it's sacramento county's downtown jail.ake their way to and from the adjoining courthouse. a few days earlier, sobel was here for a bail hearing with his co-defendant and girlfriend, ariel potter. he attempted to get an envelope to her by pretending she dropped it and handing it to a deputy to give to her. >> i'm going to try to give it to one of the deputies down there, saying she forgot it in the courtroom and hopefully it gets into her hands. >> it's just been discovered by another. >> i think it's a female's property item. it's a a paper bag, report down her name and location. but it turns out to be some kind of card, i don't know if she was trying to pass it off maybe to her boyfriend or husband or whatever this was from last week and she hasn't come down. i don't know if she's out of custody. a very good possibility. she came down, she wants it, we'll give it back. but once it stays too long, it ends up in the trash can. >> soon after we met her, potter declined to speak any further on camera as she tried to adjust to

jail. this is considered sacramento county's second or branch jail.ke other jails where the majority of inmates are only charged with crimes, awaiting trial, the majority of the 1900 men and women here are already convicted and serving sentences. >> this is not a place to be, children. this is what we do here every day. >> this is due in part to a california law passed in 2011, designed to give relief to the state's once dangerously overcrowded prison system. now thousands of inmates who would normally have gone to prison are diverted to county jails like rio kasumnas. at the center of this 140-acre facility is a 50-foot-tall security and control tower. >> the tower supervises the entire facility. you have a 360-degree view. we have one deputy up there at a time. staffed 24/7. our job is to sit up here and check the fences, make sure nobody is trying to escape. if somebody is near a fence, we have a lot of programs that they're out there cutting the grass, make sure they're within the perimeter. >> we're monitoring the cameras, 24/7. at the same time

sacramento county's finest. >> reporter: those residing inside the sacramento county jail.ed downtown, the main jail houses about 2,000 men and women. most of whom are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. should any of them be found guilty one of several laws, some passed by legislators, others by voters, could affect their sentencing. the best known of these laws was approved by voters in 1994. california's three strikes measure. >> folks reached a point of saturation. three strikes was an initiative that said, look, if you get two serious or violent felony, the third strike, locked up 25 to life. increased the population of state prisons to be sure but filling the state prisons with folks that had a demonstrated track record of victimizing others. >> it would appear that this get tough on crime initiative was voted in because of offenders like gregory gavin. >> a lot of this charges, theft and violence. seems to be his claim to fame. >> his first two were for burglary and robbery. though he's racked up others over the past ten years

. : officials say a female inmate found unconscious at the sacramento county main jail later died at a hospital. the 48-year-old inmate was found unresponsive this morning. deputies immediately notified emergency medical personnel.then attempted life saving measures. jail officials say they saw no signs of trauma on the body.and do not suspect foul play. >> j.r. : the inmate had been held since may on charges of attempted murder.aggravated mayhem.and elder abuse. >> j.r. : a berkeley woman and an oakland man are the winners of this year's berkeley half marathon. anna breton won with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 34 seconds. she has won the female portion of race for the past 3 years. >> j.r. : u-c berkeley student sam robinson won with a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes, 22 seconds. more than 7-thousand runners competed in today's race. the event raises money for youth in berkeley through the berkeley public schools fund. >> vicki: sixteen people have been detained in raids linked to possible attacks in belgium. there were 22 raids today-- nineteen of which were in brussels. however. paris

counties have won grants to build or fick up the jails. the santa clara is under scrutiny. the mercury news reports a large number of add slow cats were in sacramento for a vote on the funding. they would rather see the money go toward mental health programs. >>> san francisco county received $80 million toward a new jail. they voted for city to chip-in $160 million. the current jail is considered to be unsafe. san francisco does not need a new jail since the inmate population is declining. >>> east bay mudd has a list of water wasters. the owner of a 1200 square foot house used 13,000 gallons of water a day over the snappleer. the homeowner -- summer. he said he had a leak but he fixed it. in danville used 6,000 gallons a day and a resident used 5,000 gal it's a day. >>> big weekend for music fans. garth brooks is returning to the bay area. he will be joined by his wife trisha yearwood. they will perform three shows. according to ticketmaster boat saturday and sunday are sold out. there aren't many tickets left for tonight. if you're driving near the center allow plenty of time. >>> more lawsuits are being filed in connection with the balcony coll

sacramento for a board. they were urging not to give the grant money to the jill but to mihm -- jail, but to mental health programs. san francisco county received $80 million toward a new jail. the board of supervisors voted for the city to chip-in $160 million. the current jail at the hall of justice is considered to be size lickly -- seismically unsafe. alameda county received a grant of $54 million. >>> a federal appeals court removed an obstacle to resuming death penalty. >> this ruling does not open the door to the death penalty, there's other legal hurdles. one law expert said that fewer than half of the inmates on death row in the u.s. are executed. >> there's no way california will be better than that. let's acknowledge this is a waste of time, of money, frustration for victim's families and have a system that works. >> since california death penalty was reinstated in 1978, 900 people have been sentenced to death but only 13 have been executed. >>> california taking a fresh look at whether turning ocean water into drinking water could be a way to make the state drought proof, the attention is on a plant in carlsbad. it is due t