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Lucas and the corporal call him in to offer him an alternative. if he chooses to waive his right to the hearing, he would likely receive less time than 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. >...

Commissary items. >> i cant get a tattoo gun yet. i go back to the indian days. were poking. it takes a stable and you have to sharpen it really good. ive got pretty good with pig pokes. 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. this is one of the most watched dorms. its hard to get away with stuff. its not a matte...

>> for some kids, it takes more than one stint behind bars to learn a lesson. 18-year-old michael brehm is is completing in pendelton. >> i was here for nine and a half months. i came back for the same problem. over the counter cough medicine problem. done a lot of that stuff. >> inside pendelton, military-like structure keeping brehm on the straight and narrow. after being locked up for more than two years, michael hopes the six months he spent in the substance abuse program will give him the s...

I have been tempted big time. >> 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 ...

I have been tempted big time. >> 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 ...

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. she keeps ...

The only ones out and about are part of the jails maintenance team. >> im the night sanitation 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 ...

Part of the jails maintenance team. >> i am the night sanitation officer. we take care of the cleanliness of the jail at night and sweep and mop the floors, clean the offices, and painting. >> there is always something to paint. walls get scuffed up, scarred in up. its a jail. there is always constant work. its a jail. there is 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 she is youn...

>> for the past few weeks day has been living in a housing unit dedicated to the jails female substance abuse program. >> what is the process from the first day you started class to where you are at now from what you learned and what you walk away with? >> well, i really never, ever would have thought that i would be going through this. i didnt think that i had a problem until i was here and sober and able to realize that. >> brooklyn was a big concern for us when she first came in. for a little...

Around, and so, i would say to them, say, i got a nice one, aint i? wow. and it became a defense mechanism because in prison in this environment especially if a person makes himself so easy then those who prey on him dont -- its too easy. its no longer a challenge to them, so they leave him alone. >> the day after that interview, we met ziggy and higgins as they prepared to enter the disciplinary hearing. >> im anxious. im uncertain, but ive got confidence in my inmate adviser to bring out whate...