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>> keep myself from coming here. at one point in time, you know, coming to jail was nothing, you know. i'd laugh at it. i'd just go do the time and come back home. >> whatley says he has decided to end his affiliation with the crips and has been accepted into quest, the jail's gang diversion program, cofounded by deputy gillock. >> directly addresses gang membership, how their lives have been affected by gang violence. they also have access to parenting class, which i think every person should have. it also has a gang component in their curriculum. >> i don't want my daughter to come home and ...

At one point in time, you know, coming to jail was nothing, you know. i'd laugh at it. i'd just go do the time and come back home. >> whatley says he has decided to end his affiliation with the crips and has been accepted into quest, the jail's gang diversion program, cofounded by deputy gillock. >> directly addresses gang membership, how their lives have been affected by gang violence. they also have access to parenting class, which i think every person should have. >> i don't want my daughter to come home and go daddy, this is my boyfriend, and i look at him and the first thing out of my mou...

Left her child on a subway platform. take a listen. >> i never, ever got a parenting class when i was in grade school, middle school, high school, college. we don't teach people how to be good parents. i applaud the person that left the child on the subway. not kill your child. not to let them roast to death in a car because you are sick of having a child and it's an encumberment, remember susan smith who drove into the water and killed two of her children. so, i applaud that woman, but i don't think people are good parents. i really don't think we as a nation teach people how to parent. >> ju...

>> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. north dakota is now america's happiest state. the unhappiest state is west virginia. the rankings based on work environment, health and access to food and water. the bad. police tackling a guy accused of cutting down an american flag near city hall in santa barbara, california now charged with vandalism and resisting arrest. the ugly. when you play golf in the desert watch out for the jumping cacti. one spectator in arizona finding out the hard way. the spectator falling backwards into the prickly clutches of a cactus. we to...

Abuser. >> basically you look at the crimes, they vary, the crimes vary, but most of them are centered around use of drugs. and the use of drugs from breaking and entering to armed robbery, to murder, attempted murder, child abuse charges, so the one common denominator most of them are centered around the use of intoxicants or drugs. >> i was in drugs real bad, i came to jail, found out i was pregnant. i gave birth to a healthy baby boy, he was drug-free, that was a blessing to me. >> bonita won't see her son until she completes one year prison sentence. >> whether she goes, she will take a pa...