How much [ bleep ] got a problem with me, ill go to the hole every i dont give a [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. David. You see it in every booking department of every jail we visit. You done fighting . No. Newly arrested men and women, so drunk or high, theyre a danger to themselves or others. Somebody gets drunk, theyre more aggressive. They think they can do anything. Theyre strong. You cant stop me. And you got to deal with that. You dont know how theyre going to act. They can be dangerous, real dangerous. You feel suicidal, to harm yourself . [ bleep ]. Ill take that as a no. Addiction leads to serious crimes in order to support their habits. For others, it means a revolving door for jail with seemingly no end in sight. The Sheriff Detention Center in South Carolina, Eugene Foster fell into the latter category. Have you been arrested before . My rap sheet about as long as your arm. Just a drunk [ bleep ]. Foster says his rap sheet dates back 30 years to when he was 18. Hes been convicted of numerous crimes. He says alcohol played a role in most of them. Hes usually not a problem. Comes in, does his thing. Sits down. He knows the process. Mr. Foster . Foster . What . Step up here, sir. How many times can you estimate youve probably seen him since youve been working here . At least 30, 40 times. Do you drink any alcohol today . Yeah. As much as i can get. Right up to where i got arrested. This time, foster was brought in on a probation violation for urinating in public. Did you urinate in public . No. I went behind a wall. I wouldnt do that. I do have morals. Can i ask how much youve had to drink tonight . Oh, maybe i equivalent of four quarts, Something Like that. Off and on. I didnt do it all at once. Just space it. Okay. So what im going to do if you stay here is im going to have you sign another release once i know all the alcohol is out of your system, okay . Okay. We always ask permission to film somebody. Whenever we do that with a person who may be under the influence, we followup a couple days later to make sure that they remember who we are, remember that we were filming with them and to make sure its okay if we continue filming with them to tell their story. Youre selfproclaimed alcoholic. Talk to me about that. I dont know. I started drinking as a cool idea around about the age of 13. You know, everybody was doing it. I figured oh, id try it. At first it was fun, you know. Then it kept on being fun until about 29 when i really started getting in trouble. One thing about alcohol, its like doing a life sentence on the installment plan. Foster has had dozens of short jail stays on less serious charges, he once served three years in prison for assault and battery. By his drinking cost him more than just time. Whats your lifelike . Have you been married . Do you have children . I dont think ive been sober long enough to actually have a relationship with a woman, and it seems to be sometimes i feel, you know, like at 48, i could have done better. Have you ever seriously thought about truly quitting drinking . I did. As a matter of fact, couple of days ago i woke up and said i really dont feel like it. I spent the day in the park, i read a book. I said i forgot how much i actually enjoy this. I dont know. It seems like when you want to quit something, like quit smoking, four people will come out of nowhere with 50 pack of cigarettes and want you to have one. I dont know why it works that way. Ask anybody whose ever quit anything, because the first thing like, the first thing thats going to happen and the last thing you want. Its a way of life, i guess. Based on everything you said, it seems like youre chronic alcoholic. How much longer do you think youre going to make it . And what do you see as your end . I dont know. If i dont quit, ill probably maybe 70something. But if i keep going like this, i dont think ill live to see 60. In another part of the charleston jail, 26yearold Cory Youngman is nearly as wellknown as foster. You got no at home. We dont have the accommodation for that, sir. Cory youngman was typical of a lot of the drug addicts we interview. He was young. He was really kind of cocky. I hope my sons mother doesnt see this. Always in the mirror. Hes in jail in the mirror. Fixing his hair. I got to ask about the hair. The hair . I just kind of started it out of boredom and i like it. Its probably not something maybe ill keep it when i go to school. Its not like you can walk into a place and get a job. Guy the mohawk came by looking for a job, you know. Hes still on drugs. Look at the mohawk. Youngman says hes been using drugs and alcohol since he was 13 years old. I have to say every good thing ive had in my life at one time or another, everything going for myself, ive seemed to ruin it somehow through drug use. Youngman served time on prior drugrelated convictions and was facing a litany of new charges, including