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I wish i could have been his supergirl but i'm still working on it. >> their relationship has another major hurdle to overcome. holtzclaw is married. and lori dowda is not only his girlfriend, but his sister-in-law. >> yeah, i was married to her sister for 30 months before me and lori actually started talking, started building our relationship. it's just been a very rough road. it's been well worth it, though. >> even though she hasn't been there my whole life, she still is related to me. and i'm not sorry for meeting him, i'm not saying i'm going to leave him, because i'm not. i'm not saying ...

Realizes coming to jail might be the start of a brighter future. >> ladies, whoever's in ged, let's go! >> dowda recently took her final exam in the jail's ged program. and today she finds out the results. >> are you worried about it? >> i'm very nervous. i'm scared. i don't want to fail. just like when i leave here and go to prison, when i leave prison, i'm scared i'm going to get out and just fall again. >> well, here are your scores. >> if they're bad, i don't want to look at them. >> ha ha! >> whoo! >> yay! >> i'm so happy for you. that's wonderful. i love it. >> congratulations. >> don't ...

Supergirl but i'm still working on it. >> their relationship has another major hurdle to overcome. holtzclaw is married. and lori dowda is not only his girlfriend, but his sister-in-law. >> yeah, i was married to her sister for 30 months before me and lori actually started talking, started building our relationship. it's just been a very rough road. it's been well worth it, though. >> even though she hasn't been there my whole life, she still is related to me. and i'm not sorry for meeting him, i'm not saying i'm going to leave him, because i'm not. i'm not saying that our relationship's over ...

Than dwell on the past. she enrolled in the jail's ged program to get her high school equivalency degree and will soon take her certification test. >> getting my ged means i can get a legitimate job. somebody could hire me because i have education. they look at my diploma and see i don't have a diploma, i don't have a ged, and that shakes them about hiring me. >> if you know what the prefix means and the subject means you can take those. >> ms. maroney has helped me a lot. i'd like to quit, close the book, move it to the side. she don't let me quit, she's always pushing me. >> i'm kind of like...

Your life, move on. she wasn't having that, know what i mean? she ain't going to have that. she's a rider. >> burgess says it's too painful for her to visit her brother. even these weekly visits with jones are getting difficult. >> it's hard on me. because now i'm helping raising his kids. and also helping with bills and everything that he left. and i have no job so i'm trying to do the best i can with what i got. and it just feels like everything is being taken away from me slowly. >> lori dowda says she has known hard times and suffering too. but now only days from transferring to prison to ...