due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. i'm not going to lie, i still think about getting high. it's always in the back of my head. and this is it, i can't get high again? >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time, with a dangerous twist. >> and you will see that they are very close to their moms and that is why i call them mama's boys. >> my mom is afraid that she will bury me. >> i feel weak without him.

it's not because of lack of nutrition. because lack of sleep. i have lack of confidence. >> i am addicted to every drug i put in my body. >> and they have developed a method of communicating unlike any we have seen before. >> and asap, please give me money asap. >> we are on the same wavelength and i don't know who picked up on that kind of thing, but they did. >> and we once again give them cameras to record their intimate thoughts. >> and if he were to kill someone, i would be right next to him, hiding the body. the 40,000 or so residents of quiet hackensack, new jersey,

can visit the glitz and glamour of new york city in less than an hour. but on the out skirts of downtown hackensack, is a place where a compelling drama plays out every day. there are about 900 men and women incarcerated inside the bergen county jail. most are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. many of them will also share something else in common. >> we are seeing a large influx coming into our facility for heroin, prescription drugs and octiony codeine and that sort of thing, but heroine is making a huge comeback and not just in the suburbs or the urban area, but all areas. >> alyssa schlossberg look no further than her own skin of heroine's comeback. >> i shot my feet, too, like in

here, and little spots in here, here. my family being around them, they know what these are. you know, people that don't know that i do drugs now can tell. so it is embarrassing. but nothing a little foundation can't fix. ♪ >> i have so many moments where i don't remember. i hear what happened, you know. when i was at the hospital, the nurse had told me that they found me naked on route 46. i had no recollection. before coming here, i passed out in front of a judge and didn't remember anything in court and woke up in handcuffs with three cos around me and a sergeant. >> this is schlossberg's first time in jail. she is charged with distribution of cocaine, and she has plead not guilty. but she does admit to leading a drug-filled lifestyle with her boyfriend. >> we always had drugs, and people were always calling him. we were caught up in that

lifestyle. it wasn't because of the drugs, it was because of money. and we were eating like in his word, a boss. we had the money to do whatever we wanted. i love him. he is my everything, my baby and my father in some way, and my best friend and my soul mate and he is my other. >> and now schlossberg's other is now an inmate in the bergen county jail. thomas costa has charges of distribution and aggravated assault was recently on probation when he came to see schlossberg when he was arrested again. >> i was coming to see her, i had pills on me. i wasn't really thinking, leave them somewhere, because i thought that i would walk in and walk out just like i do every week. >> a visitor must pass through the metal detector to make sure they are not passing anything. they do not have direct contact with the inmates, and when he

signed in, it popped up that he had a warrant out for his probation. >> i was in the bathroom getting high at the time. when i heard the door open, i heard the keys jingling and i heard two or three pair so i knew cops were coming. >> it's not shocked to see someone doing drugs in the bathroom. >> and there is not a lot of people that come to the police jail to do drugs, but we weren't shocked that he did. >> i was not planning to get arrested. >> i asked him to step out and put his hands behind his back. and he did it. then i asked him if he had anything else on him, and he said, no. then i found the 13 decks, and he said, that is not on me, but that is in my wallet. >> now i'm in here with her unfortunately. it's funny how things work out. ♪ >> costa was charged with possession of a controlled

dangerous substance and he plead not guilty in hopes of making a deal for a lighter sentence. in the meantime, even though he and his girlfriend are housed in separate wings and can't see each other, costa says it's good to be under the same roof with her. >> i miss the [ bleep ] out of her. and i feel closer to her now being in here. i know we are going through the same thing. >> i feel dead without him. i don't feel weak without him. i feel dead without him. it is not because of lack of nutrition or anything, but it is lack of thomas. >> and they hope to qualify for the new jersey court drug program to help offenders sign up for rehabilitation instead of jail time. but the program is rigorous and retirements a commitment to rehabilitation and frequent testing. >> and the anger issues. >> and the jail offers its own road to sobriety for the inmates who abide by a strict set of rules.

>> it is the in-house treatment center, 90-day program for people in the bergen county jail. >> officer acakios is one of the officers who is in charge of the program. >> they have to make their bunks. they have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning. >> no radios. >> and a lot of people who are not used to the structure think it is military. we don't run it like that, but i say things one time, and i expect for it to be done. for them it is military, but for anybody else, it is normal behavior. and we have a lot of people coming in here thinking that the program is one way and after 90 days, they are totally different people. >> and thomas says he is a testament to it. >> it is nice to have my spirit come back to life. because i was dead coming in here. >> serving four months for theft and robbery, he is about to complete the 90-day program. in a few days he'll be released

from jail and continue his recovery in a residential drug treatment program. today, drug abuse counselor sam watson will honor the achievement with a special token. >> this coin is really a token of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value itself but coping and completing this program in 90 days is a difficult task. so to get through it without being written up or kicked out is an important journey. i hope you put the same effort into the discovery house that you did here. >> thank you, sam. >> you feel good to see somebody come in on day one and see the change on them. if we get too good at this, i'll be put out of a job. but that's okay, i'll find something else to do. >> and prior to the release, he must complete one more task, provide orientation for inmate who will take his spot in the program. aaron. >> so grant you two sets of

