california state prison, corcoran, home to hundreds of the state s most violent and infamous offenders. host of lockup crews in both 2000 and 2005. right before i walked in, i had to sign a document that kind of really made me think twice. and it basically said that in an event that there is a hostage situation inside the prison walls, they will not negotiate for your life and you know the risk that you are taking when you walk in. while at corcoran, you constantly hear these alarms going off. you re never sure what s going to happen in this place. but then when you hear those alarms and everyone dropping down to the ground and you get those rifles peering out of the towers, i mean, immediately it takes your breath away for a second. in most cases the alarm
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several times and correctional staff is always blunt about the danger. 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.
the state s most violent and infamous offenders. host of lockup crews in 2000 and 2005. right before i walked in, i had to sign a document that kind of really made me think twice. and it basically said that in an event that there is a hostage situation inside the prison walls, they will not negotiate for your life and you know the risk that you are taking when you walk in. while at corcoran, you constantly hear these alarms going off. you re never sure what s going to happen in this place. but then when you hear those alarms and everyone dropping down to the ground and you get those rifles peering out of the towers, i mean, immediately it takes your breath away for a second. in most cases the alarm sounds when a fight has broken out between inmates. though these incidents are usually brought to a stop within
it s go time. across america, we re all committed to team usa. california state prison corcoran has one of the largest populations of many dangerous gang members of any prison on the west coast. our crews have visited here ?mt several times and correctional staff is always blunt about the danger. when talking to the cos at corcoran, they told me, you come in here, you have to join a gang