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>> methamphetamine use is the worst thing i ever come in contact with. my only regret, i wish i never, ever in my life seen it for the hundred good stories i could tell you,ky turn around and tell you three times the bad stories. it made me feel the greatest at times and made me hate myself most of the time. >> chazz harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totaled about six years for theft and burglary. but when he was then caught with 114 grams of meth, the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years which means i have to do 36. that's 12 years more...

Years earlier, has seen a big change in the population. >> get the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne. now we're seeing a lot more offenders come in from rural communities. i think that's due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. that's why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, in my opinion, from local, small communities. they get involved with the meth ring and get caught up and then they end up in the indiana department of cor...

A big change in the population. >> secure the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne. now we're seeing a lot more from rural communities. i think that's due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. that's why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, my opinion, from local small communities. they get involved with the meth ring and get caught up and then they end up in the indiana department of correction. >> i got to be honest, the police ...

Extraordinary parallel you have new details about, james dimaggio's own father took his life 18 years ago to the day that james dimaggio was killed. he also had a background of an apparent infatuation and abduction of a 16-year-old girl himself for which he went to prison. tell me about this? >> i can now confirm that, i wasn't able to talk about it for various reasons. >> the family had a traumatic upbringing, they were emotionally and physically abused by their father who had an extreme problem with methamphetamine use. when the mother died of cancer, the father became worse. the parents had...

Together, jim and jim's sister. and kids used to play with. >> and this -- there's this extraordinary parallel you have new details about, james dimaggio's own father took his life 18 years ago to the day that james dimaggio was killed. he also had a background of an apparent infatuation and abduction of a 16-year-old girl himself for which he went to prison. tell me about this? >> i can now confirm that, i wasn't able to talk about it for various reasons. >> the family had a traumatic upbringing, they were emotionally and physically abused by their father who had an extreme problem with metha...