. >> just hours earlier, 18-year-old danielle karmak became one of the youngest inmates to be assigned bed here. she was arrested for probation violation. her original conviction was second-degree manslaughter. two years earlier, she killed her father. >> i just remember, you know, grabbing the gun. and i just pointed it. aimed it right at his head. you know, yes, my intentions were to kill at that moment. i shot him multiple times in the back of the head. i know it is hard for some people to grasp, but when you're up against a wall and in fear for your life, up against the wall, there is no telling what you would do. >> karmak lived alone with her father. according to reporting, there was abuse in the home. >> the night before we get in an argument. he's hitting me, pulling my hair. he punches my face, blacks my eye, bloodies my eyes, bloodies my eyes, blacks my nose, finally, goes to bed. i'm shaking. >> karmak says when the abuse continued the next morning, she felt her life was in danger. she picked up her father's gun and shot him in the back of the head as he sat on the couch. >>