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-- this is the only chance for someone to sober up, number one, but also, it creates the same drug culture that capitals neighborhoods across this country in the institution, itself. we start to see violence, you start to see exploitation of other inmates and essentially it creates a black market for many things. >> i'm going to leave the picture here. i may end up giving it to the handler as a gift. >> colonel previtera and his staff have yet to decide who the handler will be. >> the tough part about this, there's only one position. it's first time we've ever done this where we're actually go...

Enjoy and you're going to get more out of it. for some reason this is something that -- >> well, it's a first. you're, you know, you are breaking ground. not just for detention but for the sheriff's office. your family's good with it, your wife's good with it? >> she may be more excited than me about it. to be honest. >> you can bring her that home. that's a gift. congratulations, you earned it. congratulations, man. >> hey, babe, i was calling to tell you that we got the position and we got a new puppy coming home. >> yeah. >> her name is elmo. we're going to the airport to pick up the dog mo...

>> what's up, man. >> hey, sir. >> how are you? >> good. welcome back again. >> thanks. >> this process will end at some point. i promise you. >> sounds good, sir. >> colonel jim previtera called bickerstaff to his office for one final discussion. >> this thing has got to work. this program has got to work. i wanted to make sure we had the right person. it's clear to all of us that you have what it takes to do this job and to make it work and to be successful. i got no doubt at all, but at the same time, the other thing that is glaringly apparent to all of us, not only the fact that you can do...

Guilty pleasures go far beyond hand rolled cigars. as in other big cities, drug abuse has taken its toll here. it leads addicts to commit far more serious crimes. often resulting in extended stays at tampa's hillsborough county jail. >> one behind the other. single file line. hug the wall. >> colonel jim previtera is in charge of all operations and the nearly 3,000 inmates housed in the county's two jail facilities. >> i feel pretty safe in telling you if you went into any given pod here and you got every inmate to honestly answer the question of how substance abuse impacted their incarceratio...

New role of canine handler at the hillsborough county jail. >> what's up, man. >> hey, sir. >> how are you? >> good. welcome back again. >> thanks. >> this process will end at some point. i promise you. >> sounds good, sir. >> colonel jim previtera called bickerstaff to his office for one final discussion. >> this thing has gorkt. this program has got work. i wanted to make sure we had the right person. it's clear to all of us that you have what it takes to do this job and to make it work and to be successful. i got no doubt at all, but at the same time, the other thing that is glaringly appar...