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due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. what are you trying to conceal, buddy? >> a repeat offender smuggled contraband into the jail. >> my case is considered high profile. because the guy i killed was a local celebrity. >> after murdering a louisville rap star, an inmate becomes a marked man. >> might adds well do it yourself. >> a prescription pill epidemic takes its toll on the jail.
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>> hillbilly crack. >> drug use on the inside can keep another inmate from leaving jail. >> please don't keep me from going home on friday. >> if you don't go home friday, i didn't keep you from going home, you did. >> officials are concerned over one inmate's growing influence. >> i got a reputation of leading these young guys to do all this type of crazy stuff. this is a reputation that you've got to live down. a source of pride for louisville, kentucky, has been the revitalization of downtown. marked by new high rises, residential and retail centers. but it also has been a busy time for another downtown landmark. the louisville metro department
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of corrections jail books about 45,000 men and women each year, and many of them have been through the process several times before. >> so is the life of a criminal. since the time i was 18 i've been in prison for all my life. it's all i know. >> terry says his history at louisville metro is base odd a near life-long struggle with drug use. he's been arrested 27 times and has been convicted of charges including trafficking, possession, robbery and assault. now he's been arrested after failing to appear in court on his latest drug possession charge and must begin the familiar process of booking. >> i come in here and this is what we call the grill which is where we do our pad searches. we have the inmate stand here with his back to the wall and that officer basically tell them take everything out of their pockets. any jewelry, watches, rings,
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necklaces, belts, they can't have any of that stuff. they'll be pat searched down to see if we can find anything else on them. >> 99% of the time if something makes it into the facility, it's made it in the way of someone's anal area. >> he quickly proves to be part of the 99%. >> it will be a little bit uncomfortable. just keep your hands there, all right? what are you trying to conceal, buddy? >> cigarettes. >> hang tight for a second. come on. this way. did you really think you were going to get that past us? >> i used to be able to. >> the inmate was taken into our room on the booking floor. i asked him before we started, did you have anything on him? he admitted to having cigarettes on him. i asked him why did he have cigarettes. he stated that he was looking at a lot of time so he brought in a couple of cigarettes to purchase some food items while in a dorm.
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>> the food they feed you here is, like, not enough. it would feed an infant. the infant would still have hunger pains. people do this thing, when they come in, they sell it for top dollar so they can eat. >> how much would those two cigarettes have gotten you in here? >> anywhere from $10, $15, which is a lot in jail. $10, $15 in jail is like $150 on the streets. >> considering the amount that it was, it wasn't much. we could write him up for promoting contraband. he'll two upstairs to a single cell and await disciplinary hearing or we can properly dispose of the items outside our facility and put it in his notes he did come in with this, but no disciplinary action was taken due to the amount that it was. >> now confident that he's no longer concealing contraband, officers decide not to pursue further sanctions and allow him to continue the booking process, which poses a new challenge due to an injured finger.
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>> the tendon is cut off in three places. >> right here. to the edge. >> here we go. over here. >> with a large inmate population to manage, officers attempt to ensure that new arrivals are not housed with anyone who can be a threat to them. >> do you fear for your safety here? >> hell, no. >> do you have any enemies for our facility? >> probably, but i'm not worried about them. >> so you don't want to list them? >> i'm not scared of them. >> all right. that's all i need. >> thank you. >> he will now join the 2,300 other men and women housed at louisville metro. most of them are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trior the resolution of their cases. many of them share something else in common. drugs have been at the root of their problems. >> about 80% of our population have substance abuse issues.
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you know, you can call it the war on drugs or call it whatever you want to call it, but it's not working. >> while drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine have contributed to many of the problems facing louisville metro inmates, abuse oif another substance is rapidly filling up jail beds. and its origins lie further south. >> the prescription medication and some of the pill mill problem down in florida and the other states making their way up the i-75 corridor and to this region has been very, very problematic. >> joe smithson and john carroll, both from rural kentucky, have been charged with a litany of crimes which they say all stem to their addictions to prescription pills. >> hillbilly crack. >> hillbilly crack? >> that's what they call it. >> hillbilly heroin. yeah, it's just like heroin, but, you know, stick it up your nose.
