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And night, $2,000 a day, that's 50 bags a day. so i heard this is the best program in the state to get clean. i'm lucky i got arrested to get into here. >> my life was good. i have a great family. i had a great job. i stole from my family. they don't trust me. they gave me so many chances, and this is the last chance, because if i don't succeed here, i don't have no family backing me up. and i come from a big family. i'll be out on my own. and i don't want that. >> sofield has pled guilty to theft and forgery and is awaiting sentencing. he's had several convictions for drug possession as well....

It is not just a lockup center, for men and women facing a variety of charges, it's also a drug rehabilitation center. >> we were the first in new jersey to open up a rehabilitation center in a correctional facility. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that is also successful. >> since the jail has many more men than women, the rehab side houses about 30 inmates. >> i don't have amateur addicts. i have the real mccoys here. i have guys that live on the street, homeless. i don't have your weekend warrior. i have the everyday user. tho...

>> we have 50% rules in our facility. it's kind of funny. but if they don't have their keys on them or their locks on their lockers or if they leave the books out or chairs down, we want them focused, we want them thinking. we don't want them too comfortable. we want them always working on themselves. >> sofield, however, faces an additional challenge. >> i'm 6'3" and my feet hit this thing when i try to sleep. you wake up every time you try to turn. it's freezing. i fall asleep and have drug dreams. that's just natural. if you're not having drug dreams, then you're not using drugs. >> sofield...

I'm still a little bit young but i've been around a lot compared to some other kids in here who are still young. you know, they all think about it, too. everybody thinks about it. i can't get high any more? just one more time? but there's never one more time. when it comes to heroin. you know how many times i said that? and it always leads to the next day, the next day. never one more time when it comes to that. >> coming up -- >> i'm 6'3", my feet hit this when i try to sleep. you wake up every time you try the turn. it's freezing. aaron sofield struggles to fit in in the drug rehabilitation ...

Token. >> this coin is really a token of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value itself, but coping and completing this program in 90 days is a very difficult task. so the ability to get through it without getting written up and kicked out is important. i wish you all the best on your journey, and i hope that you put the same effort into discovery house that you did here. okay? >> thank you. thanks. >> you feel good to see somebody come in on day one and see the change in them. if we get too good at this, i'll be put out of a job, but that's okay. i'll find something else to do. >> pri...