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>> 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 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 velenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that's very important to them. i mean, that, they would tell you straight out. they woul...

Implemented an intensive and rigorous military-type program called boot camp. >> why don't you leave me alone? >> why don't you let me go home? >> why don't you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have boot camp in lieu of sentencing. and they have to complete our program or they will be sentenced to whatever it is for the crime, whether it be 5, 10, 15 years, or sometimes even life. >> i would be facing 15 to 30 years on...

Place. >> absolutely. >> this is the opportunity for you to build up some discipline knowing that you're going to do certain things every day. so you're building a foundation that's going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. >> me personally, i think the program's helped. every time i've come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. i've seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does work and my belief is that if it helps 1 ...

>> why don't you leave me alone? >> why don't you let me go home? >> why don't you let me go home? >> started in 1995, boot camp only accepts 38 inmates every 2 months, many of whom have committed nonviolent crimes. ultimately, a judge decides if an inmate is eligible for the program. >> they have boot camp in lieu of sentencing. and they have to complete our program or they will be sentenced to whatever it is for the crime, whether it be 5, 10, 15 years, or sometimes even life. >> i would be facing 15 to 30 years on armed robbery and kidnapping. so i decided to come to boot camp instead of fa...

>> age is also a criteria for acceptance into the program. all inmates must be between 14 years old and 28 years old. >> when you get somebody that's new to the system, somebody that is not familiar with prison life, you can still grab a hold of them before they get too deep. >> officer alvin formally of the u.s. army is one of the drill instructors. >> my primary goal is to turn these youthful offenders hopefully into productive citizens so they can re-enter society. >> left, left. left, right. >> while in the program, participants are no longer considered inmates, they are cadets. >> the big...