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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 can tell shes young, shes talented. shes a virgo. she lives in...

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...

Its 28 days. if they have been doing drugs 28 years it definitely is not going 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 duplica...

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 ...

Spell and day, however, have figured out a way to use the kiosks to communicate with each other. >> me and brooklyn have been talking because we went to court yesterday and see, these have your little p.i.n. numbers and stuff on it. i memorized her p.i.n. number so i could get on hers and she could get on mine. we write each other e-mails but we cant send them so we save them as a draft. so whenever she gets back on hers she will see the draft that i saved on her account. whenever i get back on ...

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 ...

If they have been doing drugs 28 years it definitely is not going 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 of...

First day you started class to where youre at now, from what youve learned and what you walk away with? >> well, i really never, ever would have thought that i would be going through this. i didnt even 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 girl, brooklyn had been taking a lot of crazy drugs and her life was very chaotic. brooklyn has been able to move to a place where she understan...

Spell and day figured out a way to use the kiosks to communicate with each other. >> me and brooklyn have been talking because we went to court yesterday and see, these have your little p.i.n. numbers and stuff on it. i memorized her p.i.n. number so i could get on hers and she could get on mine. we write each other e-mails but we cant send them so we save them as a draft. so whenever she gets back on hers she will see the draft that i saved on her account. whenever i get back on mine i can see ...

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 ...