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In a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. we'll give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.
That they are actual functioning gang members. in a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. we'll give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.
>> you have to keep in your mind that they are actual functioning gang members. in a general population setting so this is what they do, the nature of the beast. we'll give them a couple days and there will be another one back here. >> this is a place to hide your stuff. >> you just got to have us beat them one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.
Although the isu cell block search didn't turn up any drugs, these officers' quest to stop inflow of contraband into corcoran is never ending. got a letter from a validated gang member. >> going through the mail and i caught this letter. if you look at it, you can tell it was wet at one time and dried. you can feel that it has something on it. so what i'm going to do is i will test it with a nic test to see if it comes back positive for amphetamines. see how the paper turns brown right away, it's a positive test for amphetamines. if it had gone through, basically what they'll do is
Corcoran holds more than 5,000 inmates with an average stay of just under 22 years. these inmates have plenty of time to get involved with violence. >> the smallest indiscretion could go ahead and kick off a straight war. >> hand-to-hand transactions of dope, weapons, whatever. >> there have been more than 350 stabbings since the prison opened its doors in 1988. >> i enjoy hurting people. >> they don't play games here. >> bottom line, it's easy to get into corcoran. >> armed robberies, whatever i have to do to support my drug habit. >> i smoke methamphetamines, i'm addicted. been doing it abou...