Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Ralph, a former correctional officer in San Diego.

0:00 Inside Protective Custody
1:20 Growing Up Around Crime
6:56 Why I Became a Correctional Officer
11:58 Working Inside State Prison
14:11 First Prison Homicide
15:53 Prison Riots & Violence
17:52 Inside Protective Custody
22:17 The Toll of Working in Prison
24:21 Prison Gangs & Prison Hierarchy
28:55 Contraband, Drugs & Prison Weapons
34:53 Life Inside Protective Custody
36:02 Retirement After 26 Years

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