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Health services to the 160,000 inmates that come and leave jail every year. >> i did a high-speed pursuit because i was just sick of being harassed by law enforcement, which is the biggest mistake i ever made in my life. >> for inmate timothy matisse, who was sentenced to two years for possession of methamphetamine, the department of mental healths programs has helped him discover the problems that led him to jail. >> so the high-speed pursuit was related to the -- >> oh, absolutely. >> -- fears...

scheme. theyre accused of taking money to allow drug couriers to pass through a los angeles international airport. they received as much as $2,400 for looking the other way as suitcases of cocaine and other drugs passed through the x-ray machines. thousands of postal workers around the country breathing a sigh of relief after the senate passed a plan to save the u.s. postal service as well as their jobs. the measure could keep 100 mail processing plants from being shut down or consol...

Pounds of cocaine, 60 pounds of marijuana, 10 pounds of meth, passed through the x-ray machine that the security agents turned the other way. they say the deal is, they had two agents working at each security check point and one would signal the other that the drugs were coming law and as the suitcases passed through, the other agent would simply town his back, but, during one of those attempted smuggles the smuggler went to the wrong security check point. so, his drugs were confiscate asked tha...

For possession of methamphetamine, the department of mental healths programs has helped him discover the problems that led him to jail. >> so the high-speed pursuit was related to the -- >> oh, absolutely. >> -- fears that you had? >> well, yeah. the way they make it look like is theyre going to say, okay, well, maybe hes schizophrenic. and knowing that im not schizophrenic and its really happening and its going on, they can say, well, its the drug use. >> for other inmates at l.a. county death ...

Every year. >> i did a high speed pursuit because i was just sick of being harassed by law enforcement which is the biggest mistake i ever made in my life. >> for inmate timothy matice who was sentenced to two years for possession of methamphetamine the department of mental health programs helped him discover the problems that led him to jail. >> so the high speed pursuit was related to these fears that you had? >> absolutely. >> well, you know, the way they make it look like is, well, maybe hes...

>> well, yeah. the way they make it look like is theyre going to say, okay, well, maybe hes schizophrenic. and knowing that im not schizophrenic and its really happening and its going on, they can say, well, its the drug use. >> for other inmates at l.a. county death is the easiest way to escape their cell. >> we put a tremendous amount of effort into developing the screening system because we know that the highest risk, particularly for suicide, of people entering custody is during the first 24...

Well, maybe hes schizophrenic. and knowing that im not schizophrenic and its really happening and its going on, they can say, well, its the drug use. >> for other inmates at l.a. county death is the easiest way to escape their cell. >> we put a tremendous amount of effort into developing the screening system because we know that the highest risk, particularly for suicide, of people entering custody is during the first 24 hours that theyre incarcerated. >> according to the bureau of justice stati...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "am: wake up call." im carol costello live in new york. lets get started with that big storm crashing through the atlantic ocean right now. irene is getting ever more powerful and may be heading toward the united states. people in south carolina already getting ready for irene. the hurricane is near the dominican republic right now. take a look at the storm from the international space station. irene is now a category 2 hurricane...

Overseas be willing to implement the plan the way we have laid it out? if they are willing to do that, it will be a win-win for everybody. >> youve got to be able to share intelligence with foreign governments to sort of factor into a kind of matrix so youre not profiling somebody based on where theyre from, but based on certain red flags in the system that say i, hey, i better correlate this? >> if i could add to this, after the christmas bomb plot, we i think in linear fashion targeted 14 coun...

Overseas be willing to implement the plan the way we have laid it out? if they are willing to do that, it will be a win-win for everybody. >> youve got to be able to share intelligence with foreign governments to sort of factor into a kind of matrix so youre not profiling somebody based on where theyre from, but based on certain red flags in the system that say i, hey, i better correlate this? >> if i could add to this, after the christmas bomb plot, we i think in linear fashion targeted 14 coun...