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Felony charges to the 16 that brought him here. >> hes always getting into trouble mainly because he gets mad and frustrated just being locked up. it worries me because it seems like charges are never going to stop. >> hidalgo now has a trial date for his most serious charge, aggravated robbery. he recently turned down a plea bargain for 25 years but losing in court could result in a much longer sentence. >> i mean im just praying that everythings going to be okay. >> if i beat that one charge, ...

Partners defense. >> i came in, i grabbed guerrero by the arms, and i pulled him and tried to pull him off. but i sat there for a few minutes, you know, wrestling with him a little bit. >> the corporal was trying to restrain me. im with the other lawman trying to get him off my cellie, my home boy, blood everywhere. >> officers inside the housing unit security control room witnessed the fight and alerted the special emergency response team organization or sert. >> the sert team arrived, they sec...

House him and group him with other inmates, he tends to rub off on those inmates, and instead of dealing with one hidalgo, were dealing with many. although recently for the past few months hes been out of trouble, hes been cooperative, hes been behaving. one thing he requested because hes been behaving is a cell mate. after a careful review we allowed him to have a cellie. >> hidalgos cellmate was steven guerrero who is awaiting transfer to prison to serve a five-year sentence. >> i grew up pret...

Hes been behaving is a cell mate. after a careful review we allowed him to have a cellie. >> hidalgos cellmate was steven guerrero who is awaiting transfer to prison to serve a five-year sentence. >> i grew up pretty good. but hang around the wrong people. i guess good kid went wrong, huh? >> on the second day guerrero and hidalgo were housed with each other, the two inmates quickly showed up on staffs radar. >> hidalgo and his cell mate guerrero were disruptive across the day. and when we did c...

Stop. >> hidalgo now has a trial date for his most serious charge, aggravated robbery. he recently turned down a plea bargain for 25 years, but losing in court could result in a much longer sentence. >> im just praying that everything is going to be okay. >> if i beat that one charge, i still got to wait for the other charges. >> now that hes had all these cases, sometimes i feel that hes never going to come out. i mean, im still here for him because he is my son, but i hope one of these days he...

Corporal and regular officer. >> and he started to get real nervous, because, you know, he had no backup, hes over there with a weapon in a secured facility. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> im not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chilled out real quick. >> he threw the knife on the ground, not at the officer. it was very clearl...

That. i got females. got like money. >> hidalgos underarms display the initials of his gang, tango arejones. and on his abdomen is the image of a glock 40 millimeter handgun which he says is the favorite weapon of drug dealers. >> on the scale. i dont trust no one. when youre selling drugs you cant even trust nobody. even though when you do know the ones that are snitching on you. >> although hidalgo is proud of his extensive body art, hes starting to worry about how a judge and jury will react ...

Hes been in jail for the past three years charged with 16 crimes. >> i got an ag robbery, evading arrest, possession, daily conducts, dwi, assault, bodily injury. i got my whole list in my cell. >> hidalgo has entered not guilty pleas on all his charges. he also plans to plead not guilty to the five new criminal charges hes picked up inside the jail. >> two assaults on public servants and two arsons. i just picked up one last week and i got to wait to get indicted on that. >> what did you pick u...

>> after the meal service, corporal leyde and his partner decided to check the cell for contraband. >> and about the time the door opened i dont remember who was on which bunk, but hidalgo and guerrero both stood up and came towards the door and stood side by side creating a barrier. >> he wanted to search the cell and we didnt try to let him in. >> so we were like, hey, we want to come in and do a cell inspection, search for contraband. and they were like, no, you cant come in here. >> theyre l...

Hes been in jail, hidalgo has only seen himself get into deeper trouble. but hes maintained strong support from his family, and today his mother and grandmother have arrived to visit him. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> i visit him as much as i could, maybe every week, every two weeks, and it takes maybe four to five hours to even see him because he is one of the inmates that has to be walked with security next to him. hes not in population. hes always in lockdown. >> hidalgo also gets financ...