see how the other inmates are interacting with each other. it gives the cops a chance to interact with the other inmates. it isn't like that all the time. it's just how you conduct yourself among the inmates and how the inmates perceive your actions. but at any given time, at any given moment, something could go wrong. all it takes is just something to let it off and it becomes a forest fire. >> though the staff believes they've resolved the current situation with the southern hispanics, the politics of race-based prison gangs will always be cause for tension between inmates and officers. >> in prison, it's not crypts against bloods. even though you've got different groups, it's black thing and everything else. yeah, i'm a crypt. they are blood. but i still speak to them. our war is either with the police or the other races. it's more race riots than anything, than gang riots. >> my belief is gang. prison life. it's like the staff believes for their comrades. you know what i'm saying?