it s not race or nothing like that, it s just right. people just stay with their own race. it s just been like that since i been in cdc. that s how the politics are right now. you either stay with your own or suffer some consequences later. our producers saw these consequences firsthand on a yard. corcoran s maximum security population. it looks like right now we had an attempted homicide between two inmates. we ve got a crime scene established. you ve got the investigative services unit, the security squad out there. and they re collecting evidence. because of the severity of the incident, our cameras are not allowed past the perimeter fence. we did locate a weapon, and the victim had some pretty serious injuries, so at this point we don t want anybody that s not supposed to be on the yard on the yard because of the crime scene. so there being an investigation, we want to make sure that we do everything right.
jeremy is currently held in the security housing unit for yet another violent attack. there was a man that came off a level three for beating up a child molester. the story was the child molester was going to get stabbed the next day and he let the child molester get off easy by beating him up. so i was sent to stab him. so we went out to the ad seg concrete yard, and i had a six-inch knife brought out there through the security and all that. we knew how to get past the cop security. and i stabbed him multiple times, and he died within five minutes. that s why i m here in the shu, so for murder. so where and how are you getting these knifes around? it s easy. anybody who s got a sewing needle can make a knife.
a sewing needle is made out of stainless steel. and stainless steel will cut this metal that they use. so over a period of time, you can shape a knife out of your toilet as long as the cops don t find the pattern cut in your toilet. there s many things you can do to make weapons back here. it s not that hard. usually in high desert we got them out when we got haircuts. because they haircut they pull us out of the cell and take us to the concrete yard to cut hair. that s when we would drop the knife off. and when they came to search for us for yard, they didn t find anything. we went out to yard and found the knife that we already stashed previously, and that s how we got it out. some inmates choose to do it a little immorally. they put it in places where the sun don t shine, and they carry it out to yard. that s how they get their knives out. i wasn t about to do that. jeremy s weapon smuggling days may be over now that he s locked up in the shu. but the officers in corcoran deal wit
i.d. d, medical attention, a little orientation speech. what s your number? date of birth? 4/3/81. how old are you? 26. how much do you weigh? i weigh about 150. how tall are you? about 6 2 . how many times have you been coming back, in and out? this is my sixth time in prison. sixth? yes, sir. can you fill up with anybody on the yard? i can, but i prefer to be with the whites. you know the politics. okay. we re going to find you a bunk in the low tier bottom bunk. first tier. he s ready to go. all right. let s go. when i interviewed him earlier, he could only be housed with his same race, which is white. he wouldn t house with any other ethnic group. given the potential for cell mate violence this inmate s request for a same-race arrangement is not uncommon.
about two-thirds done with this yard. this right here looks like it s made out of aluminum. probably something from the kitchen. aluminum cart. and a spike, looks like it s coming from a fence or some kind of tie down. and these older ones, this is definitely aluminum from a food cart right here. the handles are usually made out of cloth, like this one here. that s made out of a sheet wrapped with tape. some of these inmates here, part of their code is to always have something on them to protect themselves, whether it s on them themselves or in the yard. so whatever area you re in as far as your race or your gang affiliation, you have something there to protect yourself with. these officers may have prevented another attack by successfully recovering the hidden weapons. but they weren t the first to be made and certainly won t be the last. we re not done yet. we just got started on the west side now. help!