history. it s clean. but he knows what happened the last time padilla was in general population. he stabbed another inmate and almost killed him. but it didn t stop there. when the deputy went in, he didn t back off. he had to take a face full of spray at that point too. before he would stop? yeah. i don t see any good coming of him going back in there. as he has several times in the past, deputy bounds gives padilla the bad news. he said right now he doesn t think it s a good idea. i know that it was going to happen. they always [ bleep ]. it s so screwed up. probably because they don t like me. that s why. let me tell you something straight up. it s not because i m trying to fight with deputies, right? it s not that. it s not that. it s not the case. it s something else but you don t want to tell me. it s no excuse to use to hold me in here. i don t want to be behind this door no more. right? whatever time i got left to do, right, i m going to start doing this hard time
ronnie padilla asks jail officials to end his isolation. and daniela guzman finds general population might not be what she expected. that s why i m now, like put me back in the hole. these girls are
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.
i know one day i am going to go home. i hope it can be soon. padilla routinely applies to be sent back to general population where he would be less isolated and have more privileges. padilla, what s up man? i want to go back, you know what i m saying. i don t want to be in this place no more. this place is not for me. if you go back to main line, you re not going to have any issues, no problems? i ain t got a problem with nobody. i ve been good. okay. i ve got to talk to schlegel and talk to him, see what he says. all right. thank you. appreciate it. deputy bounds dutifully takes padilla s request to deputy schlegel, head of the gang classification unit. and it s not the first time. i just went and talked to padilla out there in one. my buddy. your buddy. he s bugging me about going back to main line. deputy schlegel reviews padilla s recent disciplinary