the upper level, if not the pinnacle, of their respected gangs. the hispanic gangs, the white gang, and the black gangs. so you re talking about shot callers of different gangs. yes. in one room together. yes. what s the rationale behind that? hopefully they re learning problem solving skills instead of just, hey, he disrespected me and we re going to fight. if they have an issue, they ll try to talk it out because they just don t want to lose it. it s huge for them. socializing is a rare privilege that also gives the deputies some leverage. they can strip it away at the first sign of misbehavior. behind the mirrored glass in the control room, there are heavily armed deputies watching this room. yes. why is that? it s human nature for people to fight. we will do our best to prevent it, but we can t prevent all violence. an executive producer.
lose privileges like visitation or get charged additional time. it s very thorough up on the ceiling. still, essentials like toilet paper get repurposed, often for gang communication. just want top show you this. they want to pass something to someone, they ll go ahead and stuff it in here. it s a form of kite. so this is called a kite? a kite. this, i would assume, is a popular way to pass drugs too. yes. communicate, weapons. and it s all from a t-shirt. whenever deputies are off the tier, the kites rapidly come out. confiscated messages reveal just how organized jail gangs are, from which drugs to smuggle to who s on the hit list. it s all orchestrated by high-ranking incarcerated gang leaders known as shot callers. the shot caller has the ability to order other inmates to do something or not to do something.
socialize. so who are the guys in here? upper level, if not the pinnacle of their respected gangs. the hispanic gangs, white gangs and the black gang. talking about shot callers? yes. of different gangs? yes. in one room together? yes. what s the rational behind that? hopefully they re learning some problem solving skills instead of just disrespecting me and we re going to fight. if they have an issue, they ll try to talk it out because they don t want to lose it s huge for them. socializing is a rare privilege that also gives deputies some leverage. they can strip it away at the first sign of misbehavior. behind the mirrored glass in the controlled room is heavily armed deputies watching this room. yes. why is that? it s human nature for people to fight. we ll do our best to prevent it but we can t prevend all violence.
against the rules, inmates could lose privileges like visitation or get charged additional time. very thorough up on the ceiling. but still, essentials like toilet paper are repurposed. want to show you this. they want to pass something to someone. they stuff it in here. and then it s a form of this is a pipe? i would assume it s a popular way to pass drugs too? yes, communicate, weapons. all from a t-shirt. whenever deputies are off the tier, the kipes rapidly come out. messages reveal just how organized jail gangs are. from which drugs to smuggle to who s on the hit list. it s all orchestrated by high-ranking incarcerated gang members known as shot callers. they have the ability to
it s all orchestrated by high-ranking incarcerated gang leaders known as shot callers. the shot caller has the ability to order other inmates to do something or not to do something. it all revolves around money and narcotics. can you give me a sense of what the gang rules are? every aspect of your life is dictated to you. what time you wake up, how you interact with the other races, how you interact with staff. the misconception has always been once you come into jail that you re no longer able to influence other gang members, which is incorrect. one of l.a. s most infamous shot callers happens to be in the county jail, fighting prior murder convictions. his real name is clemon johnson, but he s known as big evil. big evil. what did you do to earn it? can t say. statute of limitations haven t run out on it yet. in the 80s and 90s, johnson was a notorious leader of the 89