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And began returning to mentor other women. >> i just give support to women that just feel hopeless, that feel lost. i bring a lot of hope to these women and to the people i meet. hey, julie, how are you? >> julie vaughn is serving time for offering to commit prostitution and has prior convictions of trespassing, petty theft and possessing drug paraphernalia. >> i'm 36 now. since i was 19 until now, going back and forth, trying to get clean, messing up and using again, trying to get clean. i can remember a time when i looked down on people who smoked crack because i was only snorting coke. i lo...
>> i just give support to women that just feel hopeless, that feel lost. i bring a lot of hope to these women and to the people i meet. hey, julie, how are you? >> julie vaughn is serving time for offering to commit prostitution and has prior convictions of trespassing, petty theft and possessing drug paraphernalia. >> i'm 36 now. since i was 19 until now, going back and forth, trying to get clean, messing up and using again, trying to get clean. i can remember a time when i looked down on people who smoked crack because i was only snorting coke. i looked down on hookers because i was only a d...
There are real professionals but you have to reevaluate, there are 45,000 public in there after 9/11. we have military guys and ladies coming back. use them. loop under the house. then i would not care but you are going to get rid of them and the union will say no. then we will have more of a problem. >>eric: what are they looking for? more money? more job security or the ability not to be fired? >>guest: the last part. the ability not to be fired for messing up. now with a union behind them, you have to deal with the unions. we have that with the unions in new york. they shoved them down the ...
5,000 inmates with an average stay of just under 22 years. these inmates have plenty of time to get involved with violence. >> the smallest indiscretion could kick off a straight war. >> hand-to-hand transactions of dope, weapons, whatever. >> there have been more than 350 stabbings since the prison opened its doors in 1988. >> i enjoy hurting people. >> they don't play games here. >> bottom line, it's easy to get into corcoran. >> i do armed robberies, whatever i have to do to support my drug habit. >> i smoke methamphetamines, i'm addicted. been doing it about 15 years. i just can't get off ...