for instance, if they belong to some sort of white supremacist gang, hispanic gang, asian gang. >> ever been diagnosed with an std? >> no. >> ever had sex with an iv drug user? >> no. >> each inmate is given a thorough medical screening to determine their medical history and prevent the spread of disease. the inmates will spend most of their first day in this holding cell, named the library after its former purpose. it's here the inmates will have their first prison meal. >> a lot better than where i just came from, that's for sure. >> i was told it would actually be a lot better. after the population started getting worse and worse, the food started getting worse. >> randy russell is no stranger to usp. he first came in at the age of 15 and did 17 years on a robbery charge. >> randy, it's not good to see you. okay? >> now, randy's back on a parole violation, leaving behind a wife and four children. >> at one time when i thought i was going to come back i even asked my wife, should i run? she goes, i'm not going to make that call, she goes, but you can't take me with you. if i'm not wit

he doesn't want to be in a gang or affiliated with a gang anymore.admirable, i have nothing really that i can give to my supervisor that will articulate that he is actually changing or wants to change. they all talk a good game. and so it's a best-case estimate, because i can't look at a man's heart or mind and say his intent is good. plain and simple. i can't do it. >> over in the women's wing, change is also on patricia gallorini's mind. >> when people go to jail, you hope that's the last straw. right? to help you change. to me, it's either this or death. if i pick up the alcohol, i'll be right back in here. when i walk out these doors, i want to put it all behind me. >> gallorini is currently awaiting trial for driving under the influence and some related charges. she has two prior convictions for driving under the influence. and hopes to reach a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid prison time. gallorini admits to missing alcohol but now jail has triggered another craving. >> it's horrible. especially if you're as sexual as i am. it's like a night

minimum yum, medium, maximum, they're a prominent gang. you can have a minimum, a norteno in for petty theft, put you put nip general population. >> their arch-rivals made up of hispanics from southern california, are vastly outnumbered. >> when they come in here to our facility because we are up in northern california, this is all considered norteno territory. we have to keep them separate from both the general population, and other gang members. for the most part. >> takes heart to be a soreno in northern california. >> miguel, a soreno from san diego depends on heart. because he can't rely on much else. >> well, anybody could beat me up, you know. it has happened before. >> i got dropped one time. passed by nortenos. i said something, they flipped my chair over. i fell over. yeah. >> nieves has served prior jail sentences for crimes, including residential burglary, burglary of a vehicle, and illegal possession of a firearm. now he has nine months for possession of ammunition by a felon. he lost the use of his legs eight years earlier wh

i used to know a lot of gang members, members from different gangs. >> so you made a living as a drug dealer? >> you could say that. i thought i was the man. i used to love the life. >> cartagena joined the youth tier when he turned 18. he says one of the most important things he got out of it was the realization as a young parent he needs to set an example. >> i think about it every day when i wake up. it hurts when i see her come to visit me. this is not the lifestyle i want to show my daughter. i came down to the program and i started seeing a lot of people that really care and want to help the young people. >> what did you look like when you came into the program? real quick. give everybody a quick rundown on what your appearance was? >> my hair was down to here. had long hair. >> when you woke up, i thought the girl from "the ring" was coming out of the cell. >> everywhere i used to go people used to look at me as a gang member because of the way i looked. even the judge the first time i was, my hair like like this for my indictment. i went in front of the judge and he thinks i'm

he doesn't want to sit down with gangs and gangs say that is an impediment to peace. 677 murders in one month in a country of 6 million people, that's roughly the population of madrid and the surrounding area. imagine the headlines if last month, nearly a person every hour was killed in the streets of madrid. we would have major action taking operation but for many, it's business as usual in el salvador and they're calling out for help and need help now. >> you say that they're talking about a truce. that sounds like they're at war with one another the government and these gangs and they might be willing to negotiate. what is it they want? what would they negotiate over? >> the gang leaders say that the government just doesn't really understand the culture that cradled these gangs that there is no social services, there's no hope here. there's no work. actually in that interview this gaining leader said in these neighborhoods there's no football teams there's gangs. there's no doctors there's gangs. there's schools that's bit. there's only the gangs who can spread work and jobs and incr

