as a typical day at pelican state prison, but as the b facility inmates were patted down for release to the yard, one difference went unnoticed. while it is typical for some inmates to stay in their cells, every southern hispanic in the facility went to the yard. i was in this exact spot and i noticed over here, some people started stabbing each other and i looked around and all over the yard, there was fighting and stabbings going on. the southern hispanics had launched a calculated and brutal attack on the black inmate population. i have seen over 300 stabbings myself, easily. been in lots of incidents and this was, by far, the worst one i have ever, ever seen. the riot persisted through tear gas, through pepper spray and through all orders to stop. for over 30 minutes, the inmates continued to attack each other in a frenzy of fists and homemade knives.
state prison, but as the b facility inmates were patted down for release to the yard, one difference went unnoticed. while it is typical for some inmates to stay in their cells, every southern hispanic in the facility went to the yard. i was in this exact spot and i noticed over here, some people started stabbing each other and i looked around and all over the yard, there was fighting and stabbings going on. the southern hispanics had launched a calculated and brutal attack on the black inmate population. i have seen over 300 stabbings myself, easily. been in lots of incidents and this was, by far, the worst one i have ever, ever seen. the riot persisted through tear gas, through pepper spray and through all orders to stop. for over 30 minutes, the inmates continued to attack each other in a frenzy of fists and homemade knives. it looked like the movie braveheart the fight scene in braveheart but it was the real
those gangs and we will classify them as a security threat group. usp security threat group, or stg, was formed in 2001 after five inmates were stabbed in a massive gang attack. it was almost to the point where if an inmate came in, he almost had to join a gang just for protection. it was at that time that we realized that we need to do something to try to curb gang activity within our prison system before it led to a violent nature. captain darren smith is the head of the stg unit which has documented more than 150 different gangs inside the prison. we have our hispanic gangs, which basically fall under southern cal or southern hispanic or northern cal, northern hispanic. we have crips, and we have bloods, and then we have our white supremacists. the most active gang members at usp are segregated into one section of the prison, away from the general population.
usp security threat group, or stg, was formed in 2001 after five inmates were stabbed in a massive gang attack. it was almost to the point where if an inmate came in, he almost had to join a gang just for protection. it was at that time that we realized that we need to do something to try to curb gang activity within our prison system before it led to a violent nature. captain darren smith is the head of the stg unit which has documented more than 150 different gangs inside the prison. we have our hispanic gangs, which basically fall under southern cal or southern hispanic or northern cal, northern hispanic. we have crips, and we have bloods, and then we have our white supremacists. the most active gang members at usp are segregated into one section of the prison, away from the general population. it s pretty amazing. you got a bunch of different people associated with gangs for one reason or another. and you stick them all together, some people do get along, some people do
yeah. so that s what s going to happen. all right? i ll get you an officer to get you some clothes here in just a minute. with a white suspect and a southern hispanic victim, officers are wary of retaliation that could explode into a race riot. hey, step outside for me real quick. how many south ciders you got over there? what s dude that came from level one? is that him? he s right here. white boys right here. yeah. and then the dude to his right is a south sider as well. what s his name? that s that s a white dude. that s grande. he s a south sider. that s grande. basically, since we have a white suspect and a southern hispanic victim, we re seeing how the races are interacting on the yard.