driving under the influence. When i woke up in the hospital, i wasnt aware of what was going on. I had a head injury, my nose was broken, my shoulder got broken. We met youngman just days before he would plead guilty to those charges and face two years in prison, leaving behind two sons, a 9yearold and a 2yearold. When im not on drugs, im a good father, friend and Family Member. I can be a completely different person. For my mom to be here after these times i put her through these things is just amazing to me. In fact, his mother is what makes Cory Youngman so wellknown here. Officer youngman works at the jail. Whats it like for you, working in the same jail where your son is incarcerated . I dont think about it. I do my job, i go home. Any parent of a drug addict, you sleep so much better when theyre in jail. Is that horrible . But you do. Theyre not out there dying, overdosing, committing crimes. Its got to be embarrassing for her, you know, to come to work and oh, yeah, i seen your son over in the other unit. Its shameful for me and i would imagine more so for her seeing how shes the innocent in this. She didnt do anything for me to be here. Lifes hard sometimes. Sometimes you got to go through the hard stuff to get to where the good stuff is, i guess. Jail policy does not allow officer youngman to work in corys housing unit. But most of the staff who do work there are aware of the relationship. Officer youngman is in a sad situation because her son is locked up here, and i know shes embarrassed that he is here, but everybody supports her and nobody says anything to her about him, because everybody know whats the situation is. So its just kind of one of those unspoken things. Do you ever play the mom card . My mom is an officer here. Have you ever played that card . Yeah. Tell me about it. Of course. Play that card sometimes, and most of the time it doesnt work. It never works. He tries to use his mom as a manipulative tool here. I tell him all the time, stop talking about your mom. I dont want to know nothing about your mom. You shouldnt be telling people about your mother and telling people about her like that and jeopardizing your moms job. From then on, he dont say much to me and i dont say much to him. Like any other parent, youngman is only allowed to see him as a civilian in the Visitation Center where she can speak to him through a video efeed and telephone. When was the last time you saw him . I dont come often. Its probably been a couple months because when i come, it seems i just feel like all my coworkers are watching and stuff. Its just easier to talk to him on the phone, put money in his account. Officer youngman, was to me the epitome of what happens to a drug addicts Family Member. She embodied all the pain and sorrow that a Family Member has when someone they love has a drug addiction. Its hard for all parents. These guys parents, everybody has a parent. When they come here and on drugs, i dont i tell them, i say theyre like well, its only a problem when i dont have them. Its only a problem for you when you dont have them. Its a problem for your parents all the time. You just dont know what its doing to your family. When theyre out there on the streets doing that stuff, they dont have a clue. Coming up you have an abscess cut out. You almost lose your arm, you would say i went to heroin again. But no, i still want to do heroin. Addiction takes one woman from wall street to a jail cell. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . 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At the Suffolk County jail on new yorks long island, sheriff Vincent Demarco says one drug in particular is wreaking havoc nationwide, but especially in the northeastern United States. A lot of people who wind up here in the Suffolk County jail are in here because they committed burglary, robbery, maybe even murders. But the underlying theme to committing those crimes is heroin. They need to feed the habit. This is rock bottom, i think. This is definitely rock bottom for me. Suffolk county inmate car a debella had recently plead guilty to three counts of identity theft, crimes she had committed to support her heroin addiction. Theres no reason i should be like this. I have a family thats wonderful and supported. I wasnt abused. Nothing like that happened to me. I graduated st. Johns in finance. After that i went on to work in a brokerage firm. I did really well there. But then thats when i started really getting into drugs. How much money do you think you spent on heroin . In the past ten years . Half a mill. I sold like a bmw car, i stole thousands of dollars from my mom. I went through my dads inheritance. Its taken a toll not only mentally but also on my arms and everything about me physically. Thats pretty drastic, you know. Thats a pretty big abscess you got from surgery. You could have lost your arm. Yeah. I know you guys were staring at my