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>> i think at one point she was facing something like 11 felonies. ultimately she was acquitted of several. she pled out on a couple and received probation. and during our time at maricopa she was actually released. so we wanted to see how she was doing when she got out, and we ended up actually catching up with her outside of the jail facility. >> but i got my eye done since then. and it's a colored one. but i don't like it because it doesn't move exactly with this one. that's why i got glasses and stuff, so i can make sure i look straight at people. i can get it permanently put in, but that'...

Have. but i'm fine with it. you know? life goes on. karma's a bitch. it will come back around to them, whether they're in prison or not, it will come back around. >> it was only after the shooting that she ran into her own problems with the law and was arrested on more than a dozen charges. but during our time at maricopa, her life took a turn for the better. >> i think at one point she was facing something like 11 felonies. ultimately she was acquitted of several. she pled out on a couple and received probation. and during our time at maricopa she was actually released. so we wanted to see ho...

>> i think at one point she was facing something like 11 felonies. ultimately she was acquitted of several. she pled out on a couple and received probation. and during our time at maricopa she was actually released. so we wanted to see how she was doing when she got out, and we ended up actually catching up with her outside of the jail facility. >> but i got my eye done since then. and it's a colored one. but i don't like it because it doesn't move exactly with this one. that's why i got glasses and stuff, so i can make sure i look straight at people. i can get it permanently put in, but that'...

Some will be released within hours. others could be here for years, until their charges are resolved in court. but they always begin their time at the intake center located at the central jail facility. >> orange county jail system is considered a mega jail. we have the ability to house over 7,000 inmates at one time. and the challenges we face pretty much reflect, to a certain degree, the challenges the community faces with gang affiliations, with drug abuse, mental problems, issues that would be better served in hospitals but given the current situation they end up in jails. >> since the new...

>> all right. let's get off the tier. >> mcdonald has successfully lobbied the county to replace this outdated building with a new and improved facility. given the scale and cost, that's a good five to ten years out. in the meantime, hundreds of new inmates enter the system every day. if convicted, they're either sent to prison or serve their time right here in l.a. county. when they arrive, placement is critical. >> next man out of cell one come to 35. >> there are over 25 classifications at this jail. each inmate has to go up to the window and talk to someone inside who will ask them a serie...