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Support worker with personal experience of addiction, homelessness and the criminal justice system. thank you for joining us, mark and kelly. market, what do you think about the fact that targets will be set for the first time to keep out drugs under these proposals? —— mark, what you think? i am a little bit bewildered really about how a white paper comes out to talk really about how a white paper comes out to tal ., really about how a white paper comes out to tal . ., really about how a wh...

Put this on record. i dont know what they talking about. >> one member of the trio, robert, has been at limon for three years and has been out of the closet for most of that time. >> im gay. its something that i didnt really want to be known ins prison environment but i was involved with a guy here and things as they were, the guys found out obviously. theres so much gay activity going on in the prison environment that its just amazing because some of the guys that detest the gay lifestyle the m...

Theyre part of a sanctioned rescue program like the one at indiana state prison. >> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cletus. hes 16 months old. they said we can adopt cats from the humane society, so i adopted this one. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. hes on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, theres some kind of bonding. theres a display of affection that you would never normally see in a priso...

Prison inmate. >> you seem awful happy and perky. >> i am always happy and perky. >> but when we met him at the limon correctional facility in colorado, he was serving life without parole for murder. drake was convicted when he was 17. tens year later, he has his boyish looks and an adolescent appetite. >> some of the things i miss the most are peanut butter capn crunch. i miss gum. its such a small thing, but you dont really realize how much you miss it until you havent had it for 11 years. >> ...

With that. just for the record, i dont know what theyre talking about. >> one member of the trio, robert burzee has been at limon for three years and has been out of the closet for most of that time. >> im gay, and i didnt want it to be known, but i was involved with a guy here. and things as they were, the guys found out, obviously. theres somewhat gay activity going on in the prison environment, that its just amazing, because some of the guys that detest the gay lifestyle the most are the ones...

Separations, thousands of kids and their parents remain disconnected. this man just out of lockive up in el paso has no idea where his daughter is or how hell find her. >> i dont know if im going to see her again, he said. i need to see her and be with her. shes the only child i have. >> reporter: in mcallen, responses to the first lady fashion choice when seen wearing a jacket bearing the message "i really dont care, do you?" assurances today many here do care. >> theyre scared. theyre frighten...

Rescue program like the one at indiana state prison. >> introduce me to your friend. >> this is cletus. hes 16 months old. they said we can adopt cats from the humane society, so i adopted this one. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. hes on death row. death row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, theres some kind of bonding. theres a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldn...

Us puzzled. i mean, what would lead a guy like this to kill someone? >> at 27 years old, adam drake looks more like a college dorm resident than a maximum security prison inmate. >> you seem awful happy and perky. >> i am always happy and perky. >> but when we met him at the limon correctional facility in colorado, he was serving life without parole for murder. drake was convicted when he was 17. tens year later, he has his boyish looks and an adolescent appetite. >> some of the things i miss th...

Every time she rolls out of bed, she expects her bed fixed so i fix it. the things that she does that sometimes i dont like. like, shes a big flirt. >> in here, they call them lurds or lesbians until released date. which is the lurd part of it. that happens a lot. women that tend to be addictive personalities need some support. >> and mcnaughton claims she is just helping her dorm mates get ready for the prison environment. which is where some will be headed if their cases end in conviction. >> ...

The things that she does that sometimes i dont like. like, shes a big flirt. >> in here, they call them lurds or lesbians until released date. which is the lurd part of it. that happens a lot. women that tend to be addictive personalities need some support. >> and mcnaughton claims she is just helping her dorm mates get ready for the prison environment. which is where some will be headed if their cases end in conviction. >> these girls arent gay and theyre going to have to be when they go to pri...