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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. ive done all my stuff, all my work -- >> mr. billiter, heres a handful of write-ups. you had an incident report w...

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...

The "h" in there. didnt look too good. >> billiter has it bed to perform tattoos even though he knows he gets risked kicking out of the substance abuse program that hes counting on to help him get a favorable ruling in his case. jail staff allowed us to give some inmates a small camera to record their thoughts. billiter used to use his camera time to record himself creating a tattoo on his cell mate, jack spell. >> this is a little tattoo parlor right here. >> never thought id be getting a tatto...

It takes a staple and you sharp continue really good and i spoke it in there. ive got pretty good with pig pokes. i can do faces and everything from a pig poke. 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 and program dorm. this is one of the most watched dorms. its hard to get away with stuff. do...

Charges including theft by receiving stolen property and fleeing to allude 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 billiter said hes never had problems with drugs or alcohol and that he has a different reason for joining the program. >> mainly to help me with my legal issues. as far as the substance abuse program goes...

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 create a jailhouse e-mail network. >> i can probably get in some kind of trouble if they ...

Officer. we take care of the cleanliness of the jail at night, sweep and 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. s...

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 create a jailhouse e-mail network. >> i can probably get in...

Then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start in life. they help you stay straight, you know. i wanted to stay straight. i didnt w...

Started making n.a. and a.a. meetings. i starting going to church, reading the bible and studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start in life. they help you to stay straight. you know, i wanted to stay straight. i didnt want to go back to prison. i always, you know, participated, and so they finally gave ...