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So it's working under adverse conditions with extremely ill people. >> dr. mary sue haber is a forensic psychologist and has worked in corrections for 35 years. >> there are less places for women to be treated after they leave here. and even if they are released, and go to a hospital, in a short-time treatment program, they come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they don't have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on the streets is really tough. >> when we built the women's detention center, it was well under capacity. once we ope...

>> dr. mary sue haber is a forensic psychologist and has worked in corrections for 35 years. >> there are less places for women to be treated after they leave here. and even if they are released, and go to a hospital, in a short-time treatment program, they come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they don't have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on the streets is really tough. >> when we built the women's detention center, it was well under capacity. once we opened it up, we never could get back to capacity. there's just -- ther...

They come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they don't have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on the streets is really tough. >> when we built the women's detention center, it was well under capacity. once we opened it up, we never could get back to capacity. there's just -- there was a lot of need for housing female inmates. >> in an attempt to decrease recidivism, miami-dade corrections offers counseling services, life classes and vocational programs. >> at the women's detention center, i believe the most effective vocational...

Starting to fight with officers, kicking and screaming, they can't give her medicine so they have to tie her down. so it's working under adverse conditions with extremely ill people. >> dr. mary sue haber is a forensic psychologist and has worked in corrections for 35 years. >> there are less places for women to be treated after they leave here. and even if they are released, and go to a hospital, in a short-time treatment program, they come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they don't have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on ...

Services, life classes and vocational programs. >> at the women's detention center, i believe the most effective vocational program we have here is our cosmetology because they have the opportunity to receive a certification and it does not print they received this in jail so then they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your ridge, hold your ridge. start to clean out. swing it. that's it. see it closes up the openings? you got it? >> elizabeth valenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that's very important to them. i me...