. >> daniel espinoza paid a price for drug addiction. high when he was arrested for shoplifting, he assaulted several deputies in the initial court appearance as a result, he spent his first 30 days in suffolk county in segregation. now he is on his way to general population where he will have more privileges and time outside his cell. >> today i'm getting out of the roll. we will see what's going on. the new unit. we will see what's going to happen. >> daniel spent the last four months living and working in the jail's infirmary hoping good behavior would convince them to overlook his history and grand him a history to general population. >> here got to a point where he had a cleaned the unit and he came a lot further than they were anticipating. >> they did get a transfer. not the one he wanted. he's back in the box. >> in segregation, i had a disagreement. you can't go here and here and here. he likes to get what he wants. he is manipulative. yesterday morning he had an incident with the juice was leaking and decided he didn't want to

staff will review surveillance video of the fight. >> at that table is four detainees including daniel espinozayou can see mr. espinoza looking back to see where the officer's are positioned. this gentleman knows the attack is coming and he's vacating the area because he doesn't want to be a participant. as the gentleman raises his arm, it's ready. he strikes the victim. you see mr. es pa snows sa arrive, who joins in and what ensues is a flurry of punches and kicks to an essentially defenseless detainee. >> reporter: if additional criminal charges are filed against espinoza, the most likely charge would be assault and battery. a conviction could then send him to state prison for up to eight years. >> most people come into the building. they don't want to make -- what they have worse. so they generally keep really bad behavior in check on their own. yeah, there's a lot of fights and stuff like that, but they go too, too far. a person to pick up an additional charge like this is actually very rare. >> reporter: the long-term consequences are still unknown, it's day-to-day life back in the box is