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Inside a corrections facility in the state of new jersey. >> by your lockers. independence for lockers. >> though now nearing retirement, officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for the past eight years. >> i don't want no mice in here. i don't like mice. i got to live in here too eight hours. >> i could have been a damn good drug dealer. coy have been a damn good drug user. but for some reason, i chose the right road. >> recently the center has been seeing heroin make a comeback as the drug of choice among the inmates. and in bergen county, one of the nation's most prosperous communiti...

Little bit, because she figured out i was writing out to her, and she was writing back to me, and it is like we were on the same wavelength and i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you will see that most heroin users are very close to their moms. >> insight into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mama's boy drug. >> and while one thrives and another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i can't have back here, because to me, what he did is that serious. unfortunately, he blew his shot.

Rehabilitation center opened in 1995, and it was the first of its kind inside of a correctional facility. now nearing retirement, officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for those years and now he is ready for retirement. >> i don't like mice. i could have strayed and been one of the guys and been a damn good drug dealer and a damn good drug user, but for some reason, i chose the right road. >> recently the center has been seeing heroin make a comeback as the drug of choice among the inmates. and in bergen county, one of the prosperous counties, heroin has taken an unusual twist. >> you...

>> everybody step into the kitchen. cabinet inspection. top drawer. >> the bergen county jail's drug rehabilitation center opened in 1995. it was the first of its kind inside a correction facility in the state of new jersey. >> inspection for lockers. >> though now nearing retirement officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for the past eight years. supervising the hundreds of men who have passed through it. >> i don't want no mice in here. i don't like mice. i got to live in here, too, for eight hours. i could have very easily strayed and very easily been one of these guy. i could have ...

Bit. because she figured out my writing back to her the way i figured it out. it's like we were on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. coming up -- >> you'll see most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> an insignature into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that's why i call it mama's boy drug. >> one inmate in the drug rehab center thrives while another is forced to drop out. >> he's a guy i can't have back here. to me, what he did was -- was that serious. unfortunately, he blew his shot. i love kiwis. ...