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due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> do you want to explain to me why i should not put you in prison? >> i'm just tired of getting high. >> and you weren't tired when i gave you a five-year suspended prison sentence before? ÷ judge to keep her out of prison. >> could you just call my dad and tell me to look for someone who has collateral? >> just brought in on drug charges, a young man attempts to make bail. >> just hung up.
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>> while another awaits sentencing for an unthinkable crime. >> a young lady was assaulted. drug behind the library. beaten within an inch of her life and brutally raped. >> if it was a crime to be in love then i'm guilty because i'm in love with you. >> and an alleged murderer and rapist seeks both a lover and ben factor. >> scary is not the word but gives you the creeps. [ laughter ] ♪ with an average of 361 days of sunshine per year, life in tampa, florida would seem like paradise. but crime knows no geographical
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bounds. on any given day, the two sprawling facilities that make up tampa's hillsborough county jail system house 3,000 men and women. >> the hands should be on the wall. >> most only stand accused of crime and are awaiting trial. others are serving short sentences of one year or less. they all begin the incarceration in the jail's intake department. but the crimes they're associated with range from horrific to petty and range from everything in between. >> i'm very photogenic. >> reporter: deandre barns was just charged with cocaine and marijuana possession with intent to sell. he plans to plead not guilty. >> who is that? >> my baby mama. >> you got that drama? >> if he seems at ease here that
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might be because this is his third stay at hillsborough county. he is familiar with the full body scan chair and facial scanners used to detect weapons or other contraband that might be hidden inside body cavities. >> barnes. >> i know you're barnes. go in, sir. welcome back. >> i said i wasn't going to come back and i'm back. i let myself down. >> yeah it is still the same. i guess i'll make my bed up. >> though barns has been arrested half a dozen times, the charges haven't always struck.zñ he only has one prior conviction for obstructing a law enforcement officer. >> coming to jail i ain't going to lie. half of me is like, how the hell am i going to get myself out of this situation and how long am i going to be here? >> he hopes to leave in a couple of days on bail.
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but life of hillsborough county is a world of extremes. another young man confined here faces the possibility of never seeing home again. >> all i can do is use this time as best as i can and hope i get out. >> 19-year-old kendrick morris was charged with two counts of sexual battery with a deadly weapon. he is awaiting sentencing. prosecutors are asking for 120 years. >> a young lady was going to the community library, she was assaulted, drug behind the library, beaten within an inch of her life and brutally raped. >> after being taken into custody for the library attack, authorities connected him to another assault that occurred ten months earlier. >> he had been the assailant in the rape of an elderly day care worker. >> he was also convicted of that crime and in jail awaiting sentencing. he still claims he's innocent. >> they say anything else, armed robbery or something like that,
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maybe i will say i'm capable of it but rape no, attacking a girl, no. hitting a girl, no. at the end of the day that's just not me. after looking back on the case and how we handled it in defense and how our closing statement was, the jury had no choice but to say guilty in the end. we didn't do a good job of coming out in the evidence. our final statement was concise or clear. all they could have said was guilty. >> the library victim who was 17 at the time of the attack was beaten so badly she sustained brain damage and can no longer see, walk, or talk.  go to the library where this occurred. this crime that he was convicted of happened less than a mile from where i live.
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and the community obviously is happy to have someone like him off the streets. as a father and member of the community it's difficult to keep that separation between my professional and personal self. i try to focus on the fact that he is not a management problem. he -- he is a model confinement inmate. never gives us any problems, does everything that's asked of him. the requirements of my profession is to treat him no differently than i would a petty thief and that takes practice. it really does. >> morris was arrested when he was 16 and has been at the jail for three years now. he is housed in the confinement unit. because of the nature of his crime. >> if word got out he brutally assaulted an elderly woman and a young girl and beat the girl into a vegetative state. he would probably suffer a similar fate. it's a situation we cannot risk. we could be held liable for not protecting him.
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for that reason he is kept here. >> he gets an hour of recreation time outside his cell six days a week. to pass the rest of the time he exercises, reads and draws. >> i draw because at the end of the day, i walk out of here right now and i could probably have a job or something i could do that could make me money. i could do something, i could be worth something. i wanted to do a religious piecework where the mother was the main character. it was after one of the visits where mom was crying or whatever. how many times would anyone have thought where it affected the mother where she has to have her child tooken away or whatever.]> coming up -- >> we will be moving problematic inmates today. the majority of the inmate housed down there are those with histories of assaulting us and are our disciplinary management problems. >> the jail performs a high risk move of its most dangerous inmates. and later -- >> when i met inmate jackson he gave me that back of my neck hair standing up vibe.
