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>> a year earlier, shanholtzer was given a six-year suspended sentence, placed on parole, and required to go to a drug treatment program after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance. when she failed to attend the drug program, the judge reinstated her six-year sentence. >> thank you. >> but shanoltzer said she had taken her recovery into her own hands. >> i got clean and sober. got my first job. a member of my church. im learning how to drive. im 30 years old. i dont know how to...

Into to get this. theres a lot of work on everybodys part to get this thing right. the last thing we can afford right now is for the dog to bomb because we didnt pick the right handler. >> i this i we got it. >> three months into it, decides this isnt really what i -- >> yeah, exactly. >> elmos primary duty is to detect illegal drugs inside the jail. 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 ...

Literacy is, to me, a very important -- in this country. so this kills two birds with one stone, where the mother will be able to read a book into the camera and we will send the dvd to the kids. >> 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. ...

>> 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. >> 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 i...

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 to help them with sobriety, housing and employment. we want to link them up while theyre here doing their sentence, so when they get out, they go to meaningful jobs an...

When she failed to attend the drug program, the judge reinstated her six-year sentence. >> thank you. >> but shanoltzer said she had taken her recovery into her own hands. >> i got clean and sober. got my first job. rad member of my church. im learning how to drive. im 30 years old. i dont know how to drive. im going to school and im doing everything i can, and i finally got sick and tired of being on the run. so i turned myself in. i turned myself in with 36 members of my church with me, and i ...

Handler. >> i this i we got it. >> three months into it, decides this isnt really what i -- >> yeah, exactly. >> elmos primary duty is to detect illegal drugs inside the jail. 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 dru...

>> being here -- >> you believe it because you have to believe it. >> i know it, yeah. >> nearing the end of a six-month sentence in the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, sheree dean says shes ready to give up her life of drug use and prostitution. >> im over this. i realize if i keep doing the [ bleep ] that im doing i will keep walking through the doors. oh, didnt you just leave? there are people who come in here are detoxing and strung out. i used to be that person. its embarrassing...

>> being here -- >> you believe it because you have to believe it. >> i know it, yeah. >> nearing the end of a six-month sentence in the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, sheree dean says shes ready to give up her life of drug use and prostitution. >> im over this. i realize if i keep doing the [ bleep ] that im doing i will keep walking through the doors. oh, didnt you just leave? there are people who come in here are detoxing and strung out. i used to be that person. its embarrassing...

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 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. ...