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aggressive inmates. he trains against staff members and he trains to fight against inmates, both. constantly making threats to deputies, challenging them to fight. padilla is a member of the serenos, an offshoot of the mexican mafia, whose members are usually from southern california. he wants to be respected. if he feels disrespected, he definitely lets you know. they know i ll go off on them and let them know. you a cop, i m an inmate. you a man, i m a man. i won t care if we go to court, going to pick a new case. i ll handle this man to man. when we re around him, we make sure we have two deputies with him at all times just because he can be a serious risk when you re around him, you
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i don t see anything major that i need to. when padilla returns to his cell from court, he s not happy to see it s been searched. i go to court in the morning, i fix myself. they come search my cell. all messed up. it s not necessary for them to do that. they can get in here, search my cell. look for whatever they re looking for. they don t find anything, it s not necessary to do all the messed up stuff like that. police officers, they don t really know you inside in your heart. your feelings. staff believe they cannot take any chances on padilla s heart as he is awaiting sentencing on five counts of assault with a firearm and attempted murder for stabbing another inmate at santa rita. his long stay in segregation will continue. daniela guzman remains in segregation as well. but she has decided to make the best of it. i met a sheriff the other day
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.