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. it messes up your sight, makes you, you know, makes your snot roll. and of course, we have a lethal option. we have a mini-14 here, 223 round.
fights of the mid-1990s. when we first filmed here in 2000, the unit was still recovering from that scandal. at the time, officers were keeping known gang rivals apart to cut down on inmate assaults. but it wasn t all that effective. 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, first thing you do is you 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.
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.
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 option. we have a mini-14 here, 223 round. we use that as a last resort. today, california state prison corcoran no longer has to resort to drastic measures to control violence in the shu yard. they close the yards down. and now inmates exercise in walk-alone areas called the cages. but even when officers are able to quell violence, sorting out its cause can be just as difficult. as our crews found out at the spring creek correctional center in seward, alaska. slow down. slow down, mr. seiko, slow down. blood on the floor over there. blood pathogens need to be cleaned up. mr. seiko, you need to respond
keeping known gang rivals apart to cut down on inmate assaults. but it wasn t all that effective. 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, first thing you do is you 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.