reporting their gang related activities. >> the gang members have told me on the street it's sort of we have taken kids. here we orange county driving to the southern border to repatriot them back into mexico. and sometimes they are back in america within 24 hours. >> now ms. carter, if kate's law is passed. as i said to mr. valdez, it gives law enforcement another avenue to put these people in prison, to take them out of society without the complicated investigations of conspiracy racketeering and narcotics which take months and sometimes years. so i want people to know it's not just about the individual like the guy who killed kate steinle. it's about this whole organized gang activity that emanates from abroad. and i think that's very important. >> i think it is too bill. i think it's actually a deterrence. because once they start to realize that they are going to pay that price that five years in a federal penitentiary in the united states i think that that will eliminate a lot of this back and forth cross border traffic. >> that's right. if they come back, mr. valdez, they know

both gangs and police say they are under attack stlfb far fewer kill killings, the gangs saying they have the power to control the violence a new truce could be as hard to contain as the one in 2012. no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. >> live adam just thinking about the magnitude of this problem, how on earth do the authorities go about even beginning to deal with the situation, adam? >> the police now are just trying to throw more people at the problem. they refuse to negotiate with these gangs. they say they need more main power, more fire power, boots on the street. that's what this gang leadser told us isn't going to work. they say these abuses accusing the government of massacres of summary execution, something the government totally rejects now this is a gang leader who admitted to being a criminal not having to play by the rules that the government has to play by what they say they are offering is an olive branch but the government is rejecting that peace officer though at the same time, we are seeing killings in the month of july probably going to come in at

the gangs he says want to negotiate but the gangs instrumental are showing how violent they are because the last month was one of the most violent in the last 25 years july despite this grizzly scene behind me, has has about half the homicides but that's still two people killed every hour, and the gangs through their order of the rank of command say don't kill this person kill this person. a way to show their power but so far it's been falling on deaf ears. the government this morning told us they are not going to deal with criminal organizations. >> really shocking situation. adam rainey in el salvador, thank you. >>> 15 men have been killed and others detained by special forces after police raids at a shanty town. cracking down in the capital of caracas. al jazeera's virginia lopez reports. >> some have decided to leave before it happens again. others cope with their fear by talking to friends. it's been two weeks since the venezuelan government sent in a group of forces to a caracas shanty yet people are still talk going what happened that day. >> translator: i.t. was approximately 5

i hate everything about gangs.ate gang members. >> yeah, but this is a good experience for me. >> this is a good experience? >> yeah, because if we wouldn't come here, we would be doing the same [ bleep ]. >> you're going to go home and do the same [ bleep ]. how is this a good experience? >> all day long i comb the hair on my face. what are you doing? i'm thinking. i think about [ bleep ], reliving the shots. you're 17. you're just preparing yourself to destroy yourself. you want to destroy yourself, i'm happy for you. be destructive. >> mickey says his advice is not only for these inmates but all potential gang members. >> we destroyed ourself, man. if you want to destroy your self, more power to you. i'm not going to say don't join blood because i'm miserable. so a miserable person loves company. join me. >>> coming up -- >> feels a little bit human again. >> terrance and chris pay a visit to the one spot in jail that feels like home. >> you ever seen barbershop one, barbershop two. right here, barbershop three,

true full gang enforcement and it's virtually all handsn >>> new at 5:00 tonight, full gang enforcement all hands on deck. the gang problems in san jose are escalating. that means a change in strategy for police. officers will now focus on four areas around the city known gang hot spots. in a story you'll see only on nbc bay area damian trujillo is live. what's the plan damian? >> reporter: five gang zones dhaer looking at. the first couple weeks in july have been especially troubling for police, and so now virtually every available extra unit will be out fighting gangs, including the s.w.a.t. team. welch park is where parents bring their children during the summer break. but it's also a park adjacent to one of the city's designated gang hot spots. >> because of the violence we have seen these last month and a half, something needed to be done. >> reporter: san jose police have identified five areas in the city known as gang zones. it's these areas that the department will focus most of its efforts in the foreseeable future, meaning even the elite s.w.a.t. team known as merge will jump

