00:00:11violence is a constant threat amongst
00:00:14the gangs and when it happens no one can
00:00:17stay out of the fray February 23rd 2000
00:00:22California’s Pelican Bay facility as if
00:00:26on a signal the yard erupts 9:38 am
00:00:33Hispanic gangs attack a rival
00:00:36african-american gang 200 inmates plunge
00:00:39into a bloody battle from steel but
00:00:50[Music]
00:00:54officers fire tear gas and rubber
00:00:56bullets into the crowds with little
00:00:59effect
00:00:59[Music]
00:01:08the riot lasts half an hour
00:01:13when it’s over 15 inmates have been shot
00:01:16one is dead and in astonishing 89 knives
00:01:22are confiscated for 30 minutes a
00:01:26maximum-security prison suffered an
00:01:28explosion of violence but it was
00:01:31contained the prison did its job the job
00:01:34it was designed to do the structures
00:01:39main objective is containment and
00:01:41control of violence here in Sacramento
00:01:46the prison has three self-contained
00:01:48chamber like facilities called a B and C
00:01:54walls rise 16 feet high
00:01:57keeping inmates in separate parts of the
00:01:59prison
00:02:01inside are more subdivisions housing
00:02:05units have three blocks separated by
00:02:08concrete walls in the center is a
00:02:10control room where guards have a
00:02:12complete 180-degree view of 120 cells
00:02:16and more than 200 inmates cell doors
00:02:20open by remote control allowing guards
00:02:23to direct inmate movements reducing
00:02:25opportunities for violence but while the
00:02:28structure was built for maximum control
00:02:31inmates continually invent ways of
00:02:33defining
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