blue. you leave the other one in there. and you have the key, right? >> i was addicted to heroin twice a day. i used $200 a day, that's 50 bags a day. it affected myself and my family, and i heard this is the best program in the state to be clean. luckily, i got arrested to get into here. >> my life was good. i have a great family. i had a great job. i stole from my family, and they don't trust me. they gave me so many chances, and this is my last chance, becausefy don't succeed here, i won't have any family backing. and i come from a big family. and i'll be on my own and i don't want that. >> sofield has plead guilty to theft and forgery and awaiting sentencing. he has had several prior convictions for drug possession as well. >> you guys, this is aaron. >> welcome. >> i'm not going to lie.

i still think about getting high pipts always in the back of my head. that's it. i can't ever get high again. i'm 29, i'm a little young, but i have been around a lot compared to some of the kids in here that are still young. and they think about it, and everybody thinks about it. this is it, i can't get high one more time, but there is never one more time when it comes to heroin. one more time, and you know how many times i said that? and it leads to the next day and the next day and more and more and more and never one more time when it comes to that. >> coming up -- >> i am 6'3", and my feet hit this thing when i am trying to sleep. you wake up every time you try to turn and it is freezing. >> aaron sofield struggles to fit in the drug rehabilitation center. and -- >> the hebrew bible goes opposite -- >> i know that >> and alyssa schlossberg returns to her religious roots. but finds it doesn't keep you out of trouble. >> she did lie to you. >> in a nutshell.

inside hackensack, bergen county, jail, inmates were allowed digital cameras for about an hour or so, and the purpose was to allow them to record any intimate thoughts of their lives in privacy. >> still pimping. >> and two of the inmates are thomas costa. >> i'm in here and a useless [ bleep ] -- >> and his girlfriend, alyssa schlossberg. they are both facing drug charges and are hoping to be assigned to a rehab program in lieu of jail time >> and it is cool, because you can see me better through the camera, through the mirror, which is weird. but i don't know, maybe it's a reason why people can't see their real self through this mirror, that it's not really who

a lot of people are. because it's not how i look when i am who i am. this is just a piece of me. it's not the full thing. >> actually, this book is on rosh hashanah. >> schlossberg says she is using her time in jail to reconnect with a lost part of her heritage. >> the hebrew bible goes opposite catholic bible. >> i know that part. so this is translation on this side? >> this is hebrew. >> this is english? >> this is english. >> really? wow. >> i was raised both katrina rick and jewish. i made communion and then i was confirmed. it was more like the boys did the jewish thing and i followed my mom with the catholic thing. we celebrated both christmas and hanukkah.

they get together and they have saders and they have different foods that represent different things. i don't know them off of the top of my head, but like the -- what is it? a radish. relish. >> schlossberg might have another motivation to the reawakening of her jewish roots. prior to visiting her, thomas costa gave her an inside tip about jail food. >> she said, i hate jail food. i said, listen, if you want to get legitimate food, play your jewish card. and you will get real meals as opposed to the meelsz we get in here. >> the jail provides kosher meals. and according to her friend, cat, the jewish meals are preferable to the other meals. >> the portions are smaller, but it is better than what they give us on the tray. >> and vegetarian and kosher and if they say that's what they need, that's what they get.

>> people come in here to say they are kosher, because it is better food. >> jews don't get anything. we don't get a synagogue in here. >> and we have a roving religion, the guy come around with the card, he comes around with his jewish card, protestant card and the catholic card. >> you guys think it is funny, but i take the religious seriously. >> and it is the god's honest -- well, maybe not god, but allah or whatever. and they come around with it on the cart. the rabbi and the priest. >> and we don't get a service, and rosh hashanah starts tonight, and if it were christmas would we go to church? >> well, the rabbi has his own hours. >> well, we need a better rabbi. >> well, you should write to lieutenant and ask for a rabbi on call. >> i don't plan to be here. >> then why are we having this conversation? >> members of the clergy, including a rab bishgs not only visit the jashlgs they often hold religious studies with

small imprupz of inmates. while schlossberg says her interest in judaism is real, she admits that she's not above deceit. >> i know how to lie and make the whole world believe it. i know how to manipulate someone. my parents told me that i should either be an actor or a lawyer. >> and you always have a choice. you can never say that circumstances, i can't choose. >> today schlossberg and huber meet with the rabbi for religious studies. >> sometimes it's hard to choose, am i right? >> uh-huh. >> during the lesson, rabbi notices that schlossberg's energy has begun to wane. >> we just had lunch. >> what? >> no lunch. >> i'm going to go over there. >> and upon hearing schlossberg did not receive her kosher lunch that day, the rabbi requests a meal for her. but lunch is quickly interrupted

when officer cruz ponder lied to the rabbi about missing a meal. >> did you eat at chow time? >> yeah, i have it now. my salad. >> but did you eat at chow time? >> yes, we ate. >> but why did you tell the rabbi that you didn't eat? >> we didn't have lunch then. >> i went