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>> at the womens detention center, i believe the most effective vocational program we have here is our cosmetology because they have the opportunity to receive a certification and it does not print they received this in jail so they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your ridge. hold your ridge. start to clean out. swing it. thats it. see it closes up the openings? you got it? >> elizabeth velenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> im here for ...

Implemented an intensive and rigorous military-type program called boot camp. >> 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 cri...

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 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. ...

>> 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 sometimes even life. >> i would be facin...

>> age is also a criteria for acceptance into the program. all inmates must be between 14 years old 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. ...

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 that. that they stay focuse...

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 work and my belief is that if it helps 1 or 2 out of 100, then thats still helping societ...

>> 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 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 want to go to schoo...

Conditions with extremely ill people. >> dr. mary sue haber is a forensic psychologist and has worked in corrections for 35 years. >> there are less places for women to be treated after they leave here. and even if they are released, and go to a hospital, in a short-time treatment program, 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 ...

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 thurn 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 inmat...