another day in paradise. during our extended stay shoot in tulsa, we met another inmate who would leave us and her fellow inmates with questions about the truth as well. jessica newell was an 18-year-old first-time inmate who had been booked into the jail three days earlier. all i want to do is prove my innocence so i can go home and be with my baby. within hours of her arrival, newell was placed in segregation for her own protection, locked in a single-person cell, 23 hours per day. but it wasn t because she was a new inmate. jessica! don t be sad, jessica. it s only assault and battery, baby. you re not even in here for something really serious. the people across from me, they asked me what i did to get in here, and i just told them me and my man got in a fight. i won t ever tell anyone what i did.
newell was in jail for four days when her husband, daniel barnette, came in for a visit. why didn t you shut up, listen. why did it take you so long to come up here? because i ve been having to work and stuff, baby. you never called my phone or anything to let me know when i could come. how could i call you, daniel? i ve been asking your mama when i should come up here. i was laying in bed and we ve changed, you know, 200 diapers. i mean, it s just routine getting up. i had the bottle made for her and i was laying there and jessica picked her up and started changing her diaper, and that s when we heard a squeal and it was a little different, like, so i tried to feed her, just do everything we usually do. and that wasn t working. and i noticed when we touched her, especially below the waist, she would make a little squall and everything. he denied categorically that his wife had hurt the baby. i mean, i really don t know.
nobody could tell us how did this baby sustain these very severe injuries. the visit made an impression on our production team, because of the one topic never discussed. as soon as i get my break on work, i ll come over and see you if you are home. if not leave me some cigarettes. i will leave you some cigarette. i don t even recall her talking with her husband about the baby. didn t discuss the baby at all. that was a little surprising to us. i love you. i love you, baby. i ll see you tomorrow, okay? the next day, newell was in the jail s video courtroom for her arraignment. where a judge would formally present her charges and accept her plea. i m very nervous. i don t know what s really going to happen. my lawyer said that he thinks he may be able to get the case dismissed, because he doesn t
her down to my mom and asked her what i should do and she told me to take her to the hospital. so i took her down there and they did x-rays on her and said that she had a broken femur. doctors also found a fractured clavicle and determined that the force used to cause these injuries indicated child abuse and they notified authorities. i told them i couldn t possibly have pulled on her leg too hard when i was changing her or picked her up too hard or sat her down too hard. i was tired. i didn t really think about it. i didn t think i was doing anything to hurt her. newell is married, but says being an 18-year-old mom feels nearly as restrictive as her current circumstances. it s been hard. i have no friends, because everyone that s my age is not married or have kids. no one understands me.
i will be completely restored i did not do that. i did not kill no 21 different people. and that would appear to be the truth. clagett would later plead guilty and be sentenced to five years in prison for assault and battery. he served a year and seven months and us with released on probation. more than two years after we met him, no murder charges had been filed. another day in paradise. during our extended stay shoot in tulsa, we met another inmate who would leave us and her fellow inmates with questions about the truth as well. jessica newell was an 18-year-old first-time inmate who had been booked the jail three days earlier. all i want to do is prove my innocence so i can go home and be with my baby. within hours of her arrival, newell was placed in segregation for her own protection, locked in a single-person cell, 23