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i used to let her give me back massages and stuff. but it wasn't nothing to the point where i thought it was like coming on to her or nothing, no. >> dowda said the relationship cooled after cavallucci was assigned to a different cell. dowda got a new cellmate. >> she got really jealous of my new rhymemate, because she and me get along really well. she just went off. >> cavallucci said the fight stemmed from an inns didn't in which dowda told staff cavallucci was making too much noise on the unit. >> i was being disrespected, the whole dorm and stuff, that she snitched on me, they all heard her say it was cavallucci. they're like, why would she call you out like that? if i would have backed down or anything i would have been disrespected more. kind of everybody like -- really more so amping it up. people saying, get her, get her. >> cavallucci says now she has had a change of heart and wants to make amends. >> i need to give her a very
but it's well worth it when you find somebody you care about that much. she's really opened my eyes and changed my outlook on life. >> josh holtzclaw is lori dowda's boyfriend and codefendant. they've both been charged with second-degree burglary. dowda has already pled guilty and will transfer to prison to serve a one-year sentence. holtzclaw admits to committing the burglaries and is negotiating a plea deal under the state's first offenders act which keeps a conviction off his record, provided he successfully completes the terms of his sentence. >> it was all really just heat of the moment thing. you figure we could get a bit of money real quick. we made a mistake and went down that road. after that, there was no turning back. >> my whole life i've known nothing but burglarizing. that's all i ever knew. he's never lived that life before but i've burglarized before and i know that you can get stuff out of it.
friend and cellmate lori dowda, jail officials have handed down a sanction of their own. >> she got 60 days of lockdown and loss of privileges which means she will get an hour out per day to shower and maybe go on the rec yard. she does not get to watch tv. she does not get to use the telephone. she does not get to get commissary or have visitors come. >> i mean, i just think 60 days is horrid and outrageous. but i've been told that she had bruises on her face and a black eye. i felt really bad when i heard that. she's -- i mean, she's a pretty girl and i shouldn't have done that to her. >> both women agree that during the month or so they were cellmates they grew very close. dowda says cavallucci wanted
to find out about it. still waiting for the response in a letter. i would love to start a family with lori and have little kids. i don't believe right now is the best time to have kids. >> i'm not nowhere near capable of taking care of any living being. i'm not -- barely capable of taking care of myself. that's yes really, really hope that i'm not. >> until she is examined and new tests are taken, dowda and the others on her unit are only left to speculate. >> you've gotten bigger. see? it's all right here. you believe me when i tell you you're pregnant? >> it would be different if there wasn't a ball in there. cornbread. >> it's not cornbread, honey, it is a baby. >> i think but i don't want to accept it. >> you think what? that i'm pregnant, the p-word. but i don't want to be a bad mom. i'm scared to be. i don't want to be a bad mom. so i guess that's why i'm in denial. i don't want to be a bad mom. >> but the truth of the matter is, you think you're pregnant? >> i am.
than a high. it was better than smoking a blunt or popping a pill or something. it was better. and then one day i just couldn't take it. i cut myself a little bit too deep. that instantly scared me because everything went black and i don't really remember if i hit a main artery. all i remember is it was squirting and a lot of blood was coming out of it. >> i mean, we all have, you know, a lot of stuff in our childhood and other people's stories are different. hers is really traumatic and sad and that's one of the reasons i hope she'll still have me as a friend. i do want to help the girl. you know, she doesn't have anybody. >> but not only does dowda have someone else, he's even under the same roof. over in the men's section of the jail. >> what drew me to lori is she got some great care and personality. she's very beautiful, smart, outgoing. the main thing is she don't ever give up. we've been together for going on six months now. been rough.
my mind. >> during her five months in jail, lori dowda has experienced more than psychological warfare she was attacked and given a black eye by her former friend and cellmate morgan cavallucci. on the positive side, dowda earned her ged here. but now she is concerned that her jail saga may have one more unexpected development. >> i have issues going on with my stomach right about now. i don't want to say it for sure. but there is a possibility i could be pregnant. and if not there's a knife like this big inside of my stomach. i don't know what to think. i just know my body very well. and i know something's not right. >> when miss dowda came to the facility, she was tested to see if she was pregnant. standard procedure. she tested negative. and then she continued to complain of some stomach issues. the facility made an appointment with an outside doctor for her to go and get checked for her stomach issues. >> it's very possible to have a false negative if you don't have
get in trouble. so what do they have to lose by encouraging a little action? >> seconds later, officers respond to the fight and break it up. cavallucci is taken to a segregation cell pending a hearing on the matter. >> blows. blows being in lockup. part of life, you know. live and you learn. i didn't really feel bad until i was sitting here by myself, like right when i got brought in here, i was like, what did i do? why did i do that? so foul and just wrong of me. just -- i mean, she's a good friend of mine. we were like that. >> her situation's similar to mine. whether it involves family or having nobody to lean back on. so i connected with her. but it is jail. >> dowda will soon leave the
more from their relationship. an assertion cavallucci neither confirms nor denies. but she does say despite giving dowda a black eye, dowda fought back. >> she's quick on her feet. trying to knee me. trying to gouge my eyeball. i know she had a good batch of my hair in her hand. >> i know i got hits in, too. when i fight i black out. i have bad ptsd i think it's what it's called. i have blackout when i fight and i don't mean to. whenever someone hits me it triggers in my head, you're being abused, it's a life or death situation, you have to react. >> where does the ptsd come from? >> i've been abused a lot throughout my life. so it just -- a lot of triggers. >> dowda says she has had a troubled childhood that includes time in group homes, sexual abuse, being a victim of human trafficking. she says at age 13, she began to cope by cutting herself. >> it was like the adrenaline rush that it gave me was better
officials at the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, say there's approximately one fight per day among the 1,500 inmates inside the sprawling facility. the vast majority of those fights are between male inmates. ed. >> men got to prove their manliness. can't let somebody run the show if they think they're running the show. fortunately it's not as common for the women to fight. they do seem to keep it a little more in check. i think there's more verbal squabbles than physical altercations. >> but less than 24 hours earlier, lori dowda was in fact in a fight. now she has a black eye to show for it. >> i got hit from behind in my eye. she came and knocked me in my head and i didn't see nothing after that, everything went black. ♪ i let my guard down.
that's going through things just because i know what it feels like to go through something. this is not about anybody else but me. if i don't want to become the statistic everyone says, i have to change somehow, start somewhere. i got nothing but time. coming up -- >> i'm very nervous. i'm scared. i don't want to fail. >> lori dowda gets the results of her ged test. but the results of another test could impact her life even more dramatically. and -- there you go, stop crying, it's going to be all right. >> michael jones gets a visit from his fiancee. i am the ghost of cookies' past residue. oh, so gross... well you didn't use pam! so, it looks like you're stuck, with me... that's really a good one... thank you. i'm here all week, folks. no wait, i'm here forever. hahaha... bargain brand cooking spray can leave annoying residue. but pam leaves up to 99% less residue. pam helps you keep it off.