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Result. >> the day she was released from jail, reddy was treated for a heroin overdose. three weeks later, shes back in the jails intake department. she was arrested for being under the influence of drugs in a public place. >> seriously. leave me alone. >> when melanie reddy came in the last time, she was certainly dope sick. dope sick means somebody thats coming in from the street, they havent had a fix, you know, in a few hours. its when your body is starting to realize, hey, where is that dru...

>> i actually wrote a check. it was only for 90 bucks. i called her account. thats what her account said, she had 90 dollars. i was like, all right, ill write a check for 90 bucks. she said i had overdrafted her account and now its $150 and the fees keep piling up. my family doesnt have it like that. she gets by paycheck to paycheck and she pays for everything. like, who am i to take her money? she doesnt know who i am anymore. she just wants her daughter back. >> in the meantime her mother is r...

Awaiting trial for allegedly robbing two banks. but her life in jail has taken a major turn. her cell mate and good friend, melanie reddy recently had her prostitution charge dismissed and has returned to the streets. >> the neighborhood that im from, the armpit of massachusetts, its gangbangers, drug dealers, prostitutes and addicts. i love it. i dont know what it is about that place because its disgusting, but i [ bleep ] love it. >> i know how it is like being out there, especially when youre...

Arrested on the tough streets of the countys largest city, oakland. and its not unusual to discover friends, family, or neighbors here. >> everybody knows everybody here. >> we know each other from the streets. were like family. >> vincent del judas has known his cell mate, john martinez, since childhood. >> we grew up from since knee high, went to elementary together, juvenile hall together. now were here. we know its kind of crazy, because were going to see each other in the pen. >> they grew ...

This fresh breath of air. instead of just stuck inside the housing units. >> take care of yourself. >> thank you. i hope i wont come back. >> i hope you wont come back, too. >> nieves once lived for a short time in georgia. he says now he would like to return there. >> a lot of trees. fresh air. its different from california. california is fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. and georgia is calm, slow. day by day. >> change has arrived for john mcfarland as well. its been two weeks since his former fri...

>> i am not here to attract any attention. i dont want none of these guys. i dont want no sexual play. i want none of that. i see other homosexuals in here, they use the colored pencils, their makeup, their lips. thats too much. where are you going? they already expecting for us gay boys or gay girls come here and be [ bleep ] because there is all these men. you come here and be so flamboyant. theyre really going to like take advantage of that. you dont want that. good boys are not in here. >> i...

Regardless of the cost. >> am i shining bright? >> you are shining bright. baby. >> am i shining bright like a diamond? >> or by finding a friend, like leila arguetta did with his cellmate john mcfarland. >> he is very open minded. hes a young individual. he has a lot of experience from the streets. >> but now the two have had a falling out. >> he made a statement that we dont have to speak. were just two inmates in a cell. >> so youre not talking to each other? >> no. >> and it is kind of, you ...

Years for armed robbery, is not shy when it comes to expressing disdain for staff at floridas santa rosa correctional institution. >> thats what we call a class "a" jackass. >> during a recent cell inspection aimed primarily at finding documents to link his cell mate to a gang, officers also found some interesting documents among johnsons possessions. >> how often have you fallen in love? do you believe in love at first sight? how old were you when you first had sex? >> we write letters to our g...

Did you draw this? >> yeah. >> you drew this? >> i cant answer. >> you understand, a five star. you know? >> i mean, its nothing violent or anything like that. >> but you are a blood. >> what are you trying to figure out? >> we are trying to figure out what set you are. >> doesnt really matter what set i am. if im a blood, im a blood. >> i will put you in the right set. this is for classification to know where you are, who you are, so they wont put you with somebody else that will take you out, ...