." >> built in 1852 and home to california's death row, san quentin state prison was bursting at the seams due to overcrowding when we shot our extended stay series there. but san quentin had one program designed to discourage troubled teens from ever joining its ranks in the future. >> okay. gentlemen, this way. >> through the squires program, selected inmates shared their experiences with teenagers who had already had run-ins with the law. >> what we need you to understand, you are in san quentin this morning. you are in a place that no kid should ever want to be in. you should be out playing somewhere in the park. you are here because of something you did. >> what's your first name? >> angel. >> angel? >> yeah. >> how old are you? >> 13. >> i'm 16. >> jonathan, i'm 16, too. >> what you want to know, that this is your life, man. you have an opportunity to leave out of this place and never come back. >> let me introduce myself to you guys. my name's david. i'm about to be 25 years old in a few more months, but i have been in prison since i was 15-years-old for murder. >> david monro

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joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california's san quentin state prison. and when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. >> this morning you did come out of your cell. we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind, and you were discovered with injuries. and here's the medical report. >> despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. >> they're trying to find out what happened. i won't tell them what happened. >> any specific individuals you know are your enemies? >> no, sir. >> how about any prison weapons offenses? >> no, sir. >> do you belong to a gang? >> no, i don't. >> i mean outside of what you're being accused of, being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries in your history? >> no. >> due to this evidence, you're deemed a threat to the safety and security of the institution, to staff and inmates. >> escort! >> without good information about what prompted the attack and whether this attack could l

. >> at san quentin state prison, we learned that not only do gangs force most of the prison population into racial segregation, they even draw boundaries on the rec yard. >> this is the lower yard. and the inmates segregate themselves out here, the reason being that the gangs want it that way. the blacks are over here. the northern hispanics is our main gang here at san quentin. and it's because they're better organized. the white guys are over here on the parallel bars and on the picnic table. over in the corner you see where the asians are sitting. you can't just walk and sit on a table. i had to explain that. i almost got into a confrontation with that two or three times because, you know, i saw a table and i sat down, you know, it's not like that. you got to ask for permission to sit down there. >> even such a minor misstep can be taken as a sign of disrespect, and that can lead to widespread violence. though correctional staff is constantly on the lookout for weapons, it's well known that many on this yard are armed for battle. and none more so than the northern hispanics. >> they

considering changes to a practice of with holding phone calls and visits from loved ones at san quentin state prisonurt is criticizing the practice of not allowing calls or visits from families. the court says that policy punishes inmates and they discourage sick people from getting help. >>> debate in contra costa county after supervisors decided to give themselves a raise. ktvu's rob roth tells us union workers in the county are not happy at all. >> reporter: for months contra costa county public employee unions have been trying to stop them from collecting a 33% pay increase. >> we are barely coming out of the great recession and the most we got was 4%. they stepped to the front of line and gave themselves a 33% raise. >> reporter: union representatives delivered 39,000 signatures from voters today. that is more than the 25,000 needed to force them to reverse the pay raise or let voters decide. >> for them to not have the care or feelings about the workers and their well being. we are all struggling. >> this is one of the most unpleasant tasks we have had to face. >> reporter: last october the bo

." >> built in 1852 and home to california's death row, san quentin state prison was bursting at thems due to overcrowding when we shot our extended stay series there. but san quentin had one program designed to discourage troubled

few, though, made as lasting an impression on us at solon league of california's san quentin state prison. >> i'm a third timer. the youngster is a first timer. he got 12 years. i only got 13 days now. so i'm really preparing him to what is ahead of him. we keep our house clean. >> league gave both his cellmate and our producer a lesson on the finer points of laundry behind bars. >> i get my t-shirt, grab my bar of soap, dip it in the toilet. keep my toilet fresh and clean. scrub it out. like so. and once the toilet fills up, it's fresh water now. i can just rinse it. i fold my towels. put it here. right up under here is my clothesline. >> league went on to give us a cooking demonstration, using toilet paper like a stovetop burner. >> take this, set it on the edge of the toilet. because it's got to breathe. set it here, light it at the bottom. as you see, it's like a fire. you hold your can over it, and you cook. therefore your water gets hot. flush it down. grab a damp towel because you don't want it to be on your toilet. don't want to burn your toilet up. i get my bowl, crack my soup op

prison. a unique program at one of the state's most infamous prisons is hoping to break that cycle. and it was the inmates' idea. we have the story. >> reporter: inside san quentinn video shows just how isolated life can be behind bar paps cross the prison yard there is hope for what lies beyond the prison walls. in this class, inmates are learning to understand the social reasons for their incarcerations. most of these men are serving life sentences with the possibility of parole. >> this program is one of the only places to where guys of every different nationality and ethnicity, religion, can come together and hold conversations that revolve around race and gender and class. and within a prison, this is unheard of. >> is it equal, though. is it fair? >> this is alliance for change. a nonprofit started in 2008, for men at some quentin. they were frustrated that people were leaving prison without the resources or understanding they need to succeed on the outside. >> the views of what is a fair outcome or distribution of resources. >> reporter: to illustrate, they use cookies. >> there's only 11 here? >> reporter: 11 cookies for 14 inmates. >> does anybody have