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Drug use, ties to a notorious gang, a brush with murder, and motherhood. >> i have three daughters that are adopted by their grandmother. and i have a beautiful little boy. >> how long has it been since youve seen your daughters? >> its been nine years since ive seen my daughters. >> why is that? >> because i cant stay out of jail for over a year. i will not be a yo-yo mommy. once im out of jail for a year, then i will slowly try to work myself back in to their lives. this is not who i wanted to...

Gnarly thing. >> open the door. >> a year earlier shanoltzer was given a six-year suspended service, placed on parole 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 drive. im going to sc...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

Back on a couple of occasion with injuries. >> this child suffered a broken arm at the point when she was taken over to the fathers in october. the baby was taken from the mother back in october because the mother had a drug program. the health and human services department decided to help the baby, let the baby stay with the rather. last thursday the father i believe got wind of the fact that the mother filed. you know, obviously this is a very dysfunctional family. the victim in this case, i t...

bit. of course, newt gingrich at the presidential debates and the rivals, they exchanged jabs, engineer jeers and some jokes last night. even though there had been 723 presidential debates you always get something out of these things. maybe the line of the night. listen to who rick perry decided to compare himself to. >> there are a lot of people out there, i understand it. a lot of folks who said tim tebow wasnt going to be a very good nfl quarterback and people stood up and said, wel...

Including katie ellis who says she did her crimes to support her habit. she recently pled guilty to drug paraphernalia charges and sentenced to jail. shes also required to complete the jails drug rehab program. >> the drug program might help me, but i really dont think it will. im 21. i want to be young and reckless. >> what do you want to do when you get out of jail? >> first i want to get high. my dream of life is to party like a rock star. make a living with my music. ♪ we love to creep aro...

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. ...

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. how long you going to be here? you havent been sentenced? >> no, i havent been sentenced. i havent been -- >> lets get her through there. the drug program. >> thank you very ...