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The first-time inmate is awaiting trial for the murder of a former classmate, justice afoa. >> this is my home kind of. yeah. >> because her case is considered high-profile after making local news, guzman is housed in the jails female segregation wing where she can be better protected. >> im in the worst situation possible. i can get in more trouble. its hard sometimes. its really hard. >> guzman has only made one friend in the unit. kelsey erwin, an inmate well-known for trouble has taken her u...

Then after she left, a couple of more girls left and so it just gets quieter and quieter. >> with help from erwin, guzman requested the transfer to general population where she would have more privileges and be around other inmates. either way, a murder charge could keep her in santa rita for years until her case is resolved. >> the worst part is not knowing. its almost like youre stuck in here and you find yourself, you cant even think about your future. sometimes you want to daydream about stu...

Feels sometimes like im going to be here forever. i dont want to be. i want to go back. >> i told him point-blank, as far as im concerned, youre never going to get out of administrative segregation. due to your actions, what youve done, what youve said. your threats. no way. >> six years is an unusually long time for any inmate to be in jail, much less in segregation. daniela guzman has just completed her first night in jail, also in segregation. due to the high-profile nature of her case. >> it...

>> you dont have to worry about either getting woken up by somebody in the middle of the night or you dont have to worry about im reading my book, am i disturbing her by keeping the light on. >> you didnt have to go back to sleep now, huh? you honestly think i can go back to sleep? >> thats why now im just like man, put me back in the hole. these girls are -- hm. >> whether its in the boisterous housing units of general population or the isolation of segregation, guzman is well aware if shes fou...

The reports state that investigators have numerous text messages from guzman, indicating that she had been part of a plan to murder afoa. one that began three months prior to the crime. since her arrest 12 hours earlier, the story has already made local news. as a result, jail officials have decided to place guzman in special housing. >> so they put you in red. red means that youre going to be segregated. what we call ad-seg. youre going to be housed by yourself. every time we move you to and fr...

>> when padilla returns to his cell from court, hes not happy to see its been searched. >> i go to court in the morning, i fix myself. they come search my cell. all messed up. its not necessary for them to do that. they can get in here, search my cell. look for whatever theyre looking for. they dont find anything, its not necessary to do all the messed up stuff like that. police officers, they dont really know you inside in your heart. your feelings. >> staff believe they cannot take any chances...

This place not for me, man. >> ronnie padilla asks jail officials to end his isolation. and daniela guzman finds general population might not be what she expected. >> thats why im now, like put me back in the hole. these girls are -- but i wasnt really feeling it. you know what, im not buying this. you gotta come a little harder dawg. you gotta figure it out. eh, i dont know. shaky on the walk, carriage was off. randy jackson judging a dog show. i dont know dawg. surprising. whats not surprising...

Because she didnt know anything about it. you know? she didnt know what -- she didnt know anything about it, man. >> rafael, he just kept calm. i couldnt. it was just too hard. i just kept crying. and i kept telling them im sorry. >> guzman and tovar will not be allowed to see each other again until their trial. >> like i said, daniela, i love you and im always going to be here for you regardless. regardless. regardless of what happened. regardless of what happens. >> coming up -- >> kelsey thin...

Longer. though she says she admitted to police her role in the murder of justy afoa, guzman entered a not guilty plea shortly after her arraignment and now the case will go to trial. >> hey, i was wondering if i can come get tovar thats in c-5. >> guzmans brother, rafael tovar, also says he admitted to police that he helped stab afoa to death. but now he too has entered a not guilty plea. >> ill go downstairs and grab tovar downstairs and bring him up. >> all right. well just be right here. >> w...

I dont see anything major that i need to. >> when padilla returns to his cell from court, hes not happy to see its been searched. >> i go to court in the morning, i fix myself. they come search my cell. all messed up. its not necessary for them to do that. they can get in here, search my cell. look for whatever theyre looking for. they dont find anything, its not necessary to do all the messed up stuff like that. police officers, they dont really know you inside in your heart. your feelings. >> ...