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At sacramento's county correctional center, a new cell with friendlier inmates seem like a ray of sunshine for purple heart recipient ryan sobel. it has been all downhill from there. >> they gave me five days in the hole with everything taken from me. which was a definite experience. kind of brought me back to the movie "cool hand luke." >> sobel was given five days in segregation, locked in a single man cell 23 hours a day with loss of privileges for attempting to send a letter to his girlfriend. >> the letter was written to her grandparents. i just put a note in there saying, hey, can you re...

>> we shouldn't have gone. we should have been the bigger people and just ignored it and just didn't go. >> potter and sobel were arrested several hours following a violent confrontation with her ex-boyfriend and some others. two of the people they fought with suffered stab wounds, allegedly inflicted by sobel. now the couple only sees each other from a distance during court hearings. >> have you tried to pass any messages to him? >> i'm in the trying to get in trouble. i mean, it's pretty simple. self-explanatory. do this, you don't do that. all we get to do is say i love you through the cell...

>> ryan. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, man. >> aj. nice. >> the new cell is designed for 12 men. but is currently housing three. >> we're very respectful in here, we just want cool, peaceful environment. if you want the tv off early, we'll come to an agreement and make it so if it fits everybody's schedule and criteria. you have to be respectful in here. otherwise we'll get trouble your way. >> in case there's any forgoting, sobel's cellmates have the rules taped to the wall with special emphasis on the last one. 20 miles away. it's sacramento county's downtown jail. inmates make t...

Ends up in the trash can. >> soon after we met her, potter declined to speak any further on camera as she tried to adjust to her new surroundings. several weeks later, she has changed her mind. >> when i first got in here i was having extreme panic attacks and anxiety attacks and i couldn't breathe, it was scarey. i cried all the time. i thought i was going to be out within a couple weeks. i still am kind of confused about a lot of things and it sucks being in the dark and not knowing what's going to happen. waiting for court date to court date. living on that week to week. it's difficult. it ...

Just didn't go. >> potter and sobel were arrested several hours following a violent confrontation with her ex-boyfriend and some others, two of the people they fought with suffered stab wounds, allegedly inflicted by sobel. now the couple only sees each other from a distance during court hearings. >> i'm not trying to get in trouble. i mean it's pretty simple. self-explanatory. do you this, you don't do that. all we get to do is say i love you through the cell holding doors and that's it. >> i love you ariel. >> love you. >> coming up. >> they give me five days in the hole with everything take...