at santa rita, the largest percentage of those are gang dropouts. >> any time we get gang dropouts saying whether it be politics, they caught a charge that wasn't going to butt them in good standing with the gang, and they came in and they're a dropout, we can't put them back into general population housing unit because they'll be subject to attack. >> it's cold as hell. >> it is. >> gabriel taylor is in protective custody because he left one of northern cal cam's largest and most dangerous gangs, the northerners. >> they like to leave a mark on your face, specifically the cheek, cut you with a razor. open you up. it's an identifying mark to let everyone know you're no good. i am not trying to sound like i'm tougher than i am. let me be the one to tell you, i'm not a gangster. i'm trying to get by. i'm a hustler. i'm a product of the ghetto. >> he said he left the gang in part because his status had suddenly become uncertain. >> when i was 18 or 19 i was put in maximum security unit and there was a question mark on my head that i had something to do with one of our so-called homies being

time landing the gang members into jail for long terms. scott lunger's work ethic and passion was what we aspired to be like and it was infectious and everyone wanted to work with him and work like him. he was the ultimate motivator and made an impact on everyone who worked with him. he was a great leader and took care of his people. he was fair and just to the community served and worked hard to protect them during his watch. scott made himself an expert in the field of active shooter training, always saying it's a matter of time before it happens here, we need to be ready. the led department wide training year after year on active shooter response reminding patrol officers it's going to be you guys responding to this initially, not the sru team. they'll come later after it's over. he made them warriors, prepared to battle the evil that preys on the community, warriors just like he was. scott has a poem taped to his desk in the station, that basically describes him to a "t." it reads, "the sheep do not want the dog around. he looks too mu

>> being a gang member and having swastikas. >> i have tattoos but no gang -- >> you have some on your neck. can i see those? >> it's a cross. rest in peace. my mother and grandmother died. >> what is this on your arm. >> smile now, cry later. >> that's stated that you are supposed to be a leader of a gang unit or white supremacist activity. >> i have black children. my whole family is black. how can i be prejudice? my whole entire family is black and white and puerto rican. >> i'm just asking. >> i'm telling you, i'm not -- if i was prejudice i wouldn't have mixed children. >> also accused of allegedly possibly be involved with commissary theft. >> why do i have to steal from anybody? i have my own commissary. if you're going to accuse me, prove it. i will pass a lie detector test. i will pass it with flying colors. get me a lie detector test and i will pass it. >> you don't steal stuff. >> i steal stuff at stores at home, yes. >> i'm talking about here. >> no. give me a lie detector test. >> let them say what they want to say, their girls. how they talk. >> they never called you that

in an exclusive interview, a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spike in killings or that members have been ordered to target police. >> police say there are no death squads, but a change of policy the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. both gangs and police say they're under attack. >> there have been far fewer killings this month than last month, a sign the gangs are sending the message they really have the power to control the violence and now they want to negotiate. a new truce could produce as controversial as the last one agreed in 2012. >> no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. >>> we're leave now with adam in san salvador. this is such a complex situation for the government to deal with. >> reporter: it is indeed. we're seeing these historic levels of violence we haven't seen since the enof the civil war in 1992. to discuss is further we're joined by derek springer and he's the head of mission here for the red cross. good morning. there is a recent history of much lower lev

an alleged gang leader becomes a magnet for trouble. >> you're talking like we're equals. we're not. you do not run the institution. >> then, a high-speed chase ends with the discovery of a 21-year-old murder victim. now the jail must deal with her cold-blooded killer. >> david is potentially one of the most dangerous inmates we've ever dealt with. >> you're going to miss me when i'm gone, aren't you? >> i'm going to miss you like a hemorrhoid. >>> located across the hudson river from new york city, bergen county, new jersey, ranks among america's wealthiest communities. its largest city is hackensack. just outside downtown is its own crossroads of the world. but virtually no one comes to the bergen county jail looking for good times. >> peanut butter and jelly. i ain't 4 years old. >> most of the roughly 800 men and 50 women here have only been charged with crimes. and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. >> gentlemen, to your cells. go, fellows, put it down. to your cells. let's go. >> having spent nearly two years in the jail's maximum security unit as h

and the reason being that the gangs want it that way. john gladson is a veteran officer at san quentin, with 19 years of experience observing yard politics. this has helped him to fine tune his senses for predicting trouble. >> sound is a big thing in prison. if you look out, this yard's pretty nice. everybody is out and about, talking and laughing and having a good time. if the yard goes silent, you know it's all bad. >> if something's going on, you'll feel it. it's just there to be felt. you can tell it and many people smiling, laughing. everybody is circulating. you know what i mean? you can honestly tell, people whispering and talking. this is how it goes. >> and those are the first things -- >> the signs. >> you come to learn in the penitentiary. >> inmates must be even more aware of their environment than an officer. for them, it's all about survival of the fittest. >> using your vibes and looking at the motions and the actions to people from a distance. something is not right. something is not right. so, we've got to watch this he

