. >> but according to michelle, angeline lizzarago stands out among the rest. >> she is my star teachingi don't even have to ask her. she just anticipates my needs. >> trust is a big issue. and when you have a teacher or even a deputy that trusts you, that you do not need close supervision, means a lot to an individual woman who has been stripped of dignity and self-esteem and all those other things. >> it doesn't look like it, but she can eat. >> i love to eat. being italian, that's our thing. it's a culture thing. eat. >> lizzarago, who is on probation for grand theft in another county at the time of her arrest, was originally charged with 23 counts of what prosecutors said was a mortgage refinancing scam, aimed at immigrants. >> i was doing really well. i was successful. i had a $1 million company. >> lizzarago made a plea deal in which she was sentenced for five years for grand theft and ordered to pay $32,000 in restitution to nine of her victims. >> come on, ladies! let's go! i'm assuming you're hungry! it's dinnertime. what does that mean?! >> due to overcrowding in the california

best solution is to simply separate the women for the duration of their stays. 69-year-old angeline lizzaragoe once punched and kicked a younger inmate who was trying to intimidate her. but now says yoga is far more effective than violence when it comes to surviving jail. >> we get up at 3:00 in the morning. i make up my bed and then i pray and i do yoga for an hour and a half to two hours. >> lizzarago is nearing the end of a 2 1/2 year stay at santa rita for her part in a mortgage scam. along with quieting her mind, she's also busied her hands. >> since i was about 12 years old, my grandmother taught me how to crotchet, how to knit. so i do a lot of that stuff for the girls in here. and to also help keep me occupied, help me stay sane. >> that's nice. >> liz lizzarago will soon trade needles for knives. she is just weeks away from release and plans to expand on what she has learned through the jail's food services class. >> so what's the first thing you're going to do when you go home? the very first thing? >> the very first thing i'm going to do when i walk down that ramp is, i'm going to