>>> doing time at corcoran state prison can be like living in a war zone.prison gangs that prey on each other and the weak. their booming drug business not only pervades every facility at corcoran, it extends far beyond the prison walls into the outside world. lieutenant terry norton knows that being locked up does not stop inmates from conducting business as usual. >> the gangs inside the prison control drug trafficking, extortion, any kind of crime that you can think of that happens on the streets. it happens within the prison system. they have their politics. they have their pecking order, their soldier that has to eliminate the guy they want off the yard. they all have their little jobs that they have to do. >> gang members communicate with each other both in and out of prison by microwriting on scraps of paper. >> even though the individual is locked up, they have a lot of access to individuals on the street. they have visitors that see them on a regular basis. they have the mail. they're able to give messages to other inmates that are paroling to go o

this is "lockup, corcoran, extended stay." inmates have been dreaming up ways to smuggle in contraband since corcoran opened its doors in 1988. >> there is drugs in prison, obviously. >> whether in the form of drugs. >> it's usually like this. >> or weapons. >> looks like it's made of aluminum. >> piece of stainless steel here. >> off a food court. >> always a race against time for the officer to find the contraband. before it's too late. during the months our crew spent inside corcoran we witnessed our fair share of searches. today on a yard maximum security facility we caught up with an officer beginning his shift with one of three standard cell searches. looking for contraband, stuff they're not supposed to have. not too many apples -- razors, they break them apart. an awful lot in the cell. good weapon. piece a metal. just sharpen that. can't tell what it came out of, but she sharpened that, that would make a good shank. make a couple weapons out of that. >> is it sharpened to a point? >> no, not yet. >> we can only book h

i guess they have heard a lot about corcoran. >> what do you know about corcoran? >> what i know? i know it ain't no joke. that's what i know. i know this is serious business. >> corcoran is a pretty rough prison, i hear. it's one of the rougher prisons. >> this is how serious it is. it's a life or death situation. pretty much, yeah, is it like that. i don't care what they tell you. it is like that. okay? it is hardcore like that. >> corcoran's general population inmates are split into three main yards. the level one yard consists mainly of low security inmates, many of whom are in on parole violations. "b" yard holds the level three inmates, and "a" yard is home to the maximum security level four inmates who are serving time for more violent crimes. but first they have to get past sergeant rangel. >> i'm currently assigned as a receiving and release and i'm responsible for the overall operation of the intake of the inmates. >> hands behind your back and go on in. >> and the outgoing departure of inmates that are paroling, transferring to another institution. we'll get them proces

this is "lockup: corcoran extended stay." >> get on the ground! on the ground! hold him on the ground. on the ground! >> in corcoran, survival is the number one priority for inmates and officers alike. >> you have to live with it. this is what i want to do. so, i'm here. >> whether it's inmates adhering to racial politics. >> i will probably set off a race riot, if i sat right here. >> or officers keeping themselves and the population safe. >> this is what we're looking for. we're always looking for weapons. any time we remove weapons from a cell, that means one less weapon out there on the yard. one less weapon that could be used against staff. >> when these two sides are fighting to survive -- >> i don't care because he wears green. he bleeds just like i bleed. >> the results can be explosive. >>> in the four months we spent inside corcoran, our producers saw violence erupt many times. though never between inmates and officers. as we neared the end of our stay, no one foresaw that the greatest threat to corcoran staff might come from an event in a california p

this is where we have all the workers for corcoran. our northern inmate population seems pretty active, we're trying to combat that right now. these are really hard to find. >> there's codes of conduct, it's like respect yourself and others. treat everyone equally. have a positive attitude, be well mannered. the last code of conduct is no fraternizing with the canine or enemy, which is us. >> these are handed over to the igi. it's up to this elite group of officers to monitor gang activity on all the yards in corcoran. >> we folk us on the prison gangs, you have seven, aryan brotherhood, low rider, texas cindy cat and the mexican mafia among them. we monitor their mail, activity when they come out of cells. whatever they do, we're watching them. we get a lot of information from the building cops. we can't stress that enough. they help us out a lot, with a lot of kites they find, letters, weapons, dope, everything. >> i say it's never ending. every day we find something new. this letter just came on my desk this morning. we may find kit

this is "lockup: corcoran -- extended stay." inmate interaction in prison is volatile at best. >> dude told me he was going to stab me. i told him to get his knife and i went in and got my knife. >> whether it's with officers. >> you are the captain, man. something has happened to you. >> disputes with other races or gangs. >> i got in a fight on the level one yard. i had lied to home boys, prison home boys of mine and i guess i had it coming. >> or even a prison romance. >> i had sex with my cellie. >> in corcoran it's not a question of if there will be violence, but when. >> everybody down! get down! >> violence flares in the gym on "a" yard and officers move quickly to reclaim control. david salazar, the victim of the battery, refuses to identify his attacker, and the corcoran officers launch a massive investigation. >> let me see your knuckles. >> flip them. you can pick up your shirt? >> take your whole shirt off. >> hey, salazar, are you a -- >> this inmate apparently got assaulted really, really bad inside the gym. we're

