family if they can't get to him. >> the information provided by former gang members, like inmate spiller-ranking gang leaders inside the prison. it has also proved invaluable to law enforcement. >> they've actually solved homicides on the streets that they had no suspects on through the debrief process. >> but debriefing is not enough to destroy the vise grip of prison gangs at corcoran. >> it's just one tool from breaking some of these gang members up from the gang. because for every one inmate that debriefs you have ten in line waiting to get into the gang. >> since our last visit here, officers say they have seen a big shift in the type of inmates who are joining gangs. >> the changes i have seen in gang members coming into csp corcoran have been a lot of the younger kids coming in off of the street. coming into a gang they feel is going to take care of them and come in here and find out it's not that way at all. and because he wants to make a name for himself, will be the first one to grab a weapon if told bay somebody that's got seniority on the yard, say, hey, i need to you go hit

. >> "lockup" cameras were at california state prison corcoran when thomas spiller, a long-time gang member, went before the inmate review board to request a debriefing. >> i can certainly see your point of view. however, a good many of inmates in the program have, in fact, been in my position in the past and have also called hits on other inmates and then -- and actually done hits themselves. so i'm assuming that you have had the same concerns about them, or am i being singled out for some reason? >> let's not go there. you are going to be given the opportunity to debrief, you know? now, she's only giving you the honest truth. and the truth is there is concern. it also depends on how sincere you are when you do your history statement. all the stuff that you just told us about ordering hits, that kind of thing, you're going to have to do that. you're going to have to put that to writing. >> just for my own understanding, what is the main source of your change of heart? >> basically i'm tired of doing other people's dirty work, of ordering people to do things that because -- for someo

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. >> kathie spiller is the executive director of the "miss magazine." >> we were scheduled to hold aig annual event for global women's rights at the beverly hills within a week. when we verified that is what was happening, we decided to pull the event away from the hotel. how could we hold a global women's rights awards at a hotel, whose owner was about to impose these taliban laws. >> a dozen organizations followed suit. >> we hope to draw attention to this, people go okay, maybe i will not hold my event until they change it. >> the hotel lost 1.5 million in bookings. in a packed meeting the beverly hills council pushed the issue further. >> ideally the brunei government will repeal these horrific laws. if it doesn't happen, we want the hotel under different ownership so the long and rich history in beverly hills will not be tarnished by the brunei government action. [ clapping ] >> clearly the campaign to boycott the bls hotel has gone viral. what few supporters may realise is that the real story begins here at the hotel bel-air. in a battle over workers' rights, not gay rights. >>

. >> i want to bring in candy spiller, the chairman of the "ms.", and so your organization cancelled, but what is the end game here with over $1.5 million cancellations? >> well, the end game is for the sultan of brunei to end these laws that he wants in his country. these laws could lead to the stoning to death of gay men and lesbians and the public flogging of women who have had abortions, and real lives are at stake, and this is not a way to deal with his hoe e tells, but it is a message that the people of goodwill all over the world, and we wanted the united nations, and the united states to speak out against the taliban-like laws and he must rescind these laws. >> the hotel is owned and managed by the dorchester corporation which is owned by the brunei agency which is an arm of the government, and the ceo of dorchester said that my response is that you are singling out the beverly hills hotel, and have you thought about your actions, and are you going to single out every other company that has had an association with a country with laws that you don't agree with? what is your re