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>> carroll has been sentenced to five years for theft and giving false information to a police officer. smithson was recently sentenced to one year for carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and nonpayment of child support. >> he don't have no peace. >> been no peace in years. >> years. looking over your back. >> i got 11 kids. i got eight boys and three girls. my oldest will be 19. >> how many mamas? >> nine. >> prior to pill addiction, both men used to rely on a substance more traditional to the appalachian towns they come from, moonshine. >> i'm from kentucky. >> i got uncles down there bootleggers. like 190 proof, you're on fire. just to shake it off and get another one. >> last time it was like $10 a jar.
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>> i don't drink no more because all my money goes to pills now so i really don't drink no more, i don't smoke pot. all my money goes to the pills. >> prescription pills create problems inside the jail as well. >> several nights ago we had inmate workers observe on camera passing what appeared to be pills. the officers reacted. they recovered 21 pills which were identified as valium. we have the results back. >> van winkle. >> one of the inmates who tested positive was destiny van winkle. but she says pills are not her drug of choice. >> i've been smoking crack since i was 12. i was good all the way up until i was 12. i started running away when i was 12.
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i met a 19-year-old man when i was 12. i started dating him, had a kid with him. >> soon after, van winkle's drug use resulted in a long string of arrests, convictions and numerous stays at louisville metro and state prison. now only days away from completing her current one-year sentence, positive drug test can result in new criminal charges and delay her release. but first vanwinkle will be questioned by sergeant gentry. >> benzodiazepine, valium. see what you got. that's normal. >> damn. i only took two. >> why did you take any? >> i don't know, but i did. i only took two. >> all right. listen. i don't apologize to brown and he didn't think i was going to get outside charges. so tell me what happened. >> i took them to -- a girl gave them to me. >> did you ask her for them or just take them?
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>> she gave them to me. >> they didn't know what they were? >> no, not really. i thought they were valium. i said, these ain't valium. >> but you put them in your mouth anyway? >> yeah. >> why? >> because i'm an addict, gentry. >> why are you upset? you told me the other day -- >> adon't want to get charged with outside charges. >> what do you want me to do? what do i tell you all about these drugs up here? >> i have never seen drugs up here. that was the first time. >> and so the first time you wanted to be a participant in it, you just stuck it in your mouth? what if you were allergic to it, what if you would have keeled over and died? >> i'm sorry, i don't know what else to say. >> you're going to get disciplinary and i'll think about doing the charges. >> please don't do it to me. >> don't beg. >> please don't keep me from going home on friday. >> if you don't go home on friday, i didn't keep you from going home. you did. coming up --
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>> you made a mistake. you understand that? >> i did and i understand it, too. believe me. >> destiny vanwinkle pleads her case again. terry gets a shiner. >> i stood up, stood my ground. and -- >> seem pretty cool, calm and collected knowing you have 23 years to spend in prison. >> i mean, you can't cry over spilled milk. >> convicted of murdering a local celebrity, another inmate faces the scorn of his peers. >> you're a homo. cist recommended it. and that makes me feel pretty good about it. and then i heard about a study looking at multivitamins and the long term health benefits. and what do you know? they used centrum silver in the study. makes me feel even better, that's what i take. sorry, we take. [ male announcer ] centrum. the most recommended. most preferred. most studied. centrum, always your most complete. a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today.
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profile because i guy i killed was a local celebrity, dancer. >> 28-year-old la shon talbert was shot august 18th. police say it was a drug deal gone bad. >> brown was found guilty of shooting and killing a local rap sensation better known as the shizz. he started a dance craze that began in louisville and caught on nationally. just a few hours earlier brown was in court to hear his sentence from the judge. >> we the jury, the punishment of the defendant, kenneth brown, offense of murder, confinement in the penitentiary for 24 years. >> just got sentenced today to 24 years, 85% prison, for first-degree murder. two counts of one endangerment. trafficking over five pounds with a firearm and tampering of physical evidence. >> seem pretty cool, calm and colle collected for getting 24 years
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in prison. >> you can't cry over spilled milk. i know i've been on the news. i was on the news earlier today. i don't know if i'm going to be on there again at 6:00 or not. that's what i'm looking to see. see if they got my good side. >> brown's calm demeanor might result from his regimen and havg already spent the past 17 months in jail awaiting the start and end of his trial and it has not been easy. fans of brown's victim seem to be everywhere in louisville metro and they all put their spin on the dance made famous by the shizz. >> that's the shizz right there, man. you heard me. >> even though the murder occurred nearly two years earlier, some inmates are still angry and would like to avenge the shizz's death.