he's actually doing time right now at corcoran. all right?brought a program it's called "another way." what the "another way" program does is it talks about the realities of the choices that you are making right now, okay? the choices that could lead you to prison. >> i can tell you how to get it to prison. it's not that hard. we're here to tell you how to stay out of prison, if you want to hear it. we all know there's crime out here in these streets. we all know there's gangs out here. but how do we stop it? that's why i'm here. all right? mr. sanders. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> my name is sanders, my number is do 9582. i've been doing time since the early '80s. every morning you wake up, get up at 5:30, you go eat chow, you go to your job assignment, whatever. it's no fun. you know what i mean? >> how many people in here have family in prison? >> yeah, family or friends. >> i have. >> how many have brothers and sisters and family and cousins that say it's cool up in there? oh, they say it's cool up in there, huh? come j

. >> at california state prison corcoran we met one young inmate who was ordered to attack an older, weaker gang member simply to thin out the herd. he asked that we not use his name. >> i accepted that because that's the way it is, you know. i didn't question it. some things i was against. but you know, i just dealt with it and accepted it because that's the way -- that's the law of the land in here. >> he explained the hit was ordered because the older victim was unable to keep up with the gang's military-style exercise program. >> he couldn't keep up with the exercise. you know, that was the reason. this is how stupid this is, you know. the dumb reasons they have in here. when i did speak up for him, it was placed on me. well, since you're speaking up for him, then you'll deal with it. and i dealt with it because that's what it was about. >> the older inmate survived the stabbing. and his assailant quit the gang. >> finally i made my stance and went against it. now i'm a christian and i go for that. i wrote him a letter and i apologized and told him i was sorry that i had to do th

when we met christian knight, he was serving 79 years for murder at california state prison corcoran. >> just seeing christian the first time, you kind of knew he had some kind of story. very dramatic looking. you know, with all the tats and very intense. >> it turns out knight had several incredible stories but one involved his attempt to attack a sex offender at the los angeles county jail. >> got this freaking child molester on the tier. he's actually in the van talking about what he does. you know, i like to keep myself, hey, i don't lose my temper. keep myself calm, cool, and collective. that dude made me snap. i get in the van and i tell him, you know what i'm going to do, i'm going to rip the toilet off the wall. i'm going to bust through this frickin' glass. i'm going to drag it down the tier, and i'm going to bust through your glass and cut you up your [ muted ]. i'm going to cut you up. you're a dead man. yeah, yeah, yeah. then all you hear is steel bending. i got behind the toilet, pushed the toilet aside, knocked it all the way back. long story short, i ripped the whole to

. >> we found an even more unlikely bond at california state prison corcoran. >> like anything.with love and respect. it will treat you with love and respect back. >> we were out on the yard shooting. i looked over and saw these guys petting something. at first i thought it was a kitten. and it ended up it was a gopher that they had tamed. >> shampoo, little baths, and let him run around the cell, feed him apple, let us. take care of them. they're good little pets. >> like the best little companion i ever had. >> a lot of the guys we ran into probably have never had anybody to love or anything or anybody to love them. and when you run into somebody who is -- you know adopted a gopher and it gives them some sort of outlet for affection. it's got to be a good thing. >> but we found a very different case of inmate creature bonding inside california's san quentin prison. >> i'm mike miller my real name. and the staff here call me birdman of san quentin. >> the first day i got here at san quentin. the birds seemed to have flocked to me for some reason. and i don't know they probably

. >> corcoran wineyards, quietly last year they opened a brewery on site. a husband and wife team. this is a great thing to visit. especially if you're going with folks that are a little tired of doing wine tastings and you want to mix it up and do a palate cleansing. >> do you remember the rule about wine before beer? >> i had wine and beer that day and it was okay. >> moving on to our winery that has ties to the redskins. tell us about that. >> a lot of us might know the boxwood winery. this is a winery that has been doing tastings at bars called the tasting room around the area, in chevy chase and in national harbor. it's owned by john kencook, sun of jack kencook. this year they opened the winery to the public. it's a really cool space. you can see the barrel room there. it's a really, cool, intimate space. the tastings are $10. it's right outside of middleberg. >> and finally, a combination of great wine and great views, which is kind of nice. >> one of the best views in town, especially for fall leaf peepers. go ahead to barrel oak wineries. this has been around a few years,