arms like this girls crazy. I didnt think you were crazy. I was oh my god. Honestly, im glad thats not mine dont look like this . Yes. I shot all my arms, you can see here. I was shooting over here straight into the i could go to the vein there. I was shooting right there for a while. I was shooting in my feet, too. I got an abscess there. Everything up here is all you can see, its gone, collapsed veins. Its one of the most severe cases ive ever seen of track marks. Ive seen different versions and yours look blue. Explain that. The blue is from skin popping and shooting up cocaine. The cocaine is so dirty that it also will leave marks. I have an abscess here that had to be cut out. This one obviously is a big one when i almost lost my arm. You would think to yourselves, after you have an abscess cut out, you almost lose your arm, you would say i wouldnt do her heroin again, but no, i still want to do heroin. Its an everyday battle. Its going to be an uphill road for me. Suffolk county, precomprehensive Drug Rehab Program for qualified inmates. But since debella is on Prescription Medication for anxiety and depression, she does not currently qualify. She says shes still managed to stay clean, despite of the fact that heroin and other drugs are smuggled into the jail. They charge a ridiculous amount of money here, like 30 a bag. Thats number one. Im pretty cheap. Other than that, i dont know what it is. I dont know if its going to be fake or not or i dont know. Im not bothering with it. Ive been clean for this long, you know. I really just want to give it a shot. If i cant stay clean in here, ill never make it out on the street. Suffolk county jail officials estimate they house thousands of heroin addict, and now an investigator decided to get to know one better. Im a heroin addict. I got abscess in my arm. I was doing 55 bags a day. You were doing 55 bags day . He put word out that hes looking to buy drugs from anybody who has drugs. This guy is putting the word out he is looking to buy drugs. Richard valentino was arrested in a countywide heroin bust while on parole for attempted burglary. As a result, he will transfer back to state prison to complete a twoyear sentence. When you buy your heroin, in here or up in the city . In bronx. [ bleep ]. I was paying a lot out there. Yeah, i know. Its a lot more expensive. I was still paying a lot out there. I was paying 800. You use half, sell half . No. How do you gambling. What kind of gambling . Casino, poker dice. And harlem. Thats how you make your money. Thats a big habit. I can build my tolerance up. In the morning, because ive been doing heroin since i was 15. In the morning i can do a little bit. And do a little more. Do a little more and i build my tolerance up. I got a golf ball fricking abscess on my arm. I came to this jail, they refused me because they said i was pretty much dead, and i sat in the hospital for four days. Okay. All right. Lets take him back to detention. While santa cruzs interview doesnt reveal drug smuggling. Jail officials attribute state mandated contact visitation as a significant means by which drugs penetrate the facility. This woman was caught attempting to pass balloons of heroin from her bra to her boyfriend. Santa cruz says this plot, and many others, were foiled by constantly gathering intelligence from the inmate population. We have people that we work with who are inmates. We develop a rapport with them. As we talk to them, watch this person coming in or if we have information, somebody is going to come in, theyll do it and they get ahold of us and say the person has it. Coming up do you have any oxycontin . No. You have nothing . I have nothing. A new tip puts more heat on richard valentino. But first. Im trying so hard not to not to what . Throw up. A new inmate suffers the painful effects of withdrawal. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Nice but uh, whats up with your partner . Oh we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize Car Insurance because no two people are alike, so. Limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. Ya. Hell figure it out. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Were all under one roof now. Congratulations. Thank you. How many kids . My two. His three. Along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. That is quite the family. 