in an exclusive interview, a gang leader would not admit that gangs were responsible for killings, or that members were ordered to target police. >> reporter: police say there are no death squads but in a change of policy the vice president said police should shoot gang members if they felt under attack or unsafe. there has been fewer killings this month than last month, a sign that a message is sent that gangs control the violence. >> a truce could prove as controversial as the last one agreed in 2012. no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. >>> we cross to adam raney now, live in el salvador. >> we are here hearing from many people that this is almost a war level statistic of killing. we are joined by a former gang member a gang member in los angeles, he went to the united states during the civil war, and was reported during the gangs. his name is luis member of an organization that tried to reintegrate members of the society. >> what is the government doing wrong. >> they have been doing a lot of surveys, and i don't know why they don't see the surveys. they are telling

in an exclusive interview, a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spike in killings or members have been ordered to target police. >> police say there are no death squads but in a change of policy the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. both gangs and police say they're under attack. >> there are have been far fewer killings this month thanking last month, a sign some say that the gangs are sending a message they have the power to control the violence and now they want to negotiate. a new truce could prove as controversial as the last one agreed in 2012. no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. >>> the world's most widely used weed killer is at the center of a health care. roundup has been on the market since 1974 and it's sold in more than 160 countries. earlier in year the world health organization said it might cause cancer, an allegation still debated leaving consumers confused about whether they're in danger. as jacky reports, the french government has decided to act. >> reporter:

it doesn't matter if they're a black gang, an asian gang, a hispanic gang, or a white gang.los angeles county and they get arrested, they end up coming to the los angeles county jail system. >> the osj unit must rely on communication to help prevent gang violence. >> solving crime is all about getting the information from somebody. it's not physical evidence. >> who are you guys fighting with right now? >> we ain't with nobody. it's just mainly a money thing. mainly we just doing our thing. everybody's doing their individual thing. >> you have had a history of feuding with who? blacks or hispanics? throughout the years over there. >> it's been a history of whoever stepped on our toes. >> knowing which gangs are fighting each other helps the osj unit decide who to remove from general population and where to search for weapons. >> we have found them with hacksaw blades, anything that -- a metal rod. in our ovens you have the grills that you put in the oven to cook on. they'll break off the rods on that. here's a shampoo bottle that was just once a plastic bottle, they've melte

gangs there are for all to see.ordered a killing of bus drivers from prison cells bringing chaos to the streets. it seems there is little the government can do. >> translator: the hard working honest people build this country who are the victims of these attacks. >> translator: the gangs have shown that they ever the power because if they didn't they couldn't have paralyzed transport. >> reporter: the government says the 18th street gang ordered bus to his stop running or people would pay the price. more pressure from the gangs perhaps to force negotiations for a truce as the government cracks down on them. more than half a dozen bus drivers have already been murdered since sunday. some buses are still going out on their routes but only with heavy police protection because the drivers and the riders say they fear for their lives. this bus driver says he is afraid of being murdered but work is scarce here and he has to feed his family. the president dodged our questions about who really controls security, the governm

in an exclusive interview a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spikeat members have been ordered to target police. police say there are no death squads but in a change of policy the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened and both gangs and police say they are under attack attack. there have been far fewer killings this month than last month and the gangs are sending the message that they have the power to control the violence and now they want to negotiate. but a new truce could prove as controversial as the last one agreed in 2012. no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings adam rainy, al jazeera, el all have a doer -- el salvador. go to al jazeera for more stories we have been covering, al jazeera.com.