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>> one of my fans. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. yeah. >> especially powell who was friends with the shizz on the street. >> he took a friend of mine. it's like taking a piece of heart and i ain't never going to get that back. can't never get him back. to us, we're going to always keep shizz alive on the streets of louisville. wherever we go. we're going to keep him alive. every time we dance for him we going to keep him alive. yeah. >> these guys are our cheerleaders. i call them [ bleep ] riders. you might want to edit that out. >> what up, homo? you a homo. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> we'll see who's gay when he hit the yard. they going to make him a little boy for what he did. he ain't never going to get away with that.
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his life is miserable. everywhere they go, they're going to give it to him raw. everywhere he go, he ain't never going to be able to live. he might as well do himself a favor and kill himself. >> the notoriety around brown's case forced jail officials to put him in protective custody. >> there was a lot of people trying to get to him so we ended up having to place him in a single cell and protecting him due to his case. >> i'm not a protective custody type of guy. i like to fight my own battle. they're going to kill you on the yard, do this, do that. well, you know, i can only die once. so if i die, i'll be with my son, i'll be with my grandparents. so, you know, i'm not afraid of death. never have been. never will be. >> [ bleep ]. >> though deshawn powell makes his hatred for brown well known, they rarely see each other. as protective custody inmates, are segregated from general population. and for the time being, powell is separated as well. he is in administrative
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segregation after a confrontation with an officer. and for powell who's in jail on 14 felony charges including assault and robbery to which he has pled not guilty, conflicts are common. so much so jail officials have difficulty housing him. >> because he's been in so many fights, smo so many altercations with other inmates here, it's hard to shuffle him around and finding a spot where he can be in the dorm and have the same privileges as a guy has in the dorms. it's kind of hard to find him a spot so he ends up mostly in single cells because it's easier to deal with his behavior that way. >> i have a reputation. when i first got here, i took initiative, beat up people, stole from people, controlling floors, running floors. having it my way. every time i came back, it's gotten worse and worse. >> powell says his history of prior arrests and convictions all stems from a drive to be looked up to and feared by his peers. >> i have not been that person. but no matter how much i change
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people still accept me as the same person. >> powell hopes his good behavior in segregation could warrant an early release to general population, but that will be up to the jail's chief of staff, dwayne clark, and his classification committee to decide. >> they said i was running your jail. every time something come up with my name, powell, powell, powell, keep on coming up. >> uh-huh. >> and then i got so many keep aways in your jail. right now the only dorm i can go in on the sixth floor dorm three. >> ask yourself a question. >> what's that? >> why is is everybody putting you down as a keep separate from? >> i think they're saying they're scared of me. i can't help it because of how i used to be when i came here in my past. i'm not that kind of person anymore. they keep saying they're scared of me. >> i'll have a conversation about you pal. all right? >> all right. >> thank you. coming up, deshawn powell goes on the defensive. >> put your hands up on the wall, man. >> two friends lobby to enter
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the louisville metro department of corrections jail. it's usually booked beyond capacity. and director mark boldin has a pretty good idea why. >> a lot of marijuana, huh? >> i've been smoking since i was 12. >> yeah. >> pills. >> what kind of pills? >> any kind. >> any kind of pills? oxycont oxycontin? a lot of stuff out there on the street right now? >> oh, yeah. >> i leave tomorrow. i'm scared. >> you leave tomorrow? >> yeah. >> what are you going to do different this time? >> go to my meetings. trying to do the best i can to stay away from old people, places and things. >> easier said than done. >> yes, sir. >> talk is cheap. isn't it? >> yes, sir. >> knowing that drug use led to 80% of inmate arrests here, jail officials have dedicated housing units in a special program to inmates who want to make a change. >> again, we talked about women
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have a very difficult time in recovery. why? because of the shame, guilt and remorse that they experience. it's hard for them to let that go. because you made a mistake doesn't mean that you are a mistake. >> the program is called enough is enough and it's run by the jail's substance abuse program coordinator, ken wright. >> you have the disease and you're not responsible for having it but you are responsible for your recovery. >> the focus on basic recovery to help them get back into mainstream society. one of the things that happens traditionally in corrections to there are not a lot of programs to address recidivism, rearrest, the same old kind of soup every day, get locked up, stay in jail, learn how to be a better criminal but never address the issues that are actually related to people coming in and out of jail. >> there's a men's version of the program as well. >> your substance abuse. when did you start?
