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Which means if you get into anymore trouble its really up to your magistrate to decide what theyre going to do with you. if they dont take advantage prior to that to the services this court offers, theyre screwed. i know that sounds very cold, but realistically thats the way it is. they will only be a number. the adult system will not coddle you. you wont be held by your hand to make sure you do your substance abuse program or do your family counseling or take your medication. all of that is don...

>> the jail, however, has offered her a very different opportunity, a spot on the 28 day long substance abuse program but for day its not an easy decision. >> i know it would help me. its just my pride. i dont know if i would be able to let myself do that. its just the fact that people would know, probably all of my family would know where is brooklyn? she is in a rehab. that would be embarrassing to have to say to anyone. coming up -- jack spell and brooklyn day step outside the rules to crea...

Mop the floors, clean the offices, and painting. theres always something to paint. in the rooms paint gets peeled off the walls. walls get scuffed up, scarred up. its a jail. theres always constant work. >> on the work list tonight is a cell that once belonged to 18-year-old brooklyn day. >> you can tell a lot about the girl. you can tell shes young, shes talented. shes a virgo. she lives in the moment. she loves america. she keeps her head up. looks like she was pretty bored, though. yeah, this...

At the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, garrett billiter was only a few days away from graduating from the jails substance abuse program when he received his third idr or inmate disciplinary report. this time for refusing to follow the programs rules to wake up at 5:30 a.m. at the risk of receiving a longer disciplinary sentence, billiter has decided to challenge the idr at a hearing. if hes given any sentence longer than 14 days, he will be sent to disciplinary segregation ...

>> billiter has continued to perform tattoos even though he knows he risks getting kicked out of the substance abuse program that hes counting on to help him get a favorable ruling on his case. jail staff allowed us to give some inmates a small camera to record their thoughts. billiter decided to use his camera time to record himself creating a tattoo on his cellmate, jack spell. >> this is a little tattoo parlor right here. >> never thought id be getting a tattoo from a sharpened staple. got al...

Fleeing to elude a police officer. he has pled not guilty on all charges. while some inmates in the substance abuse program are mandated to be there by a judge, billiter has joined the program voluntarily. he said hes never had a problem with drugs or alcohol and that he has a different reason for joining the program. >> mainly its to help me with my legal issues. as far as the substance abuse program goes, im going to use it to my advantage because i know that when i go to court, it will look g...

Made it through. >> today i got my certificate of completion for the substance male substance abuse program and the first quarter of anger management. i go to court tomorrow so ill be able to bring this to court and show the lawyer and show the judge. and hopefully that might help me out a little bit. >> garrett billiter was nearly kicked out of the program with only three days remaining. only a lenient sentence on a disciplinary report allowed him to continue. >> are you court-ordered? >> yes, ...

Were poking. it takes a staple, like a heavy-duty staple, got to sharpen it really, really good. poke it in there. ive got pretty good with a pick hole. i can do faces and everything with a pick hole. im really good with it. >> he says he knows his tattoo business is not without risk. too many write-ups could get him kicked out of the substance abuse program. >> being that im in the drug dorm, im trying to be very careful. its a privilege dorm, its a program dorm. out of the whole jail, this is ...

Right to the hearing, they will give him less time in lockdown than hed likely receive if the disciplinary officer finds him guilty. >> im offering you a waiver for 20 days lockdown, 20 days loss of privilege. do you want to accept that waiver? >> no, not taking that. >> any lockdown sentence over 14 days would have to be served in the jails disciplinary unit which would automatically remove him from the substance abuse program. >> wait until i at least complete the program. because i mean, ive ...

At the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, garrett was only a few days away from graduating from the jails substance abuse program when he received his third idr or inmate disciplinary report. this time for refusing to follow the programs rules to wake up at 5:30 a.m. at the risk of receiving a longer disciplinary sentence, bill iter has decided to challenge the idr at a hearing. if hes given any sentence longer than 14 days, he will be sent to disciplinary segregation forcing ...