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Many would argue that president nixon set the stage. For the drugrelated mass incarceration to come. Within the last several years, i think america has come to its senses about drug abuse. In the 1980s, the war on drugs escalated dramatically. Under the reagan administration, arrests for drug offenses rose. About 120 . New mandatory sentencing laws sent more people to prison for more time than ever. All right, back in the cell. Most experts agree weve lost the war on drugs. We see the casualties of that war all the time on lockup. We hope by covering their stories that maybe were sending a message to someone who might be considering experimenting with an addictive drug that its not a good idea. Because we see the wreckage of those decisions all the time. 19yearold kayla jones says she was at an all new low the day we met her at the tulsa county jail. The reason why im down here on the floor is im going through heroin withdrawals. Ayla chose to stay on the floor because she needed to have access to the rest room if need be because she would have diarrhea. She had the bucket because she was continuously vomiting. To be on a top bunk which is where she was assigned obviously wasnt conducive for her going through this kind of a situation. Im trying so hard not to not to what . Throw up. Jones told us she had been using heroin for three years, and the withdrawal was the worst thing she had ever experienced. Take me through that. What does that feel like . The first step is sneezing. You sneeze a lot. And continuously. Achoo, achoo, achoo. And then youll start getting the cold chills. Your legs start hurting. And then youll start getting real sick to your stomach. Youll be throwing up both ways, both ends. You cant sleep. You cant get comfortable. You cant just its just the most uncomfortable feeling. It was a very visceral experience. Ive had so many heroin addicts tell me what it was like to go through withdrawal, but it was always past tense. Ayla, right in front of us, was going through all those symptoms. She was having fevers, she was throwing up. She was in the midst of withdrawal while talking to us. I can only imagine this pain is pretty severe. If you had access to heroin right now yeah. I would. You would what . Use. Jones was arrested for missing a court date. At the time she was high on heroin and on parole for crimes including burglary and selling stolen merchandise to pawnshops. But jones addiction has impacted others as well. She has a 7monthold son whose father, jones boyfriend was also in jail on drugrelated charges. I used one time during my pregnancy and i remember thinking, after i did it, i couldnt believe that i did it, because its just an addiction. I mean, thats how bad it is. The countys Child Welfare Department Took custody of jones baby and eventually placed him with her boyfriends parents. Thats how strong the addiction is. For my own flesh and blood i cant quit by myself. Coming up what happened . I died. After taking Illegal Drugs inside jail, an inmate comes back from the dead and he leaves our producer with new questions when he returns from a bathroom break during his interview. My first instincts was, he must have used some sort of substance in that time where he went to the bathroom. I became an engineer because of them. Now im at verizon building a powerful 5g experience for america. We call it 5g ultra wideband. When i think of where people might go with it. I think of them. man over radio . Go for landing. Im missing out on our family outings because i cant find a bladder leakage product that fits. Everything was too loose. But depend® fitflex feels tailored to me. With a range of sizes for all body types. 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Gillibrand, who launched an Exploratory Committee in january will deliver her first major speech in front of the Trump International hotel in new york city next week. And in nebraska, mandatory evacuations are in effect as rivers overflow their banks after the bomb cyclone hit the region. The heavy rain mixed with snow melt was mixed with historic flooding. Now back to lockup. Due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. At the Suffolk County jail on long island, new york, investigator santa cruz has gotten word that an admitted heroin addict suspected of purchasing drugs inside the jail might be in possession of an illegal substance, but its not drugs. Valentino. We got information that he has hundred dollar bills that he smuggled in. The tip came from the inmate network of confidential informants. We receive information from an informant that an inmate over in pod 3 west north when he was arrested about two weeks ago came in with five 100 bills. Last week he got rid of two of them. Hes bought drugs supposedly. Were going in under the guise that were looking for roxys, the pills. When we go into the cell, thats well be talking about, but were actually looking for money. The suspect is richard valentino. The ruse is to protect the informants identity based on the assumption that hes only told a few inmates that he has cash, which in jail is considered contraband. Do you have anything on you . Youre not supposed to have . Any roxycontinue tin . Nothing . I have nothing. If i find something on you, its going to be on. Nothing at all . Dont lie to me. No. Did talk to you about roxys . Not at all . Money in a jail is actual power. They can buy things from it. They