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like many other newly arrived inmates at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, deandre barns is going through drug withdrawal. >> i told the nurse that i was coming down off the rushes, about five or six of them a day. and he told me use this chance to get clean because it is messing up my heart. 20 months he said. 20 months. i go through this all the time.
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all the time i battle with this, battle with this. coming counsel, having to worry about -- even if i can get a little bit not to be sick. >> how do you feel after the detox? >> miserable. i feel sick.ss5ó my stomach is hurting but it's all good. >> it is going to get worse though. your fourth or fifth day is going to be the worst. >> i have no appetite. >> you probably won't. you won't. you'll probably want to sleep for a few days. >> rather than sleep barnes decided to focus on getting out of jail. the first step is calling a bail bondsman. >> yeah i'm deandre barnes. i'm in jail for two felonies and two misdemeanors. >> the bail has been set at $26,000. he will be released if he can pay a bondsman $2600 plus collateral.
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>> $2,600. he just hung up. >> barnes next reaches out to a family member. >> well can you just call my dad and tell him to look for someone who has collateral? i appreciate it. i'll check back in with you tomorrow. all right. i need somebody with collateral. >> until he makes bail barnes will reside in one of the low-security housing units but some inmates pose a greater threat to security. they're housed in the confinement unit where they're locked down 23 hours a day. today 180 will be moved to a new refurbished confinement unit and staff is taking an abundance of caution. >> good morning. today we'll relocate the inmates concluding the closing of housing unit three for
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refurbishment. we will be moving our most problematic inmates today. as you know the majority of inmates down there have histories of assaulting us and are disciplinary management problems. you will have binder chains available to you unless they require a box chain. there are ten down there that will be in box chains. with inmates more high risk we're going to do it in numbers. at least two deputies, sometimes three, maybe four. just grab a set of chains. 205, one man. 206 has assaulted us before. two man with a box chain. >> one of the inmates on the move is esteban. >> i got into some little trouble since i've been here with the guards. i guess you could say i attempted to batter one of the deps. they say i try to beat him up
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but it was just i guess it was a misdirect of anger. >> he is just combative. so we have to be more cautious with him. >> he was identified as a certified member of the bloods but a high-ranking member. >> he has been charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. he pled not guilty to all charges. >> i'm not a killer. i'm a fighter, but not a killer. i'm a go-to man. i like money. i like the finer things in life. i'm a pretty boy in the streets. that's what i am. >> you got your pillow in there too? >> yeah. >> the inmates are moved in small groups with a team of deputies assigned to each individual. we're 51 with the next group. >> it's a 600-yard walk but
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there's no rushing. >> we're not here to do it quickly, we're here to do it safely and thoroughly. >> safety is always a priority and the housing unit has several security enhancements. >> that's a 12-year-old building we moved out of. this is a new building. some of the things they've incorporated into the new housing unit is some new technology and door controls. i think it will make it safer. >> merchan approves of some of the changes as well. >> it's nicer. i'll tell you that much. cleaner. >> take off your uniform. >> overall the best change i like is the uniform.ait&c% i guess they decided to have us wear red since we're in confinement. i was getting tired of orange. making me feel like an orange pumpkin. i mean, i'm a blood. right? so my favorite color is red overall. the bloods wear red. you feel me? so it makes me feel comfortable. more comfortable.
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it brings a smile to my face. look at my cheeks. >> in addition to his history of assaulting staff, his gang affiliation is another reason he's in confinement. >> if you openly throw up gang signs, mention you're in a gang or give the appearance of trying to recruit for the gang, you'll be confined in here. >> that's what society calls ast us a gang. but i'm not a gang member. i'm part of a brotherhood, a nation. this is my church. this is my religion. this is what i believe in. you feel me? i am a blood. i swore to myself that this is what i'm going to do the rest of my life. >> coming up an accused murderer and rapist seeks a relationship. >> on the back it says, ps, i want to be the girl in your dreams tonight. only god can judge us. drug plan. ♪ with the lowest national plan premium...
