they re known as security housing units or the shu. one is located at pelican bay. many of them are in here indeterminately. they ll never leave shu until a committee decides they are not a part of a gang anymore. this officer works at the shu. he told us a simple lapse on his part could result in gang warfare. if i were to pop two doors at the same time and they were, the mexican-american from los angeles and a mexican-american from sacramento, the odds are very, very good they would immediately commence to fight because that is expected of them in prison. that s the rules of the game. if word got out that they had an opportunity and didn t go after someone, they would have some explaining to do. that s just life in prison. they are restricted to their cell for 23 1/2 hours a day. they only get a half hour outside in their little hard
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tension between the two. it s like a modern day sparta. they have trained themselves mentally, physically for a wartime situation. and it feels like a war. it feels like a wartime prison, pelican bay. correctional staff told us that when it comes to battling gang activity, they re fighting a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. they re convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. i ve been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. he d been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him.
when our crew went back indoors, they learned that kern valley s dominant hispanic gang controlled the exercise session. because all their practices are shrouded in secrecy, they would not work out in front of our cameras. but they can t avoid prison surveillance cameras. notice right now you have what a call a cadence call. it s an exercise routine, there s a certain group of inmates that initiate it. and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about respect. we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valley s kitchen. how unusual are you here? in this prison i m the only one. the only what? the only white krip. i think the whole crew was surprised to find out he was a crip.
when talking to the cos at corcoran, they told me, you come in here, you have to join a gang for protection. immediately. when you come to the prison, you have to join a gang. you have no choice. it s a must. the prison cannot protect you from the other inmates. it s an incredible admission. so you have to have that backup from your other races that are out here, whatever race backs you up, you need to be in their gang because you have no protection. you re on your own and anything could happen to you. correctional officers know anything can happen to them as well. i m very well aware that the gangs can reach outside these walls. it may hold them in, but it doesn t hold in their power, the things they can do. i keep my family business to myself. i don t go to areas in the public where i know gangs are known to hang out.
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