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>> 15. >> yeah, me, too. >> having battled addiction most of their adult lives, joe smithson and john carroll have decided to fill out applications to get into enough is enough. >> i mean, i didn't sniff no glue or nothing like that. i mean, i didn't do nothing stupid like that. cocaine, heroin. meth. pain pills. all the good stuff, right? >> it will be up to wright to decide if the men get into the program. and he doesn't accept just anyone. >> i guess the question is what's going to be different now? especially because you've had some experience in treatment before. >> i've tried -- >> hold up. what's going to be different? because i'm quite sure you said the same thing before when they did an initial assessment about, i'm motivated, i'm tired of going to jail, blah, blah, blah, blah. those are the kinds of things that people often say. so what i want you to do is kind of reach down inside to find out, you know what, really, what's going to be different this time? >> i don't have the answers. >> okay.
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perfect. >> i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. i'm tired of the same road i was going down the wrong path and i want the good path. >> let me tell you a couple of things about it. it's a more structured dorm. we do 12-step meetings, relapse prevention, life skills, big book study and we do a men's group. the hardest part of the program and i need to be real honest, we have what we call accountability group. it's going to go against the whole jail code. that means that your peers will hold you accountable. we don't use the word snitch. we don't use the word rat. if you're doing something, some violation of the rules and regulations you have an opportunity first of all to hold yourself accountable, and if you don't, your peers will. >> i'm ready to make a change and. it's been a long time coming. the same road doesn't work for me no more. >> i'm done, man. >> i love the name of the group. >> the name of the group got me, too. >> wright has heard it all before. >> they sound real good. i mean, who doesn't sound real good? they say all the right things but the test is going to be once
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they actually get in the program. coming up -- john carroll and joe smithson find out if rehab is in their futures. and -- deshawn powell is back in general population, but not for long. "and one of the most efficient trucking networks," "with safe, experienced drivers." "we work directly with manufacturers," "eliminating costly markups," "and buy directly from local farmers in every region of the country." "when you see our low prices, remember the wheels turning behind the scenes, delivering for millions of americans, everyday. "dedication: that's the real walmart" i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free -- it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles
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♪ it's not unusual these days for deshawn trial to rap tributes to his late friend known as the shizz. ♪ and now powell even has an audience. after 30 days in segregation, he's been released back to a general population dorm. ♪ >> wake up, baby! >> kind of excited. feel like i'm back home with my friends. >> finding a housing unit where powell has no known enemies was a challenge, staff finally worked it out. but if he is to stay out of segregation, he needs to be on his best behavior. >> said that if i do anything i will be go back to max and i
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will not be back in the general population until i leave louisville correction department. >> so powell is taking no chances. even when it comes to getting out of bed. >> when i want to get down, i ask my bunk mate, do you mind if i get down? step on his bed. if i don't do right, he disrespect me putting my foot on his bed. i give him respect, he give me respect. >> i can honestly say at one point in time it was fun coming to jail and doing prison time. you had your own clothes and they used to let you smoke in jails and visit every day. in the course of these 20 years, everything has changed. there's nothing fun about coming to jail, being locked up no more. nothing at all. >> step right over here. >> i don't like it. >> hands on the wall. keep them on the wall. >> i don't like nothing about this jail. i don't like nothing about prison. i'd rather be at home with my wife and kids.
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>> powell especially dislikes the routine pat-down search the officers perform on inmates to make sure they're not carrying weapons or other contraband. >> step back, open your legs. put your hands up on the wall, man. >> why you grabbing me like that? >> put your hands on the wall and keep them on the wall. >> leg up. put it down. open your legs up. up. turn around, lift up your shirt, open your mouth, open your hands. mouth. >> what? >> come on. put your shoes on. >> in this case, the officer chooses not to discipline powell for his momentary resistance. so his stay in general
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population is safe for now. but that doesn't seem to be much comfort to powell. >> there's no need to search me like that. i could see if i was a fresh intake that just got locked up, but i didn't like how he searched me. >> it was just such a search of terry in the jail's booking area that turned up two cigarettes he was attempting to smuggle in. to sell for extra commissary goods. >> think you'd get that past us? >> i used to be able to. >> but he caught a break. the jail decided not to file criminal charges or give him segregation time and his good behavior since has allowed him to get a job as a work aide. >> just passing out dinner and hot water, cleaning up out here. anything the officers ask you to do out here really. >> in addition to the hair net required for his job, he's also wearing something new under his left eye. >> somebody stole from the commissary.