can buy drugs, buy whatever they want. Phone call time. Thats why we have no cash in the jail. One shirt at a time. Hand me the shirt. Once we hear somebody has cash in a jail, it causes problems. Other inmates if they know he has it will beat him up, take the money. And what theyll do is drop it in an envelope and send it out to their families. Thats how it gets out. Hands down. Take off your left shoe. An object wrapped in cellophane is found inside his sock. What is it . You got money . Whats that . Thats money. What do you mean its money . Its money. How much . Its just a hundred. Where did you get that money in . I had it when i came in. How much did you have . I had 200. What did you do with the other . I was going to bring it upstate with me. You have nothing else on your body . I have nothing else. Im going to finish searching you. Take your drawers off. Hands in front of you. All right. Bend over at your waist, spread your cheeks apart. I want to see everything. Investigator santa cruz completes the strip search but doesnt find any more cash. No drugs in your cell. When i search this im knot going to find anything . No. Im not going to find any more money in the cell . No. Okay. Go on the wall. Investigator santa cruz and camino search the cell for additional contraband. Valentino will soon have a disciplinary hearing, which could result in a stay in segregation. Valentino, which bunk are you, top or bottom . If officials choose to, they can also rescind days. Valentino has taken off the sentence due to Good Behavior. Nothing else turns up. The majority of jails and prisons in which we visited deal with illegal drug use inside the facilities on a daily basis. At the Hamilton County Justice Center in cincinnati, ohio, we met one inmate who got hold of some heroin. Snorting it was nearly the last thing Nicholas Oneal did. What happened here . I died. I was in a respiratory arrest. My heart stopped. Cpr brought me back. You were technically dead . I was dead. Your heart stopped . Yeah. Thats what they tell me. He was found unresponsive in his cell. They had to call the ems team. They came in and determined he was overdosing on some kind of narcotic. The guy slipped it under my door. I did about half of it. The next thing i know, my vision gets blurred out. I wake up at ten cos around me and paramedics around me. He was in very bad shape. His respirations were down to a few times a minute. I know he was turning a bluish color. After an overnight stay at a nearby hospital, oneal was brought back to jail and placed on suicide watch. They said they put me on suicide watch because there was the potential i had done it to kill myself. It was an attempt to get high. Theres not much to stimulate your mind, you can read, play dominos, play chess or watch tv. So when somebody comes up to you and offers you heroin, which, you know, is something you never hear about being in jail, i mean, im a heroin addict. Im going to say yes. Oneal says he mixed the heroin with clonopin. An antianxiety drug. Often prescribed to inmates nationwide, and commonly abused. All the prescription meds he took he had gotten from other inmates who had hoarded them on the unit. That happens every day. We prescribe medications to help with all kinds of issues, whether its pain, stress, some kind of withdrawal medication. But the inmates always find a way to abuse them. The majority of the inmate population is in here for some kind of drug charges. Theyll use whatever they have at their disposal to try to get high. Ive seen them put it in the side of their cheek and try to show the officer and it would be in the side of the mouth when they lift their tongue and hope they get away with it. Theres people who slip it down their sleeves like a magic trick. If someone offered it now . No, no. No i would not, no. It would probably kill me right now. My body is so weak from my heart stopping. Oneal has three prior felony convictions for heroin possession. Hes back in jail on the same charge again. He pled not guilty and was awaiting trial. My story is nothing special. It really isnt. Everybody has the same story as me. Theyre in here because theyre a heroin addict. Once upon a time, a few years back or however long ago, they tried shooting up with a needle and fell in love. I truly believe that on the day that you die, if you have spent more time in your life happy than you have sad, i believe youve won and honestly, drugs i enjoy them. I have fun when im on them. The people im surrounded with that i surround myself while on them have i fun with. I guess that keeps me going. It seemed like he was looking back on it in a fond way. To me, thats not the sign of somebody whose going to change when they get out of jail. Theyre going to back to what made them happy on the outside. We spoke to oneal six days after his neardeath experience and he was adamant about wanting to kick his habit. Because im