the gangs get them right? >> they're getting illegal guns. that's the problem. you have to go out and get the gang members off the street. they have to have a gang task force and there has to be aggressive policing. that's not the message being sent in chicago right now. >> i don't know if that's true. mayor emanuel and the police are tearing their hair out because they know how embarrassing this is. they want to stop it. i think greg is on to something. i think there's a culture here. i think it is a gang culture that attracts young people. >> that's true. >> it's not just the little kids. when i'm walking down the street the biggest threat is these guys want to rip you off and rob you. this is a terrible part of big city life. it is not just chicago, eric. it's all over the country. >> if you look at the numbers, the rates of homicide per 100,000 in chicago is five times that of new york. five times. >> you go to cities with larger black populations, philadelphia detroit, washington, d.c. it's at epidemic le

gang-related crimes do occur here. in the city's bergen county jail about 15% of the inmates are gang affiliated. while most are divided among racial lines, the dominant gang here has found strength in diversity. >> the predominant gang inside bergen county jail is united blood nation. they recruit anybody. they believe in numbers. it's a numbers game for them. there could be bloods from different ethnic backgrounds, black, white, hispanic. when i worked in the state prison system system i actually had a blood gang member who was a hindu. their willingness to accept anybody into their gang is what makes them the most dangerous. because we don't know where they're coming from. >> sometimes blood members don't even know each other. one blood everyone seems to know is michael bates, who has just met with his attorney and is not pleased with what he has learned. >> i got to go to trial now. >> why? >> they're throwing double-digit figures at me. i don't want it. if i got to do some time, they got to give it to me. i'm not

they may not be or have been a member of a gang. as several of you are well aware, there were situations in my agency where that policy was not understood and as a result, in a small number of cases approximately 20 individuals who identified in law enforcement databases as gang members were afforded deferred action nonetheless. that is unacceptable. we took decisive steps to correct our procedures to retrain our staff to ensure that that bedrock requirement of the deferred action for childhood arrivals program was fully understood. as a result, a number of those individuals have had their deferred action terminated. in a small number of cases we determined that the individuals actually were not gang members at all after thorough investigation, but you have my pledge that we will conduct our business at uscis, u.s. citizenship immigration service, in a way that prevents gang members from ever receiving deferred action. now having said that, i realize the topics that we are here to talk about are important and grave ones and i look f

, they were not after investigation gang members. senator grassley: what process if any, do you have in your agency in place to learn about daca's recipients' criminal activity in order to immediately terminate the benefit? director rodriguez: we obviously have ongoing contacts and discussion above all with i.c.e. we are notified in situations where individuals have either been convicted of a crime or where information is discovered that they are gang members when we receive that information we act on it. we are also in the middle of the daca renewal process right now. some individuals have been identified as being gang members during the course of that process and of course have been denied renewal and other appropriate action taken. senator grassley: does the agency require an interview in every daca applicant who has a criminal record? director rodriguez: we do interviews in those cases where , in order to resolve an outstanding issue, for example one related to either criminality or gang membership we do utilize interviews in tho

in an exclusive interview a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spikehat members have been order today target police. >> reporter: police say there are no death squads. but in a change of policy, the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. both gangs and police say they are under attack. >> reporter: there have been far fiewrg killings this month than last month. a sign some say the gangs are sending a message that they really have the power to control the violence. and now want to negotiate. but a new trees could be as controversial as the last one in 2012. >> reporter: no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. adam raney, al jazerra, el salvador. >>> a special bench of india's supreme court will hear a plea by a death row inmate for put his execution on hold. he was convicted for his role in a series of bombings in mumbai in 1993, killing 257 people. he says the court overlooked correct and proper legal procedures when it sentenced him to death in 2007. >>> it's a commonly used herbicide

the gangs are there for all to see. they order the killing of bus drivers from prison cells, bringing chaos to the seats. it seems there's little the government can do. >> reporter: it's a hardworking people that build the country who are the victims of these attacks. >> the gangs showed that they have the power, if they didn't they couldn't have paralyzed transport. the government says the 18th street gang ordered the buses to stop or people would pay the price. pressure from the gangs to force negotiations from the truth. more than half a doze in bus drivers have been murdered since sunday. some buses are going out on their route, but only with heavily protection. the drivers and their riders fear for their lives. >> this bus driver says he's afraid of being murdered but work is scarce and he has to feed his family. >> the president dodged our question about who controls security - the government or the gangs, and left it to his spokesman. >> it's not part of our strategy. we are not going to negotiate, communicate or