. >> in the exercise yard at california state prison corcoran, we met an inmate whose art is inspired last name for me. >> my name is kevin moore, m-o-o-r-e. >> what were you convicted for? >> i'm doing a parole violation for sales of marijuana. >> the yard is an interesting place because you never know who you're going to run into, you never know who you're going to talk to, you never know the personality, who they are. i kind of just started looking around and tried to find interesting-looking faces. i happened upon kevin moore. he started telling me that he's a rap artist. he is a ghost writer. >> i have a record deal waiting on me. death row records. for anybody, any rap fans that's listening, my akassassoon. and i got a demo coming out in a few months. if you're a rap fan, listen to it. >> when you start talking to inmates you are not sure what to believe. they start telling you these stories. you're kind of like say, all right. >> i have been a ghost writer in the rap industry for about 13 years. a lot of stuff i have written from behind these walls i have sold to other artists.

and the corcoran gallery of arts also offers free saturdays through labor day. that's located in chinatown. and on sunday, there's a huge francophone festival at the bladensburg park. it's called zouk summerfest, complimentary river boat tours and arts and crafts from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. then you can check out music, arts at the waterfront. the music will feature different rhythmic sounds of the islands. that's it for this weekend's free in the dmv. >> thanks, danell la. a lot going on. there's a county fair this weekend. the 64th annual montgomery county agricultural fair opens at 10:00 this morning. you'll find demolition derbies, tractor pulls, carnival rides and games at the fairgrounds through next saturday. the 63rd annual prince william county fair is also open. that fair opens at noon at the prince william county fairgrounds just outside manassas. it culminates with a monster truck show next saturday. have you ever been to one of those? >> no, i haven't. >> you got to wear your earplugs. >> for the monster truck show? >> yes. it's very loud. >> i don'

. >> good afternoon chairman brown, senator corcoran members of the subcommittee. my name is jack remondi i'm the chief operating officer sallie mae and i thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the educational loan. private education loans help families fill the gap between their own resources financial aid grants and the total cost of their college or university of their choice. they are not for everyone. they were never intended to replace federal aid and in fact they were originally called supplemental loans indicating their stated purpose. in most cases higher education as a family commitment which are private education loans are designed to support. last year over 90% of our private education loans had a cosigner tip of his apparent. are loans provide important protections that benefit the family including extensive disclosure, just rate in repayment options, embedded tuition insurance and disability loan forgiveness. but the best protections inherent in any loan including private education or federal student loans his quality underwriting and plann

. >> good afternoon chairman brown, senator corcoran members of the subcommittee.y name is jack remondi i'm the chief operating officer sallie mae and i thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the educational loan. private education loans help families fill the gap between their own resources financial aid grants and the total cost of their college or university of their choice. they are not for everyone. they were never intended to replace federal aid and in fact they were originally called supplemental loans indicating their stated purpose. in most cases higher education as a family commitment which are private education loans are designed to support. last year over 90% of our private education loans had a cosigner tip of his apparent. are loans provide important protections that benefit the family including extensive disclosure, just rate in repayment options, embedded tuition insurance and disability loan forgiveness. but the best protections inherent in any loan including private education or federal student loans his quality underwriting and plannin

. >> good afternoon chairman brown, senator corcoran members of the subcommittee. my name is jack remondi i'm the chief operating officer sallie mae and i thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the educational loan. private education loans help families fill the gap between their own resources financial aid grants and the total cost of their college or university of their choice. they are not for everyone. they were never intended to replace federal aid and in fact they were originally called supplemental loans indicating their stated purpose. in most cases higher education as a family commitment which are private education loans are designed to support. last year over 90% of our private education loans had a cosigner tip of his apparent. are loans provide important protections that benefit the family including extensive disclosure, just rate in repayment options, embedded tuition insurance and disability loan forgiveness. but the best protections inherent in any loan including private education or federal student loans his quality underwriting and plann

. >> good afternoon chairman brown, senator corcoran members of the subcoittee. my name is jack remondi i'm the chief operating officer sallie mae and i thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the educational loan. private education loans help families fill the gap between their own resources financial aid grants and the total cost of their college or university of their choice. they are not for everyone. they were never intended to replace federal aid and in fact they were originally called supplemental loans indicating their stated purpose. in most cases higher education as a family commitment which are private education loans are designed to support. last year over 90% of or private education loans had a cosigner tip of his apparent. are loans provide important protections that benefit the family including extensive disclosure, just rate in repayment option embedded tuition insurance and disability loan forgiveness. but the best protections inherent in any loan including private education or federal student loans his quality underwriting and planning