“Engaged” means it's my first sentence inside. One of the program we always talk about on first sentences is whether there is a place in the country, in each region, where you can send a first offender.
So say it's my first time. I stole a car. I have a file. I'm coming in. I don't want to go back to the criminal stuff. I want to change. I want to get out of that. But for now I'm going to an institution with people who come from gangs.
Do you seriously believe a guy who is so proud to be a Hells Angels, is so proud about what he's doing outside...?
They call us “les citoyens”.
We are paying taxes for them. We are paying money to government for them. They have a beautiful life. They are not engaged, to us. They are complicated. And they're going to put pressure on the guy coming in.
When you're searching a range and they want to hide some brews, some drugs, they are going to go to a new guy on the range and tell him he's going to put this, this, and this in his cell.
Don't forget this guy is facing a Hells Angel. He's facing a tough guy. He's going to be a little bit scared about that, so he's going to do it.
And guess what--when we search, we're going to find the drug in his cell. Is he going to tell us it's not his, it's the drugs of the bad guy? He will be scared. He will have to go to segregation because he's going to ask for protection.
It's complicated.