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If you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. >> eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. >> i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you are in the system, you will be back. >> eric johns was defi...

Short amount of time left and basically we rarely have any problems here. >> i get along good with all of the officers, sergeant, corporals. you know, were inmates and of course, theyre the people in charge of us. i get along great with them. i dont answer back, you know? you just do what youre told. >> while most inmates working here can make up to $15 a week, the main incentive is to earn game time, an exchange in which they receive time off their sentences for days worked. >> you get one day ...

Once youre in the system, you will be back. >> eric johns was originally convicted of sexual assault. he completed his sentence but now hes back in jail for violating his parole. >> theres nothing in here that fascinates me or that makes me happy. this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> the hardest thing, from my point of view, is just the consistent isolation. >> 39-year-old darrell robinson was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl and is currently appealin...

>> i was told by my first probation officer, after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. >> eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. >> i am a three-time loser. thi...

We work with different types of tools and implements here and inmates have to be searched on a daily basis. all of our utensils, knives, spoons, theyre all accounted for on an hourly basis here. everything is secured to the tables via a cable. if for some reason we happen to lose a tool or something happens, we would search the kitchen, search the inmates. but weve never had a situation like that. most of the inmates are very cooperative. they understand they have a short amount of time left and...

>> at the metro west detention center, the largest of miami-dades facilities, inmates are housed in dormitory-like settings with a correctional officer in the unit at all times. >> whats unique about having a facility of all men is that to me its sort of easier to control at times. we can relate to a man on a one-on-one basis and you can calm the situation. >> man, you got to get off that bar. thats it for that. no more of that workout stuff. >> lets do it. chow. come on, guys. chow. >> dependin...

You just do what youre told. >> while most inmates working here can make up to $15 a week, the main incentive is to earn game time, an exchange in which they receive time off their sentences for days worked. >> you get one day for every six days you work. so more or less you have about five days a month. thats the maximum you could get a month is five days of gain time. and you can get about 30 days total within 6 months. >> eric is serving time for burglary and grand theft. >> i got about two m...

Thats the maximum you could get a month is five days of game time. and you can get about 30 days total within 6 months. >> eric is serving time for burglary and grand theft. >> i got about two more months left and im out of here. i get to go home. when i get out, i look to get back with my family and i have a lot of making up to do. the longer you stay, the more you learn a lesson. so i definitely have been here a while. so i definitely learned my lesson. >> nobody really gets locked up forever....

>> but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a probation system thats all too easy to violate and keeps sending them back. >> i was told by my first probation officer, after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating it, you will be lucky. this was the first time i met this man, the first time i had been on probation. he was very right. >> eric johns original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he...

Tables via a cable. if for some reason we happen to lose a tool or something happens, we would search the kitchen, search the inmates. but weve never had a situation like that. most of the inmates are very cooperative. they understand they have a short amount of time left and basically we rarely have any problems in here. >> i get along good with all of the officers, sergeant, corporals. you know, were inmates and of course, theyre the people in charge of us. i get along great with them. i dont ...