the grandfather was a gang member, father's a gang member, and the kid right now is going to be a gangr. >> reporter: how easy is it for these kids, 12, 13 years old, to get guns? >> it's so easy for kids here to get guns, it's like comparing it to going to the gas station and getting a 50-cent juice. >> reporter: for 12 years, diane latiker has run an after school program called "kids off the block" in one of chicago's deadliest neighborhoods. in 2007, she built a memorial with bricks containing the names of children and teens killed in chicago violence. after 374 bricks, she had to stop. there was no more room. nearly 600 more young people have died violently since then. >> if we would have kept with the bricks, it would have took over the whole block, sadly, sadly. >> reporter: diane latiker's idea is to keep kids away from gangs before they can be recruited. >> a big percentage say they made the decision to join a gang, or not to join, or participate in violence between fifth and eighth grade, so i said, well, that's who i should target, because if they make that decision at that t

women are at risk with women and girls forced to join gangs. adam raney reports, when some are caught by police, they are hope to be in jam. >> reporter: a young girl behind bars a refuge in a country wracked by gang violence. the girls we spoke to worked with the gangs, collecting extortion money from shopkeepers that feared for their lives. some were afraid to speak to us afraid they'd be killed. this woman has been here two years, collecting up to $1,000 a week for the 18th street gang. >> translation: they split everything. they help each other out. >> she was born into a poor gang community. her brothers are gang members, her boyfriend too until he was killed last year. >> many of the girls couldn't read or rite before coming here they are school and job training. sometimes they bring their babies in toe. four girls are raising their children here. school uniforms can't hide the signs of their previous lives. tat oos are the norm in a country where people brand themselves showing allegiance to gangs, neighbourhoods and boyfriends. many old

they help each other out. >> she was born into a poor gang community. her brothers are gang members, her boyfriend too, until he was killed last year. >> many of the girls couldn't read or rite before coming here, they are school and job training. sometimes they bring their babies in toe. four girls are raising their children here. school uniforms can't hide the signs of their previous lives. tat oos are the norm in a country where people brand themselves, showing allegiance to gangs, neighbourhoods and boyfriends. many hold on to hope that a better future may be there for them. on offer is skills, baking, beauty school and sewing classes - more than many had. many of the girls locked up told me they come from a troubled background and don't have many opportunities, they see the time as a chance to study or train for a job they hope to get once they are let out of here. often easiers than done. >> translation: once they pass through the door when they leave, we don't have control any more that's a limit to what they do. they can insert them into society

will always have prison gangs. guys aspire to do that. most individuals in a free society would aspire to be doctors and lawyers. these guys don't think past tomorrow. they don't know what they are going to be doing a half hour from now. they aspire to be the shot callers, the leaders, the gang members. and just talking to these individuals at various times, i have posed that question, why is it that you want to do this, this lifestyle? and basically it's because that's what they look up to. >> the inmate who was attacked will survive because of quick response from prison staff on the yard. >> they comply to your orders, they get down, you cuff them, bring them to the custody complex, interview them from there. if not, sometimes force is used, baton, pepper spray. in this situation, there was no weapons involved, therefore, the gunners didn't have a reason to shoot. >> the two inmates responsible for the attack were found guilty of battery and received 180 days added to their sentences. any time prisoners are invol

-- gang banging.gret these. i regret these so much. tattoos. i studied a lot of things in prison. basically trying to find inner peace because i was trying to change myself. so what i try to do to keep myself sane, avoid foolishness and try to stay out of as little trouble as possible. >> i see his reaction with inmates. he's definitely got a leadership style. it's a shame he's in jail. i'd like to think that maybe he could do something better with his life. >> a whole lot of good meal here. >> toomer who served time in prison and jail on a variety of other convictions has befriended a new arrival in the unit, william jarrett. >> he's a good kid, but he has some issues. >> while toomer is in segregation, jarrett is in protective custody. but they share the same unit and restrictions such as 23 hours per day in their cells. >> in this unit, i've been told there are some crazies here and there's some dangerous people. they're looking at me like i'm a weakling, and they're going to -- first chance they g

the parish is next to an area the city considers a gang hot spot known as gang zone. >> some of the citizens in some of these areas are in fear for their safety and for their kids' safety and quite rightfully so. >> reporter: officer morales got briefed on a new police strategy to fight rising gang violence over the last six weeks that include putting the elite metro unit in squad cars. >> switched hours to come in later and staying later into the evening which are times when we see a lot of these violence occurring. >> reporter: this woman likes the strategy saying it's important for people in the community to feel safe. >> everything has to be safe so we can be safe here around the park and everywhere. >> reporter: police say that gang zones will be mobile meaning if gang violence spikes somewhere else in the city the strategy will shift to that area of town. >> the idea is to saturate these areas that we've identified high advisability foot patrols, pro-active pro-active paroles. >> reporter: the new strategy took effect over this past weekend. they will reassess the results of the strate

