daniel espinosa has just helped give the name some credence after spending 30 days in segregation, or as he calls it, the little box, he s finally been released to what he calls the big box. general population, where he had more privileges and time outside his cell. but now just six days later, espinoza is on his way back to the little box. we got in a fight. someone jumped someone. he got involved in a three on one in which he and two others pretty brutally assaulted another inmate. i beat the [ bleep ] out of him. sent him away in a bus. what s that? an ambulance. like i said, beat him severely. passed out one time during the fight. went to the hospital, bleeding from the ear. not quite sure what his head trauma was, if any. the jail normally punishing fighting by placing the participants in segregation for
would be assault and battery. a conviction could then send him to state prison for up to eight years. most people come into the building. they don t want to make what they have worse. so they generally keep really bad behavior in check on their own. for the most part. yeah, there s a lot of fights and things like that but they quickly are broken up. but they don t go too, too far. a person to pick up a significant charge like this is actually very rare. while espinoza s long-term consequences are still unknown, his day-to-day life back in the box is completely predictable. i try to sleep until, like, 1:00. and i get up. read for a while. work out. anything, just to make the time pass. separated from everything, you know, the outside world. so you learn to deal with it, it s called the box life. coming up it s 13 windows over.
up to 30 days. is a clinic available for one to come up, the altercation on two? for especially violent incidents, the jail may also choose to file criminal charges, but first, staff will review surveillance video of the fight. at that table is four detainees including daniel espinoza. you can see mr. espinoza looking back to see where the officer s positioned and see where the officer s sight lines are. another interesting part is this gentleman who knowles the attack is coming most likely. he s vacating the area because he s chosen he s not going to be a participant. as the gentleman raises his arm, that s the signal to the others that the three-on-one attack is now ready and then he strikes the victim and you see mr. espinoza begin to rise from the table with the other detainee who joins in and what ensues is a flurry of punches and kicks to an essentially defenseless detainee. if additional criminal charges are filed against espinoza, the most likely charge
here is the segregation unit where inmates are placed after fights or other serious disciplinary violations. other than toiletries and legal papers, they are not allowed personal property and are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. while segregation is officially known as the 6-1 unit, inmates have another name for it. the box. get down. it s hell on earth. the box sucks. a lot of times you go to the 6-1 unit, you hear a lot of screaming. i m going to kill you. i m going to get you. [ bleep ]. these people really do not like each other, and they will take every opportunity to tell whoever is listening how much they don t like somebody else. unlike some segregation inmates, dan espinoza usually keeps quiet. especially about the fight that earned him 30 days here.
but espinoza has tried before. when i get to a spot where i think i should be, like i have the house, the car, the girl now, everything s great, that s usually when i pick out. i ll start out smoking weed thinking it s okay to smoke weed once in a while. that progression leads me back to heroin and once i pick up heroin i look at everything i have and i go, probably got three or four months before this is all gone and i can t stop until it s all gone. i ve been happy, real happy, but sometimes i like the pain. the box life.