joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california san quentin state prison. when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. this morning, you come out of your cell, we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind. you were discovered with injuries. and here s the medical report. despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. we re trying to find out who i want to tell them what happened. any specific individuals you know are your enemies? no, sir. how about any prison weapons offenses? no, sir. do you belong to a gang? no, i don t. aside from what you re being accused of being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries in your history? no. due to this threat, you are deemed a threat to the safety and security of the institution, to staff and inmates. escort!
prison, doesn t matter where you re housed, your safety is never guaranteed. we believe you may have been a victim of a battery. joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california san quentin state prison. when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. this morning, you come out of your cell, we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind. you were discovered with injuries. and here s the medical report. despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. we re trying to find out who i want to tell them what happened. any specific individuals you know are your enemies? no, sir. how about any prison weapons offenses? no, sir. do you belong to a gang? no, i don t. aside from what you re being accused of being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries in your history? no.
a medical emergency. there s a man down in section a. 51. our cameras were at california san quentin state prison when officers received word that a 20-year-old inmate was suffering severe chest pains. the thing you have to realize about san quentin is that this is a -this prison was built prior to the civil war and the cells are stacked five stories high, and there are no elevators, and of course the emergency we were covering was on the fifth floor, so not only did we have to haul our stuff up there, but so did the responding correctional officers. officers tend to the inmate inside his cell. i know you might be in pain,
one thing we learned about prison, doesn t matter where you re housed, your safety is never guaranteed. we believe you may have been a victim of a battery. joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california san quentin state prison. when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. this morning, you come out of your cell, we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind. you were discovered with injuries. and here s the medical report. despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. we re trying to find out who i want to tell them what happened. any specific individuals you know are your enemies? no, sir. how about any prison weapons offenses? no, sir. do you belong to a gang? no, i don t. aside from what you re being accused of being a victim, are
we believe you may have been a victim of a battery. joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california san quentin state prison. when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. this morning, you come out of your cell, we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind. you were discovered with injuries. and here s the medical report. despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. we re trying to find out who i want to tell them what happened. any specific individuals you know are your enemies? no, sir. how about any prison weapons offenses? no, sir. do you belong to a gang? no, i don t. aside from what you re being accused of being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries in your history? no. due to this threat, you are deemed a threat to the safety and security of the instit