i ve got to deal with it, and it s hard. it really is hard, you know? but perez knows showing too much emotion here can be dangerous. you can t let people see you for what you are. that s where your weaknesses and your faults come in. people will ride that right to the bank. you have to be an actor while in jail because sometimes you re going to have to be an act other than what you really are. steven caponi is a self-professed expert at taking advantage of vulnerable inmates. he spent the last nine months in confinement for extorting alleged child molesters. recently, his request to move back to general population was granted. the sergeant gave me the third degree last night. he said we ain t going to have no problems, are we? but this is jail, you have to do what you have to do. caponi s transfer isn t the
bad attitude, always talking back, being belligerent toward staff. to me, a verbal confrontation is not that serious. it s like okay, we had a disagreement and that s it. but to them it s like you guys are arguing. you guys have to be separated completely. so far, her violations have not been serious enough to place her in one of the jail s confinement units, where she would be locked in her cell 23 hours a day. that s where steven caponi has spent the last nine months. they were going to put me back in population. i told them oh, no, i m not going back in population. very comfortable where i am right now. got nobody in my face. i ve got privacy.
whether directly or indirectly, drugs have led to the incarceration of many of the inmates at the county jail. my drug of choice is crack. i ve been charged with two robberies. i have no recollections whatsoever of doing these crimes. all i remember is leaving a crack house, waking up in a field. that s it. teach caponi s troubles didn t end there. in jail, he was extorting other inmates he says were child molesters. he would threaten them with violence if they didn t put money on his books. for one, it was $40 a week, from the second one it was about $80 a week. the hustle landed caponi in confinement. he says he s enjoyed the solitude. but after nine months is ready for a change.
thank you. this is a privilege. thank you. i plan on doing the right thing and staying out of trouble. she s always yours, ma am. if she comes back to me, she ain t coming out. i m going to try my hardest not to go. because i don t want to lose my privileges again. even with a strong motivation, the transition back to general population can sometimes be a tough one. steven caponi only lasted a few weeks there before he was sent back to confinement. i knew i would come back here. i didn t think i would be back here nor what i came back here for. but i knew it was only a matter of time. caponi s trip back to confinement started when the deputy caught him making fun of another inmate. the inmate in question that he was picking on had trouble walking and keeping his balance and inmate caponi was making gestures like he was going to
i would like to be in population so i can be around people. so i talk to somebody. can i talk to you for a second? yes, what s up? you didn t get anything back from them? i put of them in last week. during his time in confinement, caponi has run out of canteen snacks. i had a bunch of canteen in this corner. it s all gone now. and he has no money left on his books. i m eating my fingernails. you think people are going to think you want to go back there to do your old tricks? that s exactly what they re going to think. he ain t got no money now, the reason he s out of confinement is he wants to hustle again. that s exactly what they re going to think. i don t care what they think. he might be trying to manipulate, but that s part of