i m in ad seg because i left from the hole last time like a year and a half ago, they gave me assault on staff. since i was in the shoe when i left, they brought me back in the hole, that s how they do it. so now i m back in here waiting to go to icc to find out when they re going to let me get out. matthew usually returns to prison for petty crimes. he has a history of committing more serious offenses behind bars. he s capable of a lot of violence in custody in the prison system. and in fact, he hasn t been in a general population setting since i think maybe 2003. and that s because he keeps getting in trouble. he batters the officers. he s resistant, uses alcohol in custody. whoops. that didn t work. good, how are you? good.
of the 3,000 inmates at the santa rita jail near oakland, about 10% are women. most of them live in general population units where they re free to be out of their cells and socialize several hours per day. but approximately 20 other female inmates live a far more confined life in the jail segregation unit. those are the people housed separately. there s one person per cell. never allowed to be two people in a cell. it can be anybody from a high-profile case, can be a safety issue, it could be somebody who does not i call it doesn t play well with others. they don t fit in with the general population setting. kelsey, you got one hour. all right. each of the women is allowed out of their cells one at a time for one hour per day. don t be mad because you re not out.
of the 3,000 inmates at the santa rita jail near oakland, about 10% are women. most of them live in general population units where they re free to be out of their cells and socialize several hours per day. but approximately 20 other female inmates live a far more confined life in the jail segregation unit. those are the people housed separately. there s one person per cell. never allowed to be two people in a cell. it can be anybody from a high-profile case, can be a safety issue, it could be somebody who does not i call it doesn t play well with others. they don t fit in with the general population setting. kelsey, you got one hour. all right. each of the women is allowed out of their cells one at a time for one hour per day. don t be mad because you re not out.
pretty much what they do is they get a needle, they make a pocket in your face, they push around to make it hollow and they put a plate inside the slit. because those piercings, according to him, are irremovable, we don t know that and we don t know what those piercings are capable, once they re taken out they could contain contraband. they could be used as a weapon, could be against himself, could be against staff or even fellow inmates. i have another one on the back of my neck. it s called a surface staple. as you can see, there s a bar through my neck and there s two flathead screwdriver parts to it. basically, for mr. ruiz, for him it s been a good thing being isolated because he won t be exposed to a general population setting. he won t be exposed to gang politics. he won t be exposed to inmate pressures. so for mr. ruiz, it might have been a saving grace for him that he actually had piercings and that he was removed from general population so he doesn t have to
get a needle, they make a pocket in your face, they push around to make it hollow and they put a plate inside the slit. because those piercings, according to him, are irremovable, we don t know that and we don t know what those piercings are capable, once they re taken out they could contain contraband they could be used as a weapon, could be against himself, against staff or even fellow inmates. i have another one on the back of my neck. it s called a surface staple. as you can see, there s a bar through my neck and there s two flat head screwdriver parts to it. basically, for mr. ruiz, for him it s been a good thing being isolated because he won t be exposed to a general population setting. he won t be exposed to gang politics. he won t be exposed to inmate pressures. so for mr. ruiz, it might have been a saving grace for him that he actually had piercings and that he was removed from general population so he doesn t have to answer any of those questions.