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>> don't kick yourself any more. >> we slip, we fall but we have to get up. >> sonya is concerned about the affect her arrest is having on her family. she is in jail for violating her probation. on a cocaine possession conviction. >> i have two girls and i don't want to be a role model thinking -- having my girls thinking it's cute to use drugs, or go to jail or depend on a man. i don't want them to make the mistakes i've made. there's no way in hell. >> tell me what keeps bringing you back here. >> the drugs to be honest with you. >> sergeant sarah herman takes a personal interest in many of hillsborough county's female inmates and wants to discuss her plan to get back on track. >> i'm ready for a change and ready to be with my babies and
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my family. >> how old are your children? >> my daughter is 4, my other one is 3, and my son turned 14 thursday. >> what is going to keep you from not coming here again is >> i'm willing to change. >> what's your plan? >> to complete my ged and finish school to find a job and keep my busy and occupied. that's the key, i realize. >> she says she didn't start taking drugs until she was 24 and addiction quickly took over her life. >> each day you have to choose and decide, what is sonia going to do today? if it doesn't feel right, leave. run. run, run, run. >> i'm happy to see you've got your mindset on doing the right thing. >> i thank you and i appreciate it. >> no problem. >> thanks. >> she had a five year suspended prison sentence and was in a court ordered drug treatment program when she took a
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methadone pill and failed a drug test. >> we want to make sure you don't come back here. >> i threw it all the way just to try to get high on my birthday. i'm thinking let me get high. i'm going to get away with it. it wasn't like that. >> she further violated her probation by leaving the treatment facility after failing the drug test and may have to serve her five-year suspended prison sentence. >> i'm nervous about going to court. it's really basically up to the judge and that kind of scares me. because maybe she can have a bad day or just being fed up of me bsing her and send me up the road. >> most inmates live with the iñ same anxieties as the decision of a judge or jury will impact their lives forever. but each day there is one event that takes the mind off of their uncertain future, mail call. >> you get your mail? >> not yet.
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i wish. >> that's for you. >> this is very important to them. this is their communication to the outside when they're not using the telephones, or having visitation. this is what they have got. >> but not everyone is lucky enough to receive mail. kenneth jackson rarely hears from his family or anyone else. >> it would be nice to get mail coming in. it don't have to be every day. it could just be every now and again. just get a letter from someone saying how are you doing? you doing all right in there? everything going great? >> kenneth jackson, the year that i've been back here, he's got one letter since i've been here. >> so when jackson recently got a love letter, it was a welcome surprise. >> i see a sweet person inside you. you must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. at least you have got me on your
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side if that means anything. i hope you write me back soon and keep your sexy ass out of trouble. love always. and on the back it says, p.s., i want to be the girl in your dreams tonight. only god can judge us in big bold letters. >> the letter is from a female inmate that jackson says he met at court. he says she was in a holding cell and they communicated using jail house sign language. >> i signed my name and booking number and she somehow other another got a letter to me. actually when i got it i was shocked by it. the personal stuff she put in there and don't know what i did or my charges or nothing. >> if she had known his charges jackson's pen pal may have thought twice about writing. >> i was accused of raping and killing and burning a woman inside her vehicle. but i did not do this.
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why rape someone when you can give someone $20 to get what i want? >> jackson was arrested on murder, sexual battery and arson charges two months after finishing a five-year prison sentence for grand theft of a motor vehicle. he's pled not guilty to the latest charges and has been at the jail three years awaiting trial. >> when i first met inmate jackson, he gave me that kind of back of my neck hair standing up kind of vibe. >> after 17 years in law enforcement, machter deputy stephen gray has learned to trust his instincts. his first impression was supported when he looked at the paperwork. >> he has a rap sheet of everything from insolence to staff members physically and verbally. to, you know, kicking on the door, violent behavior. and if you add all that up, 15, 16 pages worth, it literally spells out lockdown for his
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duration of his stay here at hillsborough county. >> in the meantime jackson can write to his pen pal. >> it says what is up my true love. i would be [ bleep ] without you. i would be willing to kill any and everyone who talks to you or looks at you. anyways, why don't you tell me you loved me before you left? if it is a crime to be in love then i'm guilty because i'm in love with you. so don't play with my heart, okay? >> scary's not the word but gives you the creeps. >> [ laughter ] >> coming up -- >> first i make the barbecued chicken. >> esteban whips up a snack. >> the pickle juice gives you like the juice of the hot sauce. >> and kenneth jackson turns his attention from women to men. >> treat them like they're my girlfriend even though they ain't.
