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Waiting for charges for theft and forgery. it is a strict regimen that the inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they are dropped. >> we have rules, and it is kind of funny, but if they dont have their keys on them or the locks on the lockers or leave out the books or the chairs down, and we want them focused and thinking, and we dont want them too comfortable, but always working on themselves. >> sofield faces an additional challenge. >> im 63", and if you turn your feet hit this thing, and i h...

>> i will not lie, because i think about getting high, and it is always in the back of my head, but that is it, i cant get high ever again. i am 29 and still a little bit young, but i have been around a lot compared to system of the kids in here that are still young, and they think about it, and everybody thinks about it, this is it, i cant get high one more time, but there is never one more time when it comes to heroin. one more time, and you know how many times i said that? and it leads to the...

Approaching his first month in the drug rehab center, aaron sofiel sofield. after the discomfort of fitting into the bunk, and feeling bored. >> it is just boring and repettive. >> he said that seeing inmates like him dropping out has renewed his will. >> and it may not mean a lot to a lot of people, but it is just a coin, but it shows that you worked through the program, and you deserve it. it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the people who care. i am really ready to take the right step...

>> aaron sofield continues to deal with his addiction, and the drugs rehabilitation center. >> aaron sofields growth was amazi amazing. he came in the attitude of maybe i will do that program, but from that day, it progressed to wow, i do have a problem. i do have something in my life that is not going to right way, and i need to change it around. >> in fact, sofield who was in jail on a theft conviction recently turned down a chance of freedom in order to complete the program. >> he went to cou...

Am starting. i know i am going to. we have lived his lifestyle, but we are going to live mine. >> but costa is not sure that change is on the horizon. >> it is not going to be any different than the recent past has beench. it is the way of the past and i see myself getting high again when i get out of here, and whether she wants to or not, she will, too. >> i know that he is going to complete this program for me, because he knows that i dont want to be away from him ever again after this. it doe...

Hackensack, new jerseys bergen county jail. it is not just a lockup center, but also a drug rehabilitation center. >> we were the first correctional facility to open up a drug rehabilitation center. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that is also successful. >> since it has more men than women, the mens side houses 18 inmates. >> i dont have amateur addicts burk the real mccoys. i have guys that live on the street and homeless, and i ...

And you leave the other one in there. and you have the key, right? >> i was addicted to heroin twice a day. i had about $200 a day, and 50 bags a day. it affected myself and my family, and i heard this is the best program in the state to be clean. luckily, i got arrested to get into here. >> my life was good. i have a great family. i had a great job. i stole from my family, and they dont trust me. they gave me so many chances, and this is the last chance, because if i dont succeed here, i dont h...

Im 29 years old, and i would have never thought that my life would have come to this. you know, i i lived a pretty good life growing up. family loved me, and people cared about me and a lot of friends. i had a girlfriend for the past four years. we broke up about eight months ago because of my using. i was engaged to her. and just, i chose the drugs -- i chose the drugs over her. >> aaron sofield continues to do time in the bergen county jails drug rehabilitation center while