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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 program. >> no more drugs, no more [ bleep ]. no more runn...

Be praying for you. all right. >> one month after salmons cell mate died. another inmate is charged with the murder of his cell mate. prior to these two suspected homicides. there had only been three murders at the main jail in its 26-year history the last was five years earlier. you think youve got a bunch of criminals in there, that would happen. if you asked me a year ago, i would said we have a good track record. if you do consider the 2,700 people are eligible for bail and average bail is $...

Mate soiled himself. >> the guy was just all confused and disoriented and sat on my bad. hes leaking out of his pants. i didnt really lose my temper. i smacked him and he fell back and hit the concrete part, edge of my bunk when he went backwards. yeah he was bleeding. he bled pretty good. i had to change his clothes and change his shirt because he had blood on him. he was talking and everythings fine. >> salmons says several hours later, his cell mate was lying on the floor, but that he often s...

Classification will come and talk to you in a few minutes. >> few minutes? >> yep. >> the inmates are given a temporary housing location until they talk to classification officers. through the classification process is, you know, how we find out if people need to be separated from the general population, if they have any gang issues, if they have any enemies or if they have any psychiatric issues. and then they house them appropriately after that. for inmate sobel and inmate potter, since it doe...

For sex offender. they often make inmates target for violence. >> i didnt know that. thats why i thought maybe i got it. i didnt know any of that. >> salmons does say after about a week together, his celly was getting on his nerve. >> i was losing my mind. you better get in here or this guy is going to get hurt. i thought i was going to get out of the cell. i begged them. i was like, please get one of us out. the deputies wouldnt do anything about it. >> jail officials will not comment on open c...

>> jail was not my thing. only time i was in here i stayed on restriction. tried to smoke cigarettes in here. >> salmons got into the kind of trouble that goes beyond cussing and smoking. he got upset with his 54-year-old cell mate. hours later, the cell mate laid dead in the cell. he pled not guilty. >> it was a freak accident. i hit the guy one time. he fell back and his hit head. if i knowed it in my hard i killed it, i wouldnt be fighting it. from what little thing i did for that little hit,...

>> one month after salmons cell mate died. another inmate is charged with the murder of his cell mate. prior to these two suspected homicides. there had only been three murders at the main jail in its 26-year history the last was five years earlier. you think youve got a bunch of criminals in there, that would happen. if you asked me a year ago, i would said we have a good track record. if you do consider the 2,700 people are eligible for bail and average bail is $460,000, we have serious crimin...

I had traumatic brain injury. i was in a hospital bed at that time. i was heavily scarred and everything. i was given the purple heart. i dont even remember, ive seen the picture of my colonel putting it on my chest. >> sobel was honorably discharged due to his many injuries. but now he faces charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy. according to police, he allegedly stabbed two men in a brawl. involving his girlfriends ex-boyfriend. >> lima beans, pumpkin pudding...

>> 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. >> weve got to start picking our jurors out. >> salmons must remain in jail awaiting trial for murder. if found guilty, he could get life without parole. >> i had those pigeons to come back to. every time i seen them, makes me...

Both my clavicles were snapped. i had traumatic brain injury. i was in a hospital bed at that time and i was hilly scarred. i was given the purple heart. ive seen the picture of my colonel putting it on my chest. >> sobel was honorably discharged due to his many injuries, but now he faces charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy. according to police, he allegedly stabbed two men in a brawl involving his girlfriends ex-boyfriend. >> like lima beans, the pumpkin pu...