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>> i spend my days in jail sleeping when i first got in here. then after that i got more active. i learned that it could break you or it could help you. you feel me? >> esteban is awaiting trial on murder charges and has been in the jail in tampa, florida for a year. but his stay hasn't been without some benefits. >> i started reading anywhere between two to four books a week. now i'm reading anywhere between three to five books a week. i write letters. i draw. i do pushups a thousand every day. exercise to keep my mind and my body occupied. >> line up on this side please. >> with the same routine one day of the week can feel like any other. but mondays brings something to look forward to. it's delivery day for jail canteen. >> i get canteen. the food is not that bad. it's just the quantity.
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the quantity is too little. i'm a grown man. >> canteen around here is like gold to them. it is probably one of the most important things aside from getting a visit or a letter. they are allowed to order something different from the normal food we provide to them. >> today merchan is making a unique version of jailhouse barbecued chicken. >> first i put the rice the barbecue chips and crumble them, mustard and sugar. next, put in the chicken. then we can make the hot sauce. the pickle juice will give you the juice of the hot sauce. this is the messiest part right here. right now putting the pickles and the sausages together. then take the hot chips and mix
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it all together. of course, i can't top martha stewart. this is the result you get. you feel me? >> delivering canteen to the jail's inmates is no small task. the corporal and the deputies will distribute 125 orders in just one housing unit alone. >> it's one of the most stressful times for the deputies as well as the inmates because we know that there is a lot of food. there is a lot that are indigent. which means they don't have money in their fund, and they steal. >> stealing the stuff being that the canteen means so much it can cause fights and people get hurt. whether it's inmates or staff members responding to the fights. it is a big deal for everybody. >> because it has the potential to lead to violence even the theft of the smallest item is investigated. daniel is awaiting trial on charges of aggravated stalking, possession of a controlled substance and theft.
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he's pled not guilty. but now he has a new problem on his hands. >> what you're saying is that you didn't steal. >> i didn't steal anything. i have a receipt. >> he was given 21 days in confinement after the disciplinary committee concluded he stole a candy bar from another inmate. >> it's a misunderstanding and a mistake. but i have to go through the bureaucratic stuff to have my things heard. >> he filled out paperwork to appeal the decision. and now corporal debose will review it. >> so this is what you were accused of. you are accused of stealing somebody's canteen, right? and this was on the other shift. it says that you went in there while a guy was in the shower and you took his canteen. >> i have a receipt saying that i paid for the items. they're saying that i stole them. that is not right. there is no mention of the
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ticket number in there or anything. >> it doesn't say a snickers candy bar or8ñ a milky way, it just says candy bars. so i can't pinpoint that. okay? because it's not in the report. i've dealt with you before. okay? you seem to stay in trouble. okay? and being that you seem to stay in trouble, you know, it's like this stuff just seems to follow you around and i don't think it's a coincidence. >> all right. >> i'm going to take you down to 6 charlie lockdown and they'll deal with that either tomorrow or within the next couple of days anyway. okay? we'll head down there now. he's well known because he tends to stay in trouble. it's not fighting or anything like that but it's things like this, stealing. he'll stay for the next 21 days unless his appeal goes to the captain and he decides to reduce it or throw it out. >> in this case he was out of luck. the captain upheld the 21-day confinement sanction for allegedly stealing the candy bar.
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kenneth jackson is awaiting trial for a brutal crime in which a woman was raped, murdered and set on fire. he is also in confinement. for him buying canteen is not an option. >> my family doesn't want anything to do with me and i don't get money. the jail food kind of sucks, so --. >> during a prior stay in prison he hustled canteen money by putting ads on a site looking for gay men looking for prison pen pals. >> i wrote the letter. i started receiving letters back. i started to ask for money here and there and i started to build up money in my account. it's a whole different life. >> jackson says he isn't gay but doesn't find it difficult to write the letters. >> treat them like my girlfriend even though they ain't. but treat them like that. you want to keep them writing you to keep that money coming, so you write sexual stuff to them to keep it coming.
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just thinking how fun it would be to be at your house and in your bed with you. i know that that boy [ bleep ] is so good and you would love to let me have it. >> jackson is once again looking for a canteen benefactor. he's placed a personal ad. if he gets a response he will send his letter off in the mail. >> $30 per pen pal with 10 to 1g pen pals i'm banking. i'm banking. >> coming up -- >> this is your daily visit. >> let me see your arms. don't mess with it. >> kenneth jackson takes pleasure in cutting. >> it's like having the most orgasm you could ever have. >> knowing that my mom is still there. everything is fine. >> and kendrick morris meets with one person who believes in him. >> i'm proud of you. either way i'm proud of you. look, every day we're using more and more energy.