ready. Im tired of it. Im ready. Im ready now to stop. Ive been doing it for too long. So while we were interviewing nicholas in his cell, he mentioned he had to take a break to use the bathroom. So he went we had all of our gear set up in the cell. He said its no big deal, ill go downstairs. He went downstairs and when he came back up, he didnt seem quite himself. Tell me about yourself. Youre from cincinnati . Eastern cincinnati. I grew up i grew up in well no. I didnt grow up in eastern cincinnati. I got 513 on my arm. Hes speaking faster. His mannerisms changed a little bit. My first instinct was he must have used some sort of substance in that time where he went to the bathroom. And i had to ask. From when you came back from using the bathroom, you seem like you have more energy and it could be waking up. Its not because of that. Its actually because i havent used nothing since then. I tried to and what it is, its pills. It aint no Illegal Drugs or nothing like that. If it was Illegal Drugs, id be using them, yeah, i would. To hear somebody, you died and that still isnt enough. Thats not enough for you to stop doing the drugs. You physically died and youre still there talking about how great they were to you. To me, it was just sad that somebody that thats not a wakeup call for somebody. Dying isnt a wakeup call for you. I know how to remain happy in jail. I know how to be happy in jail. If im happy, im winning, like i said. Coming up how do you plead . Guilty with an explanation. Lets hear it. Richard valentino pleads his case. A sockabamboom whos in the room . Love is dangerous but driving safe means you pay less switch and save yes, maam excuse me, miss. Does this heart belong to you . Would you like it anyway . [ scatting ] would you like it anyway . Steven could only imaginem 24hr to trenjoying a spicy taco. Burn, now, his world explodes with flavor. Nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for allday allnight protection. Can you imagine 24hours without heartburn . 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It was at the Suffolk County jail on new yorks long island that we met cara debella. Her heroin addiction aside, she admits to having struggled with the concept of all things in moderation. There was a time that i did go to petco, and i was going to go get a hamster. This is great. Well be friends. Well bond. Went there and there was ten of them in the little cage, and i took one, and then i realized that he had a lot of friends. I didnt want to leave them behind. Needless to say, i left petco with ten hamsters. I got them all a condo going around the room with all the tubes and all. My mother came home and what in gods name happened. Well, i couldnt just take one. He had friends. All the rest of them were jumping, and now have i ten hamsters. Needless to say, i had to go to the schools and give them out at pets because my mother was a little angry. But its true that when you dont do drugs, when youre first in recovery, you fill it up with anything like that void. All of the sudden im gambling. Im a horrible gambler. I dont know how to gamble. But im doubling down on everything. Even scratchoffs. I go into the store. My mom is you bought a pack of smokes and youre down 80. Scratchoffs, thats what happened to me in there. I dont know what to thinking anymore. Its hard. Debella is one of hundreds of addicted inmates in Suffolk County. Among them is richard valentino. He was caught with a hundred one dollar bill. They feel he was going to buy smuggled drugs from other inmates. The only reasons why you would want cash in the jail setting that i can see is to buy something illegal like drugs, marijuana, heroin, whatever, or if you were looking to escape. Valentino is in jail for a parole violation on his prior conviction of attempted burglary. Hes awaiting a return to state prison to complete his twoyear sentence. Theres a chair there. Some of the days hes earned off the sentence for Good Behavior could be rescinded after a disciplinary hearing with officer nicholson and sergeant selvaggio. How do you plead . Guilty with an explanation. Lets hear it. All right. When i got arrested, i got arrested with like 1800 and a lot of dope. I knew my money was going to go in evidence or it was going to go under an investigation, so i slipped out a couple hundred dollars. I got shorts that have like a hidden pocket in the back. Im not going to turn it in, because ill get in trouble with it. Im also thinking, if i bring it upstate with me, thats cigarettes, thats food as soon as i get upstate. Dope. Yeah, maybe. Yael, ill be honest, probably. Im a drug addict. When you came into the facility, you could have just given it up with your property and that money would have been put automatically into your account. Did you buy any drugs while here . No, no, sir. Buy anything else . Commissary from the other inmates . No. No drugs . No drugs. No marijuana, nothing . Nothing. Smoke marijuana . I do. But i like harder stuff better. Honestly. But now ive been clean for since you came . 