to protect or because, in briceno s case, he is such a high-level threat that we take these precautions just to protect ourselves. with briceno safely restrained, deputies descend on his cell searching for contraband, like weapons or drugs. and equally as important, gang intelligence. sometimes they will hide kites in between the papers. if it is legal mail or legal paperwork they think we can t search it. we can search it. but we can t read it. does that happen a lot to you? what, this? yeah. yeah. how come? just procedure, their jobs, you know. within minutes, the deputies make a hit and discover gang-related documents. i m not really at liberty to say exactly how it could help us. it s sensitive material. but it s probably going to help investigations further down the road. this was a good one. any time we get decent intelligence, it s a good search. while authorities still consider briceno to be a powerful gang leader, his time at orange county has been spent
been around each other for like the last 22 years. we were neighbors in juvenile hall. briceno and bowles are not only old friends. they share long criminal histories. they are considered among the most dangerous and violent inmates in the entire jail. because of that, they will never have physical contact. they are housed in a unit where only one inmate at a time is allowed into the common area. we laugh at it now. we look at each other door to door. we re just laughing like, dude, what the hell are we doing? we re 34 years old. we re still like we re 10 years old in the heart. come on. come on. inside their cells the sinks provide the best sound transmission and serve as low-tech intercoms. good to see you again, though, man. yeah. we re getting old, huh? [ bleep ], dude. [ bleep ]. we ain t changed since we
state prison system as a gang member with a violent past, albert briceno is locked in a single cell 22 hours a day. here we have albert briceno and he s down here on appeal for his 150 years, the eight counts of robbery. right, right. he s the one that s trying to get some of the gang enhancements dropped so he can get some time shredded off. yeah. my guess is the gang enhancements are probably going to stick because it was found true during the jury trial. a lot of new tattoos, too. yeah. he got those up at delano. because he didn t have them back in 2001 when he was with us. he didn t have the horns. he didn t have the star. he didn t have any of his neck work done. wow. almost looks like a different guy in those two. you take a look at the two pictures. it s definitely a difference. but, then, again, when you get accustomed to that lifestyle, it s only a natural progression. down for the cause.
both his mom and dad no longer are alive. and his son is in juvie right now. we are looking at potentially a third generation. it s very close. depending on which route the son ends up going. i was busted when jesse was born. though his 15-year-old son, jesse, is only a short distance away in the county s juvenile facility, brecino can only communicate with him through letters. they write to each other frequently. said what s up, dad. said he s working out. he wants me to make him a list of exercises so he can get healthy. he requested some legs and some arms. i think in juvenile hall they still got weights to work out on. briceno says he hopes jesse will follow his workout routine but not his life as a gang-banger. you know, everybody wants your children to be successful and succeed in life and be
jail s emergency response team or ert. go ahead and grab your gear from the shelves. and then just take it outside. ert is used for the major disturbances. we re used to quell riotous situations. and we re used to gather intel. inside the armory at theo lacey, the emergency response team suits up to confront an inmate considered to be a dangerous threat. i m sending you guys into danger, i know. albert briceno is a gang member from hard times. that s a street gang out of the city of garden grove. he goes by the moniker of capone. he was mainly brought up into