>> pretty. >> that's what they call me. >> and why is that? >> i make an ugly situation look pretty. >> in some instances minors usually those with violent charges, are also held at the riverhead jail. cox is currently housed next to a 16-year-old who jail officials say is also a crip. >> i'm telling you man, they can't do nothing to me. he can't do nothing to me [ bleep ]. >> he is like a friend of mine. i like him. he is young. he looks up to me. i be kind of schooling him. >> they join the gang, why because they're looking for protects, they're looking to belong to something. it is mostly prevalent in the youth, 16, 17, 18 year olds here for the first time, scared. looking for safety and security and want to belong to something. >> battling gang influence is just one goal at the jail's youth tier initiative. >> this is going to connect to this but we need darker paint. >> professional artist kirk larson represents one of the more than 30 outside organizations that team up with the jail to rehabilitate 18 and