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>> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you let me go home? >> why dont you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have boot camp in lieu of sentencing. and they have to complete our program or they will be sentenced to whatever it is for the crime, whether it be 5, 10, 15 years, or sometime...

They come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they dont have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on the streets is really tough. >> when we built the womens detention center, it was well under capacity. once we opened it up, we never could get back to capacity. theres just -- there was a lot of need for housing female inmates. >> in an attempt to decrease recidivism, miami-dade corrections offers counseling services, life classes and...

>> yes, sir. >> phase two of boot camp is a two month work-release program in which the cadets improve their education or acquire jobs. >> what about schooling? >> sir, this cadet has plans to go to school to become an accountant if possible, sir. >> an accountant. wow. youll be making a lot of money. >> i got to study a lot, sir. >> being in phase one is a lot of pressure from sun up to sun down. in phase two, mostly the pressure is about getting your head straight, getting to school if you wan...

All inmates must be between 14 and 28 years old. >> when you get somebody thats new to the system, somebody that is not familiar with prison life, you can still grab a hold of them before they get too deep. >> officer alvin formally of the u.s. army is one of the drill instructors. >> my primary goal is to turn these youthful offenders hopefully into productive citizens so they can re-enter society. >> left, left. left, right. >> while in the program, participants are no longer considered inmate...

Monitored daily for several months. >> are you going to be all right? >> yes, sir. >> cant wait to go home? >> cant get to get a second chance at life, sir. >> there you go. good job. good job. good job. good job. >> we have drill instructors that are called case managers. and we go out to their home. we go to their job. we go to their school. wherever it is that they might be. to make sure theyre not back on the block. you know, that theyre not being re-introduced to drugs or gang activity like...

Had a sense of pride in anything that they do. so when they begin to do something and they get proud of it, then it brings about a change in them. >> during the final phase of the program, the cadets are allowed to go home where they are monitored daily for several months. >> are you going to be all right? >> yes, sir. >> cant wait to go home? >> cant get to get a second chance at life, sir. >> there you go. good job. good job. good job. good job. >> we have drill instructors that are called cas...

>> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you let me go home? >> why dont you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have boot camp in lieu of sentencing. and they have to complete our program or they will be sentenced to whatever it is for the crime, whether it be 5, 10, 15 years, or sometime...

Patience right here then, we discuss here every week that you just cant jump out and say youre going to get a job. >> absolutely. >> you have to have the tools in place. >> absolutely. >> this is the opportunity for you to build up some discipline knowing that youre going to do certain things every day. so youre building a foundation thats going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. >> me personally, i think the programs helped. every time ive come here, the program ...

Ahead. >> in an effort to help reform inmates and reduce the recidivism rate, miami-dade has implemented an intensive and rigorous military-type program called boot camp. >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you leave me alone? >> why dont you let me go home? >> why dont you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have b...

You to build up some discipline knowing that youre going to do certain things every day. so youre building a foundation thats going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. >> me personally, i think the programs helped. every time ive come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. ive seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does ...