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i just didn't let it go. if you let it go, they're going to get you every time. i've done to much time and i'm from the part of the neighborhood, can't just let somebody take. somebody trying to be a bully and i'm not the bullying type so i stood up, stood my ground. >> there have been more positive developments for john carroll and joe smithson. they have been accepted into enough is enough, the jail's drug rehab program where inmates move into a special dorm and must abide by strict guidelines. >> do you have any questions? >> not today, sir. >> absolutely none? you understand the guidelines? >> understand the guidelines. >> understand tonight you're going to go to bed at 11:00. >> i'll be prepared. >> understand in the morning you'll be getting up at 8:00. >> that's correct. >> you start morning meditation at 8:30 in the morning. >> i do that already. >> all right. what i'm letting you know is not a choice. >> okay. >> you can't be laying in the bed and say, you know what, today i don't feel like doing it. >> i hear you. >> put the same energy you were
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using into the program because i doubt if you got up in the morning you would say, you know what, i'm going to lay here. >> i'll see you. >> a short time later, the two men have packed up an moved in to the enough is enough dorm. >> what's up, guys? >> what's up, man? >> what's up, brother? >> not everybody is as anxious to get help for their addictions. >> they have aa classes in here, this have every class in here. they have a whole dorm for recovery and addicts. but i don't choose to go in there. i can. you know what i'm saying? why don't reject people. i just don't choose to go in there. >> why? >> i don't -- because i don't want to hear it. to be honest with you. i don't want to hear it. i know what i need to do to be sober but i don't want to hear it from nobody else. i just got to want to do it myself. >> drugs brought destiny vanwinkle to jail as well and now days before her scheduled
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release, they might keep her in jail. >> i think you can find dope anywhere you go. i'm not saying nothing about this jail or nothing, but i think, you know, an addict is going to find the dope anywhere they go. >> and vanwinkle did. she recently received a disciplinary write-up after testing positive for valium. she admits taking two pills given to her illegally by another inmate. if the jail decides to file criminal charges, her release could be postponed. >> if i wouldn't have got caught, i wouldn't have felt bad probably. but since i did get caught, i felt bad about it. does that make sense? does that mean i just felt bad because i got caught? yeah. >> in a separate matter, van winkle must now face disciplinary officer hale to determine what part, if any, of her remaining time in jail might be spent in segregation for this latest rule violation. >> you've been taking them for a while? >> no, i don't even take pills.
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>> because your results are high. >> i don't even take pills on the outside. i have a problem with crack. i don't even take pills. i mean, it's retarded i know. >> why are you in jail? >> child support. >> you go home friday? >> yes. i'm sorry i did it. >> you ain't never been in trouble since you've been here. >> never. >> not a problem. yeah, you made a mistake. i understand that. >> i did. and i understand it, too. believe me. >> well, next week you're not going to get no visits or no gym or nothing, okay? >> yes, sir. >> going to take one week of your privileges. you remain in general population. >> thank you, mr. hail, so much. >> you got a right to appeal the decision i've given you today to the deputy director. would you like to appeal it? >> no. hell, no. >> end of my report. >> that's your copy. >> thank you. >> when you get out of here, stay out of jail. >> all right. thank you, mr. hail. sorry i caused you trouble. coming up, having avoided segregation, destiny van winkle
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finds out if her drug use will keep her from going home. and terry tries to slip another one by staff. >> you got to remember you work for us, you don't work for them. >> yes, sir. can i get another chance? asthma doesn't affect my job... you were out sick last week. my asthma doesn't bother my family... you coughed all through our date night! i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. what did you say? how about - every day? coping with asthma isn't controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma.
