jail completed in 1912 looked more like an ominous castle compared to its modern replacement which opened next door in 2000. paul abdul wiggins is one of the few inmates whose long record of coming in and out of jail spans most facilities. i m a man of my word. i got to keep my word. that s all i got. wiggins has had more than 40 stays at the jail and a litany of drug, theft and robbery convictions that he says all stemmed from addiction. i used to sniff heroin and coke. it was something that i allowed myself to like when i should have beeti it at all times. now a 49-year-old grandfather, wiggins says he wants to change. i asked my creator to erase this taste from my mouth, take this taste away from me. i believe i m strong enough now to fight that demon that s inside of me. wiggins opportunity lies in his sentence for his latest drug
i believe i m strong enough now to fight that demon that s inside of me. wiggins opportunity lies in his sentence for his latest drug possession charge. his judge has told him he can either serve five years in a state prison or enter an approved drug rehabilitation program at a halfway house and stay clean. i think that somewhere in his life he s reached an epiphany. if you will. he realizes he can t do this. you can t do this your whole life or else you end up dying in here or your family dies while you re in here. and i think that s become very real to him as he s gotten older. wiggins ability to get into a drug program lies with dawn breeden, who has tried to help him in the past without much luck. all right, i m going to see mr. wiggins. breeden is the jail s inmate advocate. part of her job is matching inmates with community resources.
both of these inmates were x ed out of the gang. and we went ahead and moved them into the protective custody unit. after the fight we were still cool and we still stuck together, no matter what, because we knew where our hearts were. i knew where my heart was and i knew where my head was. i knew where i was standing. and basically, we both said you know what we re still young, we don t need this right now. but the two friends would not be together long. though sanchez is waiting to go to trial on a drug possession charge, his judge has approved him for a work release program. sanchez? during the day sanchez will be released from the jail to go to work. do you need employment or do you have a job? i have a job. wood floors. today you can go pick up all your clothes, whatever you need. each evening sanchez will be required to return to the jail. be back at 7:00. 7:00? report to the annex, though. okay. all right. all right.
i never had a regular job. narducci was serving eight months on a drug possession charge. i was working in the street, down on the west farms and some guy approached me. he gave me the money and i went to the drug dealer and got the drugs for him and gave him the stuff, crack. and before you know it, they got me and him, my first felony. narducci told our producer she had worked as a prostitute for the last 14 years. i didn t like myself doing it. i wasn t too happy about it. but i had no choice. i had no money. i had no nothing. how many years did you do that? ooh, since i was 21. narducci hopes the skills she has picked up in the bakery will give her a second chance as a mother. you ve got a daughter? yes, she s 14. she s with her father s mother in florida. what s her name? roseanne. she writes to you? yeah. what does she write? oh, she s saying that she
and we went ahead and moved them into the protective custody unit. after the fight we were still cool and we still stuck together, no matter what, because we knew where our hearts were. i knew where my heart was and i knew where my head was. i knew where i was standing. and basically, we both said you know, what we re still young, we don t need this right now. but the two friends would not be together long. though sanchez is waiting to go to trial on a drug possession charge, his judge has approved him for a work release program. sanchez? during the day sanchez will be released from the jail to go to work. do you need employment or do you have a job? i have a job. wood floors. today you can go pick up all your clothes, whatever you need. each evening sanchez will be required to return to the jail. be back at 7:00. 7:00? report to the annex, though. okay. all right.