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thousands of hearty criminals circulate every day from chicago s cook county jail, the largest single site jail in the u.s. men get there and possess valuable information that can help authorities battle an ever-rising tide of gangs and drugs. investigators here gather intel that they then share with the cook county sheriff s police. one of the most important tools that they generate, gang hierarchy charts. we are in a better position to accurately produce them than most policemen on the streets are. we have a hundred gangster disciples in here. a police may have one informant who is a gd giving them information, maybe two. [ speaking spanish ] this complex is predominantly ....
Tell who did it because what they are going to do is retaliate them themselves. they want to handle the business themselves on the streets. they are not going to tell the shots who shot them. how many times you been shot up? 15. 15 times shot up. 15 times, man. see the bullet? protruding out of his skin. if you have a street corner and another gang infringes on it or wants control of it, people are going to get shot and killed over it. whoever controls the drugs gets the money. and that s what it is about, the money. to stay on top of criminal activity, cook county sheriff s police rely on intel from the jailhouse colleagues. these officers constantly track who s who in the gangs as a matter of putting the gang-bangers on the defensive. hang on. what s your nickname out here? pumpkin. pumpkin. ....
You going to go home or what? yeah. i hope so, man. please. hello. hey, what s happening? they called me up. i have about 15 or 20 guys out on the streets. how many keys did you buy from him in the past? two keys. two kilos you bought from him? constantly calling me up, doma, this is what s going on. i want to see if anybody is interested. call me back within the hour and i ll have an answer for you. i m going to talk to howard, one of my guys. i m going to hook you up with him. after leaving cook county jail, many former inmates stay in contact with ciu investigators. some become paid informants sharing timely intel on what s going down on the streets. what ends up happening, sometimes they get tired of the big game, the dealing game or the crime game and one of the options is working with the police. today, ciu investigators and the cook county sheriff s police will conduct raids on two drug houses. one of the ciu s informants, a high-ranking member of the latin kings, su ....
up next, jail intel uncovers a deadly weapon. if you look down the alley with this weapon is being stashed by gang bangers, you have kids down here playing ball. and later is it mandatory somebody in that area has a pistol on them for protection? an exclusive look at how an informant gives up a major drug ring. car insurance, it s a bit like asking if they want a big hat. . scuse me. .or a big steak. .or big hair. i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ woman ] welcome to learning spanish in the car. you ve got to be kidding me. yeah, this is good. vamanos. vamanos. vamanos. gracias. gracias. gracias. ....
The investigation remains open. up next why you running, my friend? cook county sheriff police fight to reclaim gang-infested neighborhoods by using jail intel. ....