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try to learn spanish, real spanish, from an authentic mexican straight from mexico. okay? none of that watered down stuff from rosetta stone, i'm learning directly from the source. >> kenneth brown will soon ship off to serve a 24-year sentence at a state prison. he's using his final days inside louisville metro to expand his horizons. >> number 15. >> what is that? >> that means i will shoot you. so if you break in my car, or if
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you break in my house or i catch you in there -- [ spanish ] is what i tell you. hopefully you understand that. if you don't speak spanish, you better learn. then i got i'm sorry. i'm going to tell them i'm sorry after i shoot them. >> you just got handed a 24 year sentence. >> yeah. >> so what are your plans on using spanish? >> i don't know. i mean, if you got 24 years, you got a lot of time to learn a lot of stuff. why not take advantage of it? >> while his spanish might help brown bridge some cultural divides, it might not quell the hatred some inmates feel toward him after his conviction of murdering a local rap star known as the shizz. de shawn powell has been especially incensed. >> if you're going to be in the day room, you have to have your top on. >> but now he has other problems. after a brief stay in general population, he's back in segregation. >> you got a reputation of
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fighting, you got a reputation of leading these young guys to do all types of crazy stuff. it's a reputation you've got to live down. >> it's all on you. >> i can't -- you can't follow me, though, if somebody what about to be like me, i can't help it if they look up to me. >> you know what you can do? >> what's that? >> you can conduct yourself like you should while your looked up, instead of acting the fool, fighting, jumping people, all that stuff. you know you do it. >> i ain't never -- i told you yesterday i'm like, okay, i understand that, you know. >> what was you doing yesterday in the dorm? you got laughs, all crazy and what did the other guys do? they following your lead, right? >> the latest incident occurred when inmates were ordered to put
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their shirts on. >> where's your shirt? where's your shirt? a white inmate refused orders. >> the white guy wouldn't go back in and he wouldn't. then i was like, man, come on back in here, man. he flew right back in there and the captain was like, no. i told him several times you told him once. he's like, he went in there, he's like, no, you're not going back in the dorm, you got too much in trouble if that dorm. i feel like you can get whatever you want done in there. >> you told that one white guy in there, you come right back in there. i said look at this. >> what did i tell you, though? i said let me control it. i can handle this. i can deal with this, i can control it. >> we don't have dorm reps here. >> that's a bad thing here. >> you running a dorm like that. >> i can understand where they coming from because they can feel like if he can do this, it could be one of my officers that walk in this dorm and he could say get my officer. >> all right, man. >> i told you i was going to talk to disciplinary.
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>> go ahead and close it. >> while powell continues to struggle at louisville metro, terry's new job as a work aide has been a welcome relief. >> get out away from the dorm. doing this, i'm going to make a little money, you know, on the side. i don't know how this works, but i may do something i ain't supposed to. if i do, please forgive me. >> we did not know what he meant. moments later, we'd find out. while distributing hot water to inmates in one of the housing units, he slides a bag through a food slot but does not realize the officer escorting him has witnessed the pass. a short time later he confronts him. it turns out he was passing packages of noodle soup to other inmates. now he's in trouble. but he did say he was sorry. >> you said you're sorry to him, why?
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>> i went against his wishes. he asked me not to pass anything and i did. >> wishes? >> it's policy. >> policy. >> the reason why -- >> you do realize why we don't pass anything, right? a lot of contraband gets moved throughout the jail, one floor to the next, so zero tolerance. you've got to remember you work for us, you don't work for them. >> yes, sir. can i have another chance? >> you're not permanently fired, but i'm going to put you on there for at least two or three weeks. >> zero tolerance. so, no, i cannot work. i'll be on the list, i can't work is what you're saying? one noodle. >> though he has had a setback destiny vanwinkle has received some good news. >> sergeant gentry, she just said i ain't never been in trouble and i knew better, and i did, so she says she wasn't going to charge me outside.
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she said i better get out and not come back in here. >> inmate vanwinkle said she was assigned to drug court. i went down to records to check and i decided not to put added charges on her because here's the thing with drug court. if you mess up one time, you're not going to get another chance. >> though vanwinkle will be subject to drug testing, her release from jail is now inevitable, but she knows what temptations lie in wait. >> i spend about $200 to $250 a day on crack, without a job. here's what i do. i use everybody i know. i use my mama. she was western unioning me money. my daddy did the same. i hustle. i give plasma. i may be tricking. go out and trick. walk up and down the streets. get in cars. do whatever. i smoke until my options are dry. until i can't smoke no more.
