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and all that? >> he knows his whole name and he knows how to spell his name too. >> he know how to spell his name, too. >> the jail limits visitation to 30 minutes, time that goes by all too quickly. >> i love you. i appreciate you. and i thank you for having my back. let me just sit here and look at you and reminisce for a couple minutes until, until the screen go blank. >> i love you, too, baby. >> all right. tell my babies i love them. >> how has your addiction affected your family? >> oh, man, i was never sober for any of my kids, never. >> so when deandra comes here for the dance, it's going to be the first time she ever sees you
every time i looked in aziz's direction, i just saw deandra just holding him like she just didn't want to let him go. it was obviously emotional for the fathers and the daughters, but i just hope in the stake for these little girls that these men keep their word. the reality is that nationwide nearly 80% of drug offenders will eventually be reincarcerated. the hope is that experiences like this can inspire these men to stay out for good. salt. pepper. carved thick. that's the right way to make a good turkey sandwich. the right way to eat it? is however you eat it.
birthday. i'll do something nice for you. >> give a round of applause for anthony bowers and his beautiful daughter. [ applause ] mr. darrius, washington and his lovely daughter. mr. terrance williams and his princess. we have aziz scott and deandra scott. >> dads and daughters take their seats. but despite everyone's excitement, at first things feel a little awkward. >> for some fathers and daughters, like no time elapsed and they are having a great time. for some they are sitting there and not being communicative with each other. but when you think about it, some of these daughters don't even know their fathers. >> are you okay? >> i want to go.
>> in just a few days, deandra will reunite with aziz at the father-daughter dance. >> pretty. >> it will be the first time they will be together in nearly a year. so are you going to wear this? >> i might. >> do you have another option? let me see this one. deandra, this one is so cute, too. your mom really wants you to wear it, doesn't she? >> yes, but i don't want to. >> who do you think will win the battle of the dresses? >> me. or my mom. [ laughter ] >> have you ever been to a dance before? never? >> i'm going to be the only one that don't know how to dance. there is definitely a dad who
without the income he brought in from dealing, tya scrapes by with the help of her family. she spends most of their day caring for their 3-year-old son, aziz jr., but the housing project where they live is a hard place to raise kids. >> every two minutes you always hearing gunshots or seeing somebody fighting. the last home side happened yesterday. >> yesterday somebody was killed? >> yeah. >> how do you protect your kids? >> me and my babies, we stay in the house. i don't want to keep them locked in. i want them to be able to go outside and play, but this neighborhood can't do that. >> tya allows one exception. her 8-year-old daughter deandra can walk home from the bus stop after school. so let's see what you want to wear to the dance?
with the help of her family. she spends most of their day caring for her 3-year-old son aziz junior but the housing project where they live is a hard place to raise kids. >> every two minutes you always hearing gunshots or seeing somebody fighting. the last home side happened yesterday. >> yesterday somebody was killed? >> yeah. >> how do you protect your kids? >> me and my babies, we stay in the house. i don't want to keep them locked in. i want them to be able to go outside and play, but this neighborhood can't do that. >> tya allows one exception. her 8-year-old daughter deandra can walk home from the bus stop after school. so let's see what you want to wear to the dance?
>> in just a few days, he will reunite with aziz at the father daughter dance. >> pretty. >> it will be the first time they will be together in nearly a year. so are you going to wear this? >> i might. >> you have another option? let me see this one. deandra this one is so cute, too. your mom really wants you to wear it, doesn't she? >> yes, but i don't want to. >> who do you think will win the battle of the dresses? >> me. or my mom. [ laughter ] >> have you ever been to a dance before? never? >> i'm going to be the only one that don't know how to dance. >> no, you won't. there is definitely a dad that doesn't know how to dance, trust me. do you have anything planned out for the night?
>> he know how to spell his name, too. >> the jail limits visitation to 30 minutes, time that goes by all too quickly. >> i love you. i appreciate you. and i thank you for having my back. let me just sit here and look at you and reminisce for a couple minutes until, until the screen go blank. >> i love you, too, baby. >> all right. tell my babies i love them. >> how has your addiction affected your family? >> oh, man, i was never sober for any of my kids, never. >> so when deandra comes here for the dance, it's going to be the first time she ever sees you sober? >> yeah.
mr. darrius washington and his lovely daughter. mr. terrance william and his princess. we have aziz scott and deandra scott. >> dads and daughters take their seats. but despite everyone's initial excitement, at first things feel a little awkward. >> for fathers and daughters, like no time elapsed and they are having a great time. for some they are sitting there and not communicating with each other. but when you think about it, some of these daughters don't even know their fathers. >> are you okay? >> i want to go. >> for 25-year-old guy and his 4-year-old daughter diamond, the moment is overwhelming. the jail calls her mom to take