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>> inmates may send e-mails to family and friends on the outside for 50 cents a message. spell and day figured out a way to use the kiosks to communicate with each other. >> me and brooklyn have been talking because we went to court yesterday and see, these have your little p.i.n. numbers and stuff on it. i memorized her p.i.n. number so i could get on hers and she could get on mine. we write each other e-mails but we can't send them so we save them as a draft. so whenever she gets back on hers she will see the draft that i saved on her account. whenever i get back on mine i can see the draft ...

>> i'm the night sanitation officer. we take care of the cleanliness of the jail at night, sweep and mop the floors, clean the offices, and painting. there's always something to paint. in the rooms paint gets peeled off the walls. walls get scuffed up, scarred up. it's a jail. there's always constant work. >> on the work list tonight is a cell that once belonged to 18-year-old brooklyn day. >> you can tell a lot about the girl. you can tell she's young, she's talented. she's a virgo. she lives in the moment. she loves america. she keeps her head up. looks like she was pretty bored, though. yea...

Drugs, alcohol to start somewhere. it's 28 days. if they have been doing drugs 28 years it definitely is not going to stop the problem right then and there. it's a start. it's a push to get them into the right direction. and that's the ultimate goal, change for the better. >> you got to change the way you look at things, change the way you think. >> obviously got a problem because i keep ending up in jail because of the same [ bleep ]. i figured it will look good in court. i'm trying to help myself out and stuff. >> there is a duplicate program offered to female inmates. >> i have told these g...

>> what is the process from the first day you started class to where you're at now, from what you've learned and what you walk away with? >> well, i really never, ever would have thought that i would be going through this. i didn't even think that i had a problem until i was here and sober and able to realize that. >> brooklyn was a big concern for us when she first came in. for a little girl, brooklyn had been taking a lot of crazy drugs and her life was very chaotic. brooklyn has been able to move to a place where she understands that she has a problem and that she is an addict. and that's n...

I'm like should i? all these people are telling me it is the most amazing feeling. i have been tempted big time. >> the jail, however, has offered her a very different opportunity, a spot on the 28 day long substance abuse program but for day it's not an easy decision. >> i know it would help me. it's just my pride. i don't know if i would be able to let myself do that. it's just the fact that people would know, probably all of my family would know where is brooklyn? she is in a rehab. that would be embarrassing to have to say to anyone. coming up -- jack spell and brooklyn day step outside ...