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Being here once is enough. >> believe it. you have to believe it. >> i know, yeah. >> at the end of the six month sentence in tampa florida, sherea dean says shes ready to give up her former life of drug use and prostitution. >> im over this. if i keep doing the [ bleep ] im doing, im going to keep coming back here. i dont want to be the person coming back through the doors. especially the person detoxing and strung out. its embarrassing and humiliating. i never want to be that person again. >> ...

At hillsborough county, drugs have played a role in the arrests of many of the inmates, including katie ellis who says she committed her crimes to support her habit. she just recently pled guilty toe burglary and drug pair fa nailal charges and was sentenced to 364 days in jail. shes also required to complete the jails drug rehab program. >> the drug program might help me, but i really dont think it will. i mean, im 21. i want to be young and reckless right now. >> what do you want to do when yo...

>> i miss derrick telling me he wants to cuddle because hes so big. and i miss doing libertys hair and painting her nails and i miss the way, like i cant do anything wrong. the baby just thinks like im just -- i used to cuddle them, and i miss the way they smell. my mom takes good care of them, though. she really does. >> so are you the drug problem? >> yes. >> you ought to try to go through our alpha program. >> okay. thank you. >> its the best in the nation, our drug program. you havent been s...

I mean, i know everybody doesnt like him and everything, but he was really nice. he knew i was in here for drug charges and he wanted me to do the drug program. it was more rehab than me just being brushed through the system. i love you. write me postcards and spray your cologne on it. and ill see you at girl scouts, okay? youre going to be picking me up soon. i love you, too. >> i love you, too. >> i love you, mom. bye, mommy. >> bye, baby. >> love you. >> i love you more. i love you more than ...

To make your case. one opportunity to say this is what i have to prove my innocence and he took the road of basically abandoning ship. >> right. >> from our perspective, were thinking, okay, you have a drug program in place. this great program since 2002. theres been 12 arbitrations hearings since then. all 12 players testified when theyve been given their chance to testify. might recently ryan braun. wipe are you not taking the opportunity to state your case to say, i believe that the legal tea...

Im not here to deter them or beat them down or tell them this is the end of your life. we have classes to help them learn mechanics, culinary classes and fresh start. we want to help them once they leave here on to whatever theyre going to do once they leave. >> in 2004, the r.i.d.e. program was started to reduce the number of repeat offenders. >> we started a program called r.i.d.e. that stands for rikers island discharge enhancement. under the umbrella of r.i.d.e., we have a lot of components ...

Well. >> im curious as being a member of the house ways and means committee, your chairman, dave kemp, he wants to subpoena hhs and get the numbers of people who have enrolled up to this date. do you want to see the numbers? >> you know when we started the part d, the drug program. medicare, we didnt have an oversight hearing for six months. we waited and let it get started. because the democrats didnt come in and hammer them and try and make them look bad or anything else. what kemp is doing is...

>> i think they will -- >> listen to bill clinton. you love bill clinton. >> this is massive. the trap door, the boobie trap for the republicans if they spend the next six to nine months if they focus on execution than the brand of their party -- >> this next sound bite is a stretch. i tried it on friday. it rang hollow. when the former president does it it works, but you can tell he has to like really try to talk around it. he doesnt have that thing. president bill clinton defended the program ...

>> it made me look at him differently. i mean, i know everybody doesnt like him and everything, but he was really nice. he knew i was in here for drug charges and he wanted me to do the drug program. it was more rehab than me just being brushed through the system. i love you. write me postcards and spray your cologne on it. and ill see you at girl scouts, okay? youre going to be picking me up soon. i love you, too. >> i love you, too. >> i love you, mom. bye, mommy. >> bye, baby. >> love you. >>...

Just -- i used to cuddle them, and i miss the way they smell. my mom takes good care of them, though. she really does. >> so are you the drug problem? >> yes. >> you ought to try to go through our alpha program. >> okay. thank you. >> its the best in the nation, our drug program. you havent been sentenced? >> no, i havent been sentenced. i havent been -- >> lets get her through there. the drug program. >> thank you very much. >> okay. see you guys. >> okay. bye-bye. >> thank you.