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Time. this is -- definitely the last time. >> how do you know this is different? >> i just feel totally different. i have never done a program and out of 16 years being in jail, i feel so much better after this 14 months that i'm doing right here. it's an awakening for me personally. >> we have all made a choice to participate in trying to change our life. >> just a few years ago therapy-based programming here didn't exist. inmates were here for too short a time. the average stay was just 54 days. but then, in an effort to reduce overcrowding in state prisons, california started sending inmate...

In. >> do you think you've become institutionalized? >> definitely. >> definitely. >> i choose to keep coming back to jail. but this is the last time. definitely the last time. >> how do you know that this is different? >> i just feel totally different. i've never done a program. and out of 16 years of being in jail, i feel so much better after that 14 months that i'm doing right here. it's an awakening for me, personally. >> we've all made a choice to participate in trying to change our life. >> just a few years ago, therapy-based programing here didn't exist. inmates were here for too short ...

This mission today. it's good to see everybody coming together, working toward a common goal, several institutions, okaloosa, walton, century, the ig's canine. what we're doing this morning, mass search. our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> today's search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons, and the state's inspector general's canine unit. the dogs are trained detect the scents of both drugs and cell phones. >> we've got six different search team...

>> two. >> left. >> two. >> all right, y'all, hold it down. hey, if you stop talking and get up here, we'll go to chow. we structure everything like the military. and we like to have everybody do the same thing all together and they stay in compliance when they do that. if you've got your hands in your pockets, you're wrong. if you've got your hands in your jacket, you're wrong. >> we make them walk on the line so we do have consistency. and if everybody's walking in a straight line, it makes our job a whole lot easier. y'all take your hands out of your pockets. >> while florida's santa rosa c...

>> as the capital of california, sacramento is the world's eighth largest economy. while decisions made here could have global impact, nestled among its downtown skyscrapers and government buildings is a reminder of local concerns. the main branch houses about 2,000 men and women. like traditional jails, most of them are only charged with crimes and awaiting resolution for trials and cases. sacramento's main jail is also affected by ab-109. a law that diverts convicts from state prisons to county jails.