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it's my life. i'm going to grow and i'm g0@ñ to learn. it's my life and you know i'm going to burn every single day until the world don't turn.bú i'm a warrior so you know i'm going to earn. i'm a warrior. and then it repeats. >> when deandre barnes first ÷> that's no joke. that ain't no joke. feels like death in your stomach. >> but after three weeks in jail barns says he feels much better. >> i feel like, dang, i ain't felt like this for a long time. i feel like my innocence. i see it in my face. i feel good. i don't worry about waking up feeling sick. >> and barnes has more than just his health to be happy about. he received good news in a court
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hearing. >> i went to court and they released me on the two highest bonds that i have. >> barns' bail was reduced from $26,000 to $3,250. a bondsman can get him out for only 10% of that amount. >> it's a blessing. from $2,500 to get out to $230 to get out. >> and he is hopeful his family will be able to come up with the money. >> i have 80% to get out. i ain't going to say no 90s because there ain't no guarantee. but 80% chance that i get out. >> kenneth jackson is also hoping for a change in environment.t:as he spent most of the last three years in the jail's confinement unit and he would like to move to general population. >> i'm trying to go to population. supposed to talk about it today. >> each week a team of deputiesñ discusses the possibility of
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moving confinement inmates back to general population. but sarah herman thinks that is unlikely in jackson's case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in o8+. we've tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didn't last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jackson's coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement. >> the best way to relieve the pressure, i cut on myself. i cut my arm. when i bleed and got the pain it relaxes me. it's like having the most orgasm you can ever had. my blood pressure is 147/104 and i cut and 20 minutes later it's
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down to 110/70. i relax. straight up. >> this is your daily visit. remember we talked on thursday. where you at today? let me see you arms. both. both. don't mess with it. >> sergeant herman has come to check on jackson and discuss his request to return to general population. >> when you told me on thursday you were about to break, remember that? what's changed since thursday? you can't be about to break and go into general population. >> i was stressed out. >> you remember what happened the last time when you went to general pop how did it make you feel? >> i was shaking and nervous. >> because what? why were you shaking and nervous? >> i couldn't be around a lot of people. >> what makes you think this is going to be any different? you're wasting your time, jackson.
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every time you come back, you get frustrated. we go through the same cycle to readjust you back into the way we do things. you get angry because you are not in a certain cell, right? put your eyebrow down. it's the truth. i'm just telling you your life. you end up in the restraint chair because you are doing something you have no business, cutting your arms. right? so i don't know. you're playing your game -- >> please let me have a chance. >> i'm not the deciding factor. we're done. got it? good. >> sergeant. >> all right. >> kendrick morris who is awaiting sentencing on two sexual battery convictions has also been in confinement for most of his three years at the jail. but unlike jackson, he does his time quietly.
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>> he doesn't give us any problems as far as management. he is moderately respectful and doesn't act out. >> morris says it's regular communication and visits with his mother that help him cope with his solitary existence. >> knowing that my mom is still÷ there and knowing that she is fine and knowing that she can see i'm fine. >> good afternoon. >> morris's mother lisa stevens, who owns a custom cake and dessert company in tampa visits him two or three times a week. >> he is not a monster. he is my son. i love him dearly. i know he didn't do the crimes he was convicted of. and we're praying for the day when we can walk out of here together. and we can put all this behind us. >> the jail requires visits to take place over telephone and closed circuit tv and they are limited to 40 minutes in length.
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>> hey, honey. >> hey. how you doing? >> just tired. i have been working all day since about 4:00 or 5:00 this morning. how you doing? >> i'm fine. it's not as bad as i thought it was. i have been playing chess all day. >> how do you do that? >> you have to draw out the board yourself, they rip up pieces of paper and write all the different pieces on it. you play like that. >> what are you feeling as far as staying in confinement? >> it's not going to break me. it's nothing. i get used to it. if i'm able to see you all, have canteen and do my own drawing and my reading, i'm fine. i can ride this out until it's time to go wherever i need to >> i don't know how you do it. >> nobody can do it like you do. >> you say this is going against me.?vi i'm going to give up. i'm saying this is going against me, can i keep on going? if i keep on going that shows how strong i am. >> i'm proud of you.
