two. one faction that's in power, and the other that's tryin...

Lords will remain an isolated incident. or whether it will spark a bigger war on multiple fronts. that's what investigators have to find out quickly. they're leaning on many different sources for intel. including an inmate whom we've been calling franklin. he belongs to the side of gangster disciples plotting a takeover against their current leaders. >> people are smelling that blood in the water right now. that you guys aren't on the same page. so they're taking some of you guys. >> they're taking me. let's make this plain and simple. >> it's the vice lord aspect is what i'm more worried abou...

Been here. so it's bad. >> it's inevitable. there's going to be some kind of retaliation. >> the attack took place on a maximum security deck while nearly half of the inmates were on exercise break. it happened in a matter of seconds. four alleged assailants jumped the victim and stomped his head into the floor. they had no weapons, only their fists and feet, and sent him to the hospital with massive head trauma. >> all the guys were separated and we started interviewing one by one everybody who was out. we were able to get our main suspects involved. >> the lead suspect belongs to the atgs. w...