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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...

And thats the ultimate goal, change for the better. >> you got to change the way you look at things, change the way you think. >> obviously got a problem because i keep ending up in jail because of the same [ bleep ]. i figured it will look good in court. im trying to help myself out and stuff. >> there is a duplicate program offered to female inmates. >> i have told these girls stuff i never told anybody, not my parents. they have all helped me in a major way. >> among newer participants is spe...

Awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. among them is 18-year-old brooklyn day who arrived in savannah nearly two weeks earlier. she and her boyfriend planned a romantic weekend. the only keepsakes they have of this trip are mug shots. >> i came down for the weekend to have fun in taibbi. i was expecting to get back to school that monday and didnt ever think this would happen to me. im the youngest one in here i think and its scary. i cant sleep at night like people scream in their room...

They are housed in different sections of the jail and are only permitted to communicate by sending letters through the mail. day and spell discovered a new way around that restriction. there is a computer kiosk that inmates use to order commissary and file other requests within the jail. >> they used to come up with you and ask you for a paper request. you have classification forms and all of these forms that we have to get to them through paper. this knocks that out. this is digital. they can r...

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 ...

To stop the problem right then and there. its a start. its a push to get them into the right direction. and thats the ultimate goal, change for the better. >> you got to change the way you look at things, change the way you think. >> obviously got a problem because i keep ending up in jail because of the same [ bleep ]. i figured it will look good in court. im trying to help myself out and stuff. >> there is a duplicate program offered to female inmates. >> i have told these girls stuff i never ...

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...

Inmates, most of whom are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. among them is 18-year-old brooklyn day who arrived in savannah nearly two weeks earlier. she and her boyfriend planned a romantic weekend. the only keepsakes they have of this trip are mug shots. >> i came down for the weekend to have fun in taibbi. i was expecting to get back to school that monday and didnt ever think this would happen to me. im the youngest one in here i think and its sc...

Disruptive and i think he used his head a couple of times to beat on the door. another deputy went to talk to mr. spell and said if you dont calm down we will have to put you in a restraint chair. were spell, first time i ever heard this from an inmate, wanted to go into the restraint chair so we obliged him. >> spell neither denies nor recalls requesting the chair. but says he didnt enjoy being confined to it. >> they put me in a hard black plastic chair and strapped me down in it with my hands...