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either way i'm proud of you. >> i'm proud of you too.$?hókíz how are things going? how are you taking it? mom. >> morris could spend the rest of his life in prison. the prosecutors in his case are asking for two consecutive 60-year sentences. he and his mother are hopeful he will be exonerated on a future appeal. but they're not completely in agreement on how that morris spends his future. especially when it comes to his desire to be a tattoo artist. >> i don't even want to go through that again. >> i want to make a name for myself doing tattoos. >> but your focus is only tattoos. your art extends beyond that. your art is bigger than tattoos. >> that is one thing i can work on right now. you already know i want to make video games and all that.
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i'm pretty sure. god forbid if you are sent to prison you can do computer engineering there. you can learn that there. >> i can learn all things. i c >> i can reach through this screen. >> i knew you were going to say something. i was just about to say. oh, man. >> i love you. >> i love you too. i love you too. >> let's get before your visit end. i'm not trying to fly. i share thisácéi kenny. oh, god thank you for letting him have a smile on his face. >> he's coming home. i believe it. i have to believe it. i have to for his sake. i have to. we pray that your will be done. >> love you, ma. >> love you too, honey. >> bye. >> bye.
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>> all i have is hope and i believe so much in him. that i'm confident that he's going to come home. everything else falls together however the redemption takes place, it will take place. that's it. >> coming up -- >> any other reason i should not put you in prison. >> because of my girls who are three and four. >> sonya learns her fate. >> anything else you'd like to add? i'm finally feeling better. good honey, you turn into such a little whiner when you're sick. no i don't. [ bawk! ] honey, i'm sick. i can't reach the remote. that sounds nothing like me. [ beep ] honey, i'm sick. i can't reach the remote. that kind of does. [ male announcer ] get low prices every day on everything to prepare for cold and flu season. we're so confident in our low prices, we back 'em with our ad match guarantee.
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after deandre barnes's bail was reduced his hopes of being released from jail came to
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fruition. he is a free man for now but will have to face his drug possession charges. >> home sweet home trying not to go back. i'm not trying to go back in. trying to stay out of there. >> staying a out of jail is often difficult for a drug addict. own yeah is back in hillsborough county for her thirtd violation on a cocaine possession charge. he was 47 days into a court ordered treatment program when she tested positive for methadone and ran away from the facility. >> they said when you leave the rehab you'll miss it. i was like yeah, right. when i left the next day i did. i knew what i threw away was like not even worth me running for. >> two months after leaving the
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treatment program she turned herself in to authorities with hopes at another chance of rehabilitation. she will face a judge who will decide whether to give her anothersjiñ chance at rehab or send her to prison to serve her five-year sentence. >> my priority is to do what i have to do as a mom and as a pstraight. i'm running out of chances. it only gets worse from here. >> she must now convince the judge to give her that second chance. >> raise your right hand. swear to tell the truth and nothing by the truth so help you god? >> yes. >> what is your true name? >> the judge is known for recommending rehab for most drug offenders but she has seen sonya before. >> you score mandatory prison. i gave you residential treatment
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and you walked away from it. you want to explain to me why i should not put you in prison? >> i'm tired of getting high. >> and you weren't tired when i gave you a five-year suspended prison sentence before? >> yes. >> you are more tired now? >> yes. >> any other reason? >> also because of my girls that are three and four. >> did you think about your girls when you absconded? >> yes. >> did you think about your girls before you used when you were ino the treatment facility? >> no. >> how oldgáix are you? >> 32. >> 32 years old. how many times have you violated my probation now? >> this is the third one. >> unfortunately she has nonconvinced me with any sincerity at all. and after six years of this, i am not inclined to waste another
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residential bed on someone who is not sincere.ge@ is there anything else you would like to add? >> i am sincere about my recovery. to a methadone usage it was someone no longer in my life that didn't love me the way they thought i did by bringing tot me me in recovery. i was doing good and working and inzv?h(hase two. >> anything further a say? >> no, your honor. you covered it. >> is there anything you would like to add? >> just again we have not seen her complete a program. give her the option to complete the in jail drug treatment program. >> had shen&b notm9ñ abscondedd have considered that. but absconding with a five-year prids sentence says a lot to this1sz court. i will sentence her to 36 months
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in the jail. the reason i didn't give you the five is because you turned yourself in. you have 30 days to appeal. i will recommend a drug treatment modality in florida state prison. thank you. next case, please. >> sonya will pack up herñm/ belongings and board a bus from the hillsborough county jail en route to a florida state prison for the next three years. >> it was not fair for her to act like if she knew i was being sincere or not. you can mess up but it doesn't mean that you are insincere or don't care. it is what it is. i made my grave and now i just have to deal with it.

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