in the olden days, it was more guys trying to kill each other, but we still have those. whenever violence broke out, the control tower went into a well-rehearsed routine, as seen in this demonstration from 2000. the inmates start to fight, the first thing do you is you activate the unit alarm, then you would yell at the inmates. first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully the hurt will make them stop. if we have to escalate to nonlethal options, use what we call scat round which is really irritating. it s also a lot louder. the smoke you see there, that s cn gas. it s no fun. it messes up your sight. we have a mini 14 here, a .223 round, we only use that as a last resort. the inmate has knocked another inmate unconscious and kicking him in the head or something. corcoran state prison to longer has to resort to such
i can see why fights went on in that exercise yard. because it was literally like a cage. there was nowhere for you to go. and if you really wanted to take someone out, that was the place to do it. it s literally like the most extreme ultimate fighting thing you would see. correctional officers showed our cameras how they quell the violence with an arsenal of their own. one that includes nonlethal and lethal weaponry. get down! get down! the first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully the hurt will make them stop. if we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, we use what s called a scat round. which is really irritating. see those are a little bit louder. the smoke you see, that s cn gas. it s no fun. it messes up your sight, makes
activate the unit alarm. then he would yell at the inmate get down, get down, get down! first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully it will make them stop. we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, this is what we call a scat round, which is really irritating. it s also a lot louder. the smoke you see there, that s cn gas. it s no fun. it messes up your sight. we have a mini-14 here, the 223 round. but we only use that as a last resort if the inmate has knocked another inmate unconscious and he s kicking him in the head or something. corcoran state prison no longer has to resort to such drastic measures to control violence in the s.h.u. yard. their solution? no more yards. the inmates now exercise in walk-alone areas called the cages. the cages is the cages is inhumane. this is nothing but animals. people treat animals better than we re treated sometimes.
i can see why fights went on in that exercise yard. because it was literally like a cage. there was nowhere for you to go. and if you really wanted to take someone out, that was the place to do it. it s literally like the most extreme ultimate fighting thing you would see. correctional officers showed our cameras how they quell the violence with an arsenal of their own. one that includes nonlethal and lethal weaponry. get down! get down! the first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully the hurt will make them stop. if we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, we use what s called a scat round. which is really irritating. see those are a little bit louder, the smoke you see there, that s cn gas. it s no fun.
in that exercise yard. because it was literally like a cage. there was nowhere for you to go. and if you really wanted to take someone out, that was the place to do it. it s literally like the most extreme ultimate fighting thing you would see. correctional officers showed our cameras how they quell the violence with an arsenal of their own. one that includes nonlethal and lethal weaponry. get down! get down! the first rounds we fire are wood blocks. hopefully the hurt will make them stop. if we really have to escalate with our nonlethal options, we use what s called a scat round. which is really irritating. see those are a little bit louder, the smoke you see there, that s cn gas. it s no fun. it messes up your sight, makes you, you know, makes your snot roll. and of course, we have a lethal