when you're around him, you don't want to drop your guard any time with him. >> padilla was arrested seven years earlier and has since been convicted on five counts of assault with a firearm and one count each of firing a weapon from a moving vehicle and attempted murder. his sentence has been delayed pending appeals but his violent ways have continued during his long stay at santa rita. >> ronnie padilla, when he came in here, he started causing problems and getting charged with assault in here. >> one of those assaults resulted in an additional conviction for attempted murder after padilla stabbed another inmate. >> the victim had a fairly good-sized cut on his side of his neck. >> due to his behavior, padilla has been confined to his segregation cell 23 hours per day for the past six years. >> it's hard for me to do time like this. being here by myself. i start to think about my case. family. my future.