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A drug smuggling scheme is uncovered in the jail's mail room. >> two cards glued together with four decks of heroin taped inside. >> the suspect is identified. >> i mean, i look -- i look guilty there. but if you look deeper into my background, you'll see that i don't have a reason for it. >> but will his claims of innocence hold up? located just across the hudson river from america's largest city, hackensack, new jersey, is one of its oldest. while some consider it a suburb of new york city, hackensack has its own character and faces its own challenges.

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Inside hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail, inmates were allowed digital cameras for about an hour or so. the purpose was to allow them to record any intimate thoughts of their lives in privacy. two of those inmates are thomas costa and his girlfriend alyssa schlossberg. they're both facing drug charges and hope to be assigned to a rehab program in lieu of more jail or prison time. >> our crappy ass mirror, but it's cool. you can actually see me better through the camera through the mirror, which is weird. but i don't know, maybe it's a reason why people can't see their real self throu...

Victim of violence. a drug smuggling scheme is uncovered in the jail's mail room. >> two cards glued together with four decks of heroin taped inside. >> the suspect is identified. >> i mean, i look -- i look guilty there, but if you look deeper into my background, you'll see that i don't have a reason for it. >> but will his claims of innocence hold up? located just across the hudson river from america's largest city, hackensack, new jersey is one of its oldest. while some consider it a suburb

Find your awesome, and change the way you wifi. inside hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail officer domenico recently discovered strips of heroin inside a greeting card mailed to inmate nick battaglia. >> any drug incorporated into a secure facility could cause a potential problem. you've got 800 other inmates that you're dealing with here. you need somebody to be sane. and the drug is going to, obviously, incapacitate somebody and make them not act appropriately. >> battaglia denies any knowledge of the card and has told staff he suspects his cellmate might be behind the scheme.