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Units at that point if the other family members were somehow violating the law. but there would be compassion and some sense of discretion by law enforcement. they wouldnt just be fundamentally saying i haveo enforce the rule of law, i have to break up the family and scoop up the children and then blindly put them in a cage or in some kind of a cold jail setting and then also fundamentally denying due process on both sides and keeping everyone in the dark. thats just a backwards system. jeff ses...

Which is very rare in a jail setting. the district attorney ended up dropping those charges not because they felt that white was innocent of a crime but because white was already here facing a murder charge and he was already looking at life for the murder charge. it doesnt make sense to file another charge on a guy which is going to keep him in county jail for a longer period of time and use more taxpayer money when you already have a conviction on the guy. >> the safety first. >> a lifer. aint...

To it. a birthday card addressed to you. put yourself in our shoes. whats two and two? you understand why were asking all these questions? >> i know, you guys are doing your job. >> do you look guilty in our eyes? what do you think? >> i mean, i hope not. i just -- >> you want to sit in my chair and ill sit there? sit there. sit there. >> now you question him. >> you can ask me questions. >> think of all the questions. >> were decent guys, right? >> mostly wish i could help you guys. you know? >...

>> shes one of hundreds of addicted inmates incarcerated in suffolk county. among them is richard valentino. they feel he was going to buy smuggled drugs from other inmates. >> the only reasons why you would want cash in the jail setting that i can see is to buy something illegal like drugs, marijuana, heroin, whatever, or if you were looking to escape. >> valentino is in jail for a parole violation on his prior conviction of attempted burglary. hes awaiting a return to state prison to complete ...

It ballooned into a heroin addiction. after treatment, shes been sober three years. >> while she was in treatment, she had caught on to another, you know, another group of people who brought her up to the next level, heroin. it will take a family and turn it upside down. >> reporter: it did that to you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it broke your family apart? >> yes. >> reporter: they have seen opioid addiction increase 2000%. >> have compassion. my job is to enforce the law, but you can also do ...

A birthday card addressed to you. put yourself in our shoes. whats two and two? you understand why were asking all these questions? >> i know, you guys are doing your job. >> do you look guilty in our eyes? what do you think? >> i mean, i hope not. i just -- >> you want to sit in my chair and ill sit there? sit there. sit there. >> now you question him. >> you can ask me the questions. >> think of all the questions. >> were decent guys, right? >> mostly wish i could help you guys. you know? >> y...

You understand why were asking all these questions? >> i know, you guys are doing your job. >> do you look guilty in our eyes? what do you think? >> i mean, i hope not. i just -- >> you want to sit in my chair and ill sit there? sit there. sit there. >> now you question him. >> you can ask me questions. >> think of all the questions. >> were decent guys, right? >> mostly wish i could help you guys. you know? >> you wouldnt be helping me. youd be helping yourself. i dont need your help. you know ...

Whats two and two? you understand why were asking all these questions? >> i know, you guys are doing your job. >> do you look guilty in our eyes? what do you think? >> i mean, i hope not. i just -- >> you want to sit in my chair and ill sit there? sit there. sit there. >> now you question him. >> you can ask me questions. >> think of all the questions. >> were decent guys, right? >> mostly wish i could help you guys. you know? >> you wouldnt be helping me. youd be helping yourself. i dont need y...

>> they did the right thing because i was going to beat the [ bleep ] out of him, seriously. i was going to beat his [ bleep ] in the cell. only me and him in there. you close the door, it is just me and you. you could scream, holler all you want to. by the time they get there, it will be too late. real talk. he know what he did on the street. he know he crossed boundaries by coming into my cell. he kind of like violated my privacy in a sense. he running around here with fendi, doing things he a...

>> deputy bounds says haynes and several other inmates identified white as the attacker. >> haynes did press charges which is very rare in a jail setting. the district attorney ended up dropping those charges not because they felt that white was innocent of a crime but because white was already here facing a murder charge and he was already looking at life for the murder charge. it doesnt make sense to file another charge on a guy which is going to use more taxpayer when you already have a convi...