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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 jail's female segregation wing where she can be better protected. >> i'm in the worst situation possible. i can get in more trouble. it's hard sometimes. it's really hard. >> guzman has only made one friend in the unit. kelsey erwin, an inmate well-known for trouble has taken her under her wing. >> i trusted her as far as showing me the ropes and everything and i'm very appre...

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. it's almost like you're stuck in here and you find yourself, you can't even think about your future. sometimes you want to daydream about stuff and i want to go do this, i want to travel, i want to something, you know. it's like you're ju...

Feels sometimes like i'm going to be here forever. i don't want to be. i want to go back. >> i told him point-blank, as far as i'm concerned, you're never going to get out of administrative segregation. due to your actions, what you've done, what you've 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 wasn't easy. you know, everybody knows i'm the new girl. they yell a lot. pound on the doors....

>> you don't have to worry about either getting woken up by somebody in the middle of the night or you don't have to worry about i'm reading my book, am i disturbing her by keeping the light on. >> you didn't have to go back to sleep now, huh? you honestly think i can go back to sleep? >> that's why now i'm just like man, put me back in the hole. these girls are -- hm. >> whether it's in the boisterous housing units of general population or the isolation of segregation, guzman is well aware if she's found guilty, the lifestyle will be one she must get used to. >> there's females in here that h...

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 you're going to be segregated. what we call ad-seg. you're going to be housed by yourself. every time we move you to and from court, you'll be in waist chains. waist restraints. there are various reasons but a lot of time...