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Have the right prescribing guidelines all over the country. now weve changed it. now there are limits. i believe were going to see better results. its going to take time to begin to see them. >> to the question of emergency funding, though -- >> well, were spending almost a billion on it right now. and why do we have a rainy day fund? ill tell you why, because we dont want to be in the middle of a fiscal year and having to start chopping programs. i have that as a reserve. at money, that $2 bill...

Gone in the snap of a finger. then ive got to go back and cut the schools in the middle of the fiscal year or i have to cut these drug programs because were going to have a balanced budget. were up 460,000 jobs in ohio. and people have worked, theyre less likely to be on drugs. when people dont have work, when people are depressed, they dont have faith or hope, not everybody, but thats where many go. tapping more into that. i think were in a good position now and well stay aggress ib on this iss...

>> i got four years state prison even though and in spite of the newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit mor...

Result of unfair sentencing practices. so hes making changes. a major change in the way prison sentences will be handed down, ordered by the nations top law enforcement officer. >> it was an outsized, unnecessarily large prison population, we need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, to deter and to rehabilitate but not merely to warehouse and to forget. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder announced the justice department will stop seeking mandatory minimum sentences for offende...

Newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit more feminine. but every year that i come to a county jail i am defe...

>> 16-year veteran nancy medina is the line sergeant for tower two. >> how you doing, ladies? >> shes responsible for all the deputies and custody assistants on the evening shift. >> i start out with check-in. we check in all our employees for the shift, specifically p.m.s. and then i go from floor to floor and check and make sure theyre doing their jobs, the count is clear. >> how come youre all in there? are you having a party in there? >> we have a certain number of inmates that are in the fa...

Where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit more feminine. but every year that i come to a county jail i am defeminized more. >> 46-year-old i...

>> i got four years state prison even though and in spite of the newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit mor...

Even though and in spite of the newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> were threatened for everything. were threatened. to sit for count. were threatened to get in our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit more feminine. but every year that i...

Even though and in spite of the newly adapted proposition 36, where were supposed to be able to go to drug programs if we have a drug problem, and i do have one. >> 50-year-old habitual drug offender kimberly jean maybe has a difficult time being treated like an inmate. >> we are threatened for everything. were threatened to sit for count. were threatened to get on our bunks. were threatened to get things out of our hair that may just make us feel a little bit more feminine. but every year that ...