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staff, powell has control over the dorm, but he cannot control the pat-downs, which often get more personal than powell would like. >> come on, man, for real. >> get your hands to the wall, man. >> put your hands behind your back. >> put your hands behind your back. >> put your hands behind your back. >> come on, man, you ain't got to go on like that, i'm telling you. >> put your hands behind your back. >> powell's one-year-long stay at louisville metro has been riddled by conflicts with both staff and other inmates. as a result, he often finds himself in segregation, not only for infractions, but because at times there are no other housing units available where he does not have known enemies. knowing powell's 14 felony charges will take months to resolve in court, some staff, including lieutenant degarnet still hope he can change. >> part of this is you've created the problem yourself by having conflicts with so many people, and you know, now it's our responsibility, and you know this. we can't put you in a dorm with some guys you've been in a fight
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with or had a problem with, because it wouldn't be safe for you, it wouldn't be safe for them. you have created that situation, and now we have to figure out how we're going to deal with it and where we can put you. >> all right, that's cool, dude. >> all right? all right, and all this other stuff, man, with these searches -- >> i don't like it -- >> but you know that's the way it is in here, man. just roll with it as best you can and move on. here's the thing, what if you pushed it a little farther, what would have happened? >> but i -- >> what would have happened? >> we would have been in a fight. >> then what would have happened? you'd have stayed in here longer. you've got more disciplinary to come. you need to stay right here. do you want that? is that what you want? >> no, i mean, and i ain't trying to play no hardball, but it's just something i've got to get used to. i ain't used to that. >> you've been here a year. >> but the searches haven't been that thoroughly since you've been cracking down. you know what i mean? a lot of contraband is coming in, so now the searches are on more thoroughly than they've
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ever been, and i understand it's his job, and i ain't mad, but i'm saying kindly, i ain't comfortable. >> the reality, are you looking at time after you get out of jail? are you looking at prison time? >> no, i ain't going back to the penitentiary. i'm ready to get out. i ain't never going back. >> it's even worse there. >> yeah. strip-searched, you know. i know all of it, the strip-searching, bending over, coughing, squatting, all of that, but they don't do that. they definitely don't put their hands right here in the crease like that. they tell you, get naked, bend over, squat, cough, you know? >> all right, well, but you're not going to help yourself if you caused a problem here, you know what i'm saying? you just could have made your problem worse. >> while powell might be considered a problem inmate, those enrolled in enough is enough, the jail's antidrug program, are held to a higher standard. >> part of recovery is that you've got to help somebody else. you have to help someone else.
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>> after near lifelong addictions that have kept them both coming in and out of jail, john carroll and joe smithsson were recently accepted into the program. >> one of the things i shared with them is the hardest part of the program, is for them to hold each other accountable. we use the word accountability, because i care enough about you, i want to hold you accountable because you can't see everything that's wrong with you. >> the message seems to have gotten through to smithson. >> mr. smithson has been very motivated from the outset. he participates in daily morning meditation, meaning that he is either going to read something or he's going to comment. he's very attentive in all education sessions. when you look at him, he's always taking notes and asking questions. >> but three weeks in, carroll is out of the program. >> what happened with mr. carroll was there was a disagreement between two of his
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peers. he got up out of his rack, went to the bathroom area, put on his shoes, which is an indication of threatening and intimidating behavior. and as a result of that, he was put out of the program. >> the penitentiary mentality still running. again, he wants to put his shoes on and fight people, and it wasn't even his problem. it was somebody else's problem, but they was in the penitentiary together. you know how it goes. he's a good person and everything, when it comes to a friend, but when it comes to the program, he was just telling everybody what they want to hear and stuff like that. i ain't dogging him. i'm not saying something i wouldn't say to him. it's an accountability program. it ain't about rats and snitches, it's about helping each other out. >> the expectation is job respects each other. >> smithson will continue on in enough is enough, and now it's time for destiny van winkle to move on to the next phase of her life. >> i'm getting released. i've been here a year, so it's time for me to go home. i'm very nervous. because, it's been a year. i want to go outside. i need the air. >> what's the first thing you're
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going to do when you get outside? >> fire up a cigarette. just to be completely honest. >> though van winkle has been addicted to drugs most of her adult life, she has chosen not to participate in the jail's rehab programs. she hopes to stay clean on her own this time, but that has not worked in the past. >> i am so nervous. okay. i'll see y'all later. i feel good. this is lovely. it's awesome!
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an inmate's stress prompts an emergency response. >> he's been trying to abuse himself all day. threatening suicide. trying to swallow things. >> i'm in here because of ike and tina. that's what i named my hands. ike and tina. >> a repeat offender is charged with beating her mother and must now rely on her daughter for support. >> please don't forget to get the money, alexis. you know where to put it at in e
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