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Mate. >> salmons says he struck his 54-year-old cell mate with an open palm after the inmate soiled himself and sat on salmons bed. salmons says he has no idea how the man died a short time later. at the time, salmons was nearing the end of a one-year sentence for vehicle theft. >> 23rd is the prelim. thats where its set. we got to start picking our jurors and stuff out. >> salmons must remain in jail awaiting trial for murder. if found guilty, he could get life without parole. >> i had those pi...

Failing them twice would be committing a type of suicide in my life. uh-huh, we dont even have a samoan word for suicide. we dont believe in that [ bleep its not our life to take. but that would be how intense it would be for me to disappoint my siblings. >> mulitauaopele has been in the jail for the past five months for failing to report to a drug rehabilitation program. but now her judge has given her a second chance. she will soon be released on probation on the condition she reports to the p...

Inside the downtown main branch of the sacramento jail county system, salmons is housed in a total separation but hasnt lost his sense of humor. >> hows my hair? >> total separation is total separation. youre by yourself. you move by yourself. youre transported by yourself. you have no more contact with an inmate except talking through a door. >> salmons and other t-sep inmates are only allowed to come out 30 minutes a day. >> everybody looks forward to coming out, use the phones, talk to their ...

Sentenced to serve one year at the jail. >> jail was not my thing. only time i was in here i stayed on restriction. cussing peopleut to trying to smoke cigarettes in here. >> salmons got into the kind of trouble that goes beyond cussing and smoking. he admits to getting upset with his 54-year-old cell mate and striking him. hours later, the cell mate laid dead in the cell. and salmons was charged with murder. he has pled not guilty. >> it was a freak accident. i hit the guy one time. he fell bac...

No they gave me six months. >> starting at age 18, arguetta has had numerous days at santa rita, robbery, prostitution, drug possession and parole violations. >> i sell my beauty. >> you sell your beauty? >> i sell my beauty. >> thats another word for prostitution. >> arguetta found a confidant in his new cell mate, john mcfarland. >> i know to ask for what i want in a very seductive way. >> how do you do that? >> it depend. it depends on the individual when they pull up, what kind of car theyre...

>> am i shining bright? >> you are shining bright. baby. >> am i shining bright like a diamond? >> shining bright. shining bright. >> or by finding a friend, like laila arguetta did with his cell mate john mcfarland. >> he is very open minded. hes a young individual. he has a lot of experience from the streets. >> but now the two have had a falling out. >> he made a statement that we dont have to speak. were just two inmates in a cell. >> so youre not talking to each other? >> no. >> and it is k...

And today -- miguel nieves will return to the streets. >> it feels good just to have, this fresh breath of air. instead of just stuck inside the housing units. >> take care of yourself. >> thank you. i hope i wont come back. >> i hope you wont come back, too. >> nieves once lived for a short time in georgia. he says now he would like to return there. >> a lot of trees. fresh air. its different from california. california is fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. and georgia is calm, slow. day by day. >> ...

Woke up with morphine. i was like whoa. thats when it hit me, that it [ bleep ] happened. tubes and everything in my throat. you know what i mean? he was there when he went to the hospital, you know what i mean? >> javier moscedo, also a serrano, is nieves cell mate. his presence during the interview is required by the gang. their policy is to have a monitor whenever one of them speaks to the media. >> what are you listening for as far as what he can or cant say? >> you know, the basic stuff. ju...

Butter cookies. muffins. my mom and dad support me. they put money on my books. and i am able to get everything i need. >> danielle benefield is no stranger to shopping with other peoples money. she is in jail for stealing wallets from other shoppers. >> on a weekly basis you can spend the max $125. i shopped $115 last night. got all my stuff. i am trying to lose weight. but however i am not going to cheat myself. >> inmate benefield she is a character. she loves drama. she loves drama. >> benef...

>> were just trying to figure out what set you are. >> it doesnt really matter what set im in. im a blood, im a blood. >> i want to put you in the right set. this is good for classification, know where youre at, who you are. so they dont put you with somebody else that is going to take you out, put you with a bad inmate. >> i guess you could put bird gang down. >> bird gang? >> yeah. >> is that what you are? >> yeah. >> really? why didnt you tell us that in the first place? >> a little bit of co...