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inmate x tells me he was a skin head for 15 years and when he left the gang, some of its members assaulted and almost killed him. now in jail for an unrelated charge, he fears another attack called a green light. when you have a green light on you, does it mean you ll be automatically attacked if some of the gang members see you here? yes. is that what you had to do when you were in the gang? yes. otherwise what would happen? then you would get a green light yourself. are you in fear for your life? absolutely. inmate x has good reason to be worried. behind this colossal system, there s more than just the sheriffs department s rules at play. who really controlled the jail? our biggest issue of keeping this place safe is the gangs. these folks don t have time to go to the post office ....
yes. how vital is it to correctly classify the inmates? it comes down to a matter of life or death. whether the inmate is mentally ill or part an at-risk population, we make a mistake putting someone in the wrong place, it could have serious consequences. why is that inmate sitting over there apart from all the other guys? there s a need for us to segregate certain inmates. maybe they re a witness to a crime. maybe they owe money so a gang or are a dropout. for those cases, we ll go ahead and separate them for their safety. to protect his identity, we ll call him inmate x. i learned he s been in and out of jail a dozen times. when you entered the facility, what did you disclose? that i need to be in protective custody for my safety. is this the first time you ve been separated from everyone else? yes. ....
Follow through with the direct orders. what were the orders you refused? to take someone out. to do a hit? yes. did you press charges? yes, testified as well. any questions of me? can i get out of here? yeah, i just have to confirm with the district attorney. he tells me you re telling the truth, and you ll be good for pc. okay. but if there s not room, i can t make cells. go ahead and turn around. gang ordered attacks are more likely to happen in general population, where more than 100 men can bunk in a single dorm. so haley will have to keep inmate x in a temporary cell with others also waiting for protective custody. do you think any other jail in the country deals with the kind of gang issues that l.a. does? this is the gang capital of the united states, if not the world, from hispanics to blacks to whites. ....
Found guilty, they re going to take away my status. so it means that they could send me back to the shu or the main line, general population. one of the things that is always in the front of everybody s mind in committee is when inmate x comes in and sits down and says, i have to lock up in protective custody because i don t want to play the gang politics anymore. if they was to let me out in general population, i d have to stab the first one i see. if not, i m going to get stabbed. once they find out who i am. well, is this really a wolf in sheep s clothing that truly wants to get into the pc unit to hurt somebody who has already gone in there? this is a subsequent classification hearing, we are going to talk about your housing again today. san quentin employs a multilevel screening process before inmates are allowed into protective custody in order to ensure that the sny population ....