i screwed it up because i wanted to make fast money selling dope and gang banging. now i'm in here. >> coleman's story was not unlike that of many inmates, but what happened to him in jail less than two weeks before his release serves as a true cautionary tale. it all started the day we met him at the louisville metro department of corrections jail in kentucky. >> we met donald coleman when we responded to a fight call in the jail. we got there and the staff was separating the various people involved. i approached both coleman and the man with whom he had been supposedly fighting. that man declined to be on camera. coleman was fine with it. >> we're just assessing him for injuries. you know. looking for anything that's fresh. >> they were basically telling the story that they had been horseplaying. >> were they fighting or what? >> horseplaying. >> said they were horseplaying. >> it's not unusual for inmates to say they never fought. there are always repercussions for fighting in jail. >> horseplay? >> yeah. >> so everybody comes up with the same story. i fell off m

they are gang bankers. it's not -- gang bankers. that's not true. majority are not in gangs, the shooting did not revoef around gang-related incidents. the majority are innocent victims. >> in may, michael brown was driving around the suburbs when he heard the window crack. >> it felt like someone punched me in my left shoulder, in the back. but i knew it wasn't just a punch, because it knocked me over. i slumped over the wheel. >> the 57-year-old father of two bullet. >> -- stray bullet. >> i'm not a gang banker or a thug. i'm thinking why would someone want to shoot me. i guess i figured out it was just an act of random violence. >> that would leave brown without the use of arms or legs, changing his life forever. >> brown taught high school mass for 34 years, and pastor for 17 at a church he founded with his wife. losing his place at the palpit was a big cost. >> how hard was it for you not to minister? >> i get a little emotional when i talk about it. i - ministry is my life. you know. to not be able to stand there and do what god has called me

in an exclusive interview a gang leader wouldn't admit that gangs are responsible for the massive spike in killings or that members have been ordered to target police. >> police say there are no death squads, but in a change of policy, the vice president this year said officers should feel free to shoot gang members when threatened. both gangs and police say they're under attack. >> there have been far fewer killings this month than last month, a sign some say the gangs are sending a message that they really have the power to control the violence and now want to negotiate. >> a new peace could prove as controversial as the last in 2012. >> no negotiating and no end in sight to the killings. al jazeera, el salvador. >> the president of colombia ordered a halt to airstrikes against farc rebels to boost the peace process. the government and the farc resumed talk two days ago after stalled negotiations. they've been trying for three years to end the 50 year civil war. >> the oblivion government has failed to reach an agreement with striking miners in la paz. the miners from the south demand

power. >> the 18th street gang ordered buses to stop running or people would pay the price. more pressure from the gangs perhaps to, force negotiations for a truce as the government cracks down on them. more than half does bus drivers have been murdered since sunday. some buss are still going out on their routes but only with heavy police protection because the drivers and the riders say that they fear for their lives. >> this bus driver is fearful but work is scarce and he has to feed his family. >> the question is who controls security, the government or the gangs and left it to the spokesman. >> it's not part of our strategy. we're not going to negotiate communicate or make any packet pact with these criminal groups. it's terrorism and sabotage of the public transpore system. >> this year dozens of police officers and members of judge's families have been killed. this opposition leader said that the government is facing a crisis worse than the civil war and is in denial. >> the government has to be humble enough to recognize what everybody sees in the open. that what they

many are being ordered to join gangs or risk being killed. we have this report. >> a yuck girl's prison, time behind bars and perhaps too a ref final in a country racked by gang violence. the girls we spoke to worked for the gangs collecting extortion money from shop keepers. some were afraid to speak to us, afraid they'd be killed when released. care lena has been here two years. she used to collect up to $1,000 a week for the 18th street gang. >> they split everything. they help each other out. they don't just think for themselves. >> she was born into a poor gang community. her brothers are gang members her boyfriend too until he was killed last year. many of these girls couldn't read or write before coming here so they're schooled in job training. sometimes they bring their beaks as they attended classes. four girls are raising their children here. school uniforms can't hide the sign was their previous lives. tattoos are the norm in a country where people brand themselves showing allegiance to gangs neighborhoods and boyfriends. many hold