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Fleeing to elude a police officer. he has pled not guilty on all charges. while some inmates in the substance abuse program are mandated to be there by a judge, billiter has joined the program voluntarily. he said he's never had a problem with drugs or alcohol and that he has a different reason for joining the program. >> mainly it's to help me with my legal issues. as far as the substance abuse program goes, i'm going to use it to my advantage because i know that when i go to court, it will look good on me. >> so you're not taking the program part seriously? >> not really, no. i'm not going t...

Made it through. >> today i got my certificate of completion for the substance male substance abuse program and the first quarter of anger management. i go to court tomorrow so i'll be able to bring this to court and show the lawyer and show the judge. and hopefully that might help me out a little bit. >> garrett billiter was nearly kicked out of the program with only three days remaining. only a lenient sentence on a disciplinary report allowed him to continue. >> are you court-ordered? >> yes, ma'am. >> billiter believes he helped his case by lying to sergeant cooper, telling her his enrollm...

We're poking. it takes a staple, like a heavy-duty staple, got to sharpen it really, really good. poke it in there. i've got pretty good with a pick hole. i can do faces and everything with a pick hole. i'm really good with it. >> he says he knows his tattoo business is not without risk. too many write-ups could get him kicked out of the substance abuse program. >> being that i'm in the drug dorm, i'm trying to be very careful. it's a privilege dorm, it's a program dorm. out of the whole jail, this is one of the most watched dorms. you know. it's hard to get away with stuff. doing tattoos, it'...

Right to the hearing, they will give him less time in lockdown than he'd likely receive if the disciplinary officer finds him guilty. >> i'm offering you a waiver for 20 days lockdown, 20 days loss of privilege. do you want to accept that waiver? >> no, not taking that. >> any lockdown sentence over 14 days would have to be served in the jail's disciplinary unit which would automatically remove him from the substance abuse program. >> wait until i at least complete the program. because i mean, i've done all my stuff, all my work -- >> mr. billiter, here's a handful of write-ups. you had an inc...

At the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, garrett was only a few days away from graduating from the jail's substance abuse program when he received his third idr or inmate disciplinary report. this time for refusing to follow the program's rules to wake up at 5:30 a.m. at the risk of receiving a longer disciplinary sentence, bill iter has decided to challenge the idr at a hearing. if he's given any sentence longer than 14 days, he will be sent to disciplinary segregation forcing his removal from the substance abuse program. >> you worried? >> no -- well, maybe. >> my name is...