20 days. Im going to have you wait by the elevator, and well call you back. Were going to put you in elevator 2. Valentino waits in the elevator lobby while the two determine what sanctions to assess. Along with rescinding good time, they can assign him to disciplinary segregation or the box. Doesnt seem to be violent type. He likes his drugs. His last writeup he had marijuana. He did go to the box on that. He had drugs in here once before. He might have bought them, too. Seems like to him he was going to try to smuggle it with him upstate. To buy drugs. Buy drugs and or commissary where, again, he could have put the money in his account and got commissary. Which they know they can use commissary to buy drugs. I dont think hes hardcore. I think hes just drug addict. Drug addict, yeah. I think we should take a little bit of good time and maybe hold some lock. I think hell be more afraid of the lock than the good time at this point in his career here. Valentino is escorted back to the hearing room to learn his fate. This is what we did. Having the one hundred dollars bill on that charge, you lost ten days good time. For smuggling it in when arrested, were going to put you on probation for the next 30 days. If you catch another ticket for anything, youll owe us 20 days box time. Plus the new ticket. If you stay out of trouble, nothing happens at the end of 30 days. Last time you were in the box, how did you do in there . I was hungry. Starving. I bet you were. Thats why we didnt put you in the box this time. I appreciate it. I really do. I really thought i was going to the box. Its my fault, you know. It aint ours. Stay out of trouble, okay valentino. Okay. Hopefully hell learn his lesson of losing good time and having box time over his head as probation. Hes got no money left, we took it. A few weeks later, we checked in with valentino. Theres no secret. People can get drugs in jail. How are you doing in terms of your heroin addiction . Good. Havent found any heroin yet. Are you looking . No. No. No, not at all. But it will find me. Just got to say no. If i can. I dont know yet. Havent been in that position yet. Coming up the only difference that i really see is that you waited until he got older to experiment with it. Cory youngman gets a new cellie. A man who turned to crack in middle age. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. And all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. Flonase sensimist. You can barely feel. What do all these people have in common, limu . Oug [ paper rustling ] exactly, nothing. Theyre completely different people, thats why they need customized Car Insurance from liberty mutual. Theyll only pay for what they need [ gargling ] [ coins hitting the desk ] yes, and they could save a ton. Youve done it again, limu. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. When we met ayala jones at tulsa county jail, she was lying on the floor in the fetal position with a vomit bucket close at hand. Im trying so hard no to no to what . Throw up. A couple of days later she was feeling better and taking in the support of other inmates. Never thought id come to jail and clean a trash can of vomit. Said man, i got a sick bunkie. But its okay. Im glad you didnt do it over the top bunk. Really. The good thing about today is that people like me, ive never experienced the drug. But i have experienced with a lot of other drugs. Im just learning through you, you know what i mean, about that addiction. If i would have known before i did it, i would have never done it. That old song that says if i would have seen somebody go through physical withdrawals right now in front of me and tell me everything they to go through. Thats you now. I mean, youre showing that to other people so they dont have to experience it. Thats the only reason why i did this right now. I wouldnt have done it. I wouldnt have because i dont want to be on tv. I dont want people to see me. Jones hopes her pain serves as a deterrent to others. Jail officials across the country see drug abuse at the root of the vast majority of inmate stays. Unlike many state prison systems, reform is a key objective. County jails are primarily considered Holding Facilities while inmates resolve their legal charges. But increasingly theyre taking on the additional role of drug rehabilitation centers. Drug rehab in jail runs the gamut. It really goes county by county. The very basic type of treatment are 12step programs where volunteers come in from the outside and offer 12step meetings to those inmates who volunteer to participate. Ive seen county jails set up complete sober living units within a jail. And the inmates involved have to adhere to very strict guidelines in order to be part of that housing unit where its very comprehensive, drug rehabilitation. And then you see things in between. But theres no uniformity. Im assuming it comes down to finances, resources. But unfortunately, its the kind of situation that we could truly reduce our prison and jail population if we addressed addiction at an earlier stage and if not then, at least once somebody is incarcerated. The sheriff al cannon Detention Center in charleston, South Carolina offers a Rehabilitation Program that would seem a good fit for Cory Youngman. About to serve a twoyear prison sentence for his second dui and several other charges, youngman admitted to being intoxicated when he crashed his car and sustained serious injuries. When he was in the hospital, he picked up another charge that ruled him ineligible for the jails drug program. I was trying to like find a doctor or somebody. Where am i at . Last thing i remember is im driving a car. An officer was there at the hospital with me. He came out of one of the rooms and ran up behind me and tackled me, said i was trying to escape. And told me that now i was being charged with attempted escape charge. Because attempted escape is considered a security risk, youngman was not allowed into the drug program. Meanwhile, he has the unique experience of being incarcerated at his mothers workplace. Shes at her job and im at jail. Officer youngman says cory is like most other addicts she works with. Hes been in trouble with drugs on and off for the past ten years. I think he caught his first charge at 17. And been in and out of trouble pretty much since then. You got to get all you can in here if you want to get some calories. Dont need calories. Getting too old for that, man. Hes letting that go completely. Youngmans new cell mate, 51yearold max cave proves that the path to drug addiction does not necessarily begin in youth. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe im meant the talk to max about his struggles so we can talk a little bit, you know. Are you going to prison . No, this is my first time. Yeah. Drugs. Cave was sentenced to two years for petty larceny and failing to stop for police. He says the crimes stem from a recently acquired addiction to crack cocaine. Its been devastating. Its cost me a marriage of 30 years. Had a very good job with a nice company and had to retire. I raised four children. I had rental property and lost it all. Cave says a young worker he hired to help with his properties introduced him to crack. At the end of a workday, we would drink beer. You know, you hear about mid life crisis. I dont know if that applies here, but i think maybe i was just curious. I tried it. And really wasnt impressed with it at the beginning. But then i just kept tampering with it. It took about six months, within six months i was fullblown addicted. Yeah. How old are you cory . 26. I have a son your age. Do you have a relationship with your children . Well, not at the moment. Theyre very hurt. I was before i became addicted i was the goto guy. Similarities between me and max are the only difference that i really see is that he waited until he got older to experiment with it. Youngman has two sons. A 9yearold and a 2yearold. The example im setting for both my sons is terrible. I know people are going to see me talking on tv about it and theyre going to be like, you know, the same thing that im thinking in my head. What am i doing . 26, id give anything to be that age again. I can tell you, brother, youre young enough now if you stop, you can have a life. This is no life. Being in bondage is no life. Its time to stop telling myself that im young enough to stop doing this and stop doing this. You know what i mean . Thats the thing about an addiction. I mean, afterwards is when you step back and youre like, look what i done or look where im at. While youre doing it, youre not thinking about any of that. I dont want to see anybody go down this road. I just am being real about that. Its just a terrible way to live. I dont know whats going to happen when i walk out that door. None of us knows what tomorrow holds. But i know that Something Different has to happen than has happened the last few times i walked out. I just got to grow up. I got to step up, period. Hopefully im not in maxs spot in 20 years. Hopefully not. Honestly, though, max started late. 25 years from now, if i go at the rate im going, im not going to be in maxs spot. Im going to be dead. Theres not a doubt in my mind. You have people who love you and want to help you, just do the right thing. Do the next right thing and it will all work out. Three people come to me wearing suits, and one of them tells me that he hadnt made it. And i was like, no, he did. Just go check. They come back and tell me, mrs. Hall, your husband didnt make it. Two women racing down a texas highway. She saw me, and then made the uturn. Bonnie, the mistress, in one lane. I lookein
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