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A good program. ms. blessinger agreed and they said they're proud of me that i got my ged on my own free will. i hope everything goes well. >> i think he's a party animal, what do you think? >> oh, definitely. definitely. >> back in the captain's office, charles taylor's wait for his mother enters its sixth hour. >> okay. well, i'll see if i can't get ahold of his mom again, see how far out she is or if she's hung in traffic. okay. bye. >> let's try her again. >> i feel my mama getting close. i feel it in my heart. the best part of the body. the heart. >> just kicked over to her voicemail agai...

Already stretched to more than five hours, 18-year-old michael brehm continues his gruelling interview with the committee that will decide his fate. >> i haven't been this nervous since court. this pretty much decides my freedom. >> program director chris blessinger cuts to the core of michael's problems. >> you and i have had conversations before. and one of those conversations has been about the seriousness, about the extensive history that you have using substances. >> right. >> if you look back on a lot of your charges, a lot of those charges were when you were high or when you were drunk....

Interview with the committee that will decide his fate. >> i haven't been this nervous since court. i don't know, this pretty much decides my freedom. >> program director chris blessinger cuts to the core of michael's problems. >> you and i have had conversations before. and one of those conversations has been about the seriousness, about the extensive history that you have using substances. >> right. >> if you look back on a lot of your charges, a lot of those charges were when you were high or when you were drunk. so what is going to be different this time when you get out? >> i have a lot m...

Face. >> does anybody in your family drink or smoke or use drugs? anybody in your extended family? >> my mom, she quit drinking. she quit drinking for me. because i asked her to. i was like, mom, when i go home, i know you like to have your cocktails every now and then. but you're going to have to do me a favor and stop that. she told me she respects that and she'll do it for me. >> you're exactly right. because if you're around it, you're going to be tempted. >> okay, michael. i'm going to have you go over in that room and wait for a second while we have a discussion and then we'll have you c...

With teens in seg. >> talk to me, what was the point of all that? >> i started hating nation. that everybody started fighting. >> where did that get to you? >> right here. >> as we attempted to interview blessinger after her rounds, we got her own feel for the personalities in seg. >> they go through the groups and they learn the skills but then they have to apply those skills. >> shut up. >> you have to have a certain kind of personality and the demeanor to be able to work in a place like this. there's never a dull moment. always things to do and offenders to help. >> you're facing an adult c...