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And night, $2,000 a day, thats 50 bags a day. so i heard this is the best program in the state to get clean. im lucky 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. they dont trust me. they gave me so many chances, and this is the last chance, because if i dont succeed here, i dont have no family backing me up. and i come from a big family. ill be out on my own. and i dont want that. >> sofield has pled guilty to theft and ...

It is not just a lockup center, for men and women facing a variety of charges, its also a drug rehabilitation center. >> we were the first in new jersey to open up a rehabilitation center in a correctional facility. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that is also successful. >> since the jail has many more men than women, the rehab side houses about 30 inmates. >> i dont have amateur addicts. i have the real mccoys here. i have guys t...

>> we have 50% rules in our facility. its kind of funny. but if they dont have their keys on them or their locks on their lockers or if they leave the books out or chairs down, we want them focused, we want them thinking. we dont want them too comfortable. we want them always working on themselves. >> sofield, however, faces an additional challenge. >> im 63" and my feet hit this thing when i try to sleep. you wake up every time you try to turn. its freezing. i fall asleep and have drug dreams. ...

Im still a little bit young but ive been around a lot compared to some other kids in here who are still young. you know, they all think about it, too. everybody thinks about it. i cant get high any more? just one more time? but theres never one more time. when it comes to heroin. you know how many times i said that? and it always leads to the next day, the next day. never one more time when it comes to that. >> coming up -- >> im 63", my feet hit this when i try to sleep. you wake up every time ...

Token. >> this coin is really a token of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value itself, but coping and completing this program in 90 days is a very difficult task. so the ability to get through it without getting written up and kicked out is important. i wish you all the best on your journey, and i hope that you put the same effort into discovery house that you did here. okay? >> thank you. thanks. >> you feel good to see somebody come in on day one and see the change in them. if we get...

Heroin addict. hes a week into the 90-day program. >> its little boring. same stuff. ive been through two rehabs before. so i know what its about. >> what do you miss about the streets? >> the thrill, running around, just the rush that we get. im really not missing my friends. you know? girls. you know, everybody misses girls. but my friends and that, i really dont care. i make friends no matter what. >> sofields newest friend in the drug rehab center is michael parapar who is only weeks away fr...

Heroin addict. hes weeked into the 90-day program. >> its little boring. same stuff. ive been through two rehabs before. so i know what its about. >> what do you miss about the streets? >> the thrill, running around, just the rush that we get. im really not missing my friends. you know? girls. you know, everybody misses girls. but my friends and that, i really dont care. i make friends no matter what. >> sofields newest friend in the drug rehab center is michael parapar who is only weeks away fr...

Im 29 years old, and i would have never thought that my life would have come to this. you know, i lived a pretty good life growing up. family loved me and people cared about me. had 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 awaiting sentencing on ...

I know im going to. we lived his lifestyle. now were 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 been. unfortunately. thats just -- im just being honest. i see me getting out of here, getting high, unfortunately. and if shes around me, whether she wants to or not, shell probably go back to it too. >> i know hes going to complete this program for me, because he knows that i dont want to be away from hi...

For theft and forgery. >> chow up, last call. >> its a tightly run program with a strict daily regimen that inmates must adhere to for 90 days or theyre dropped. >> we have 50% rules in our facility. its kind of funny. but if they dont have their keys on them or their locks on their lockers or if they leave the books out or chairs down, we want them focused, we want them thinking. we dont want them too comfortable. we want them always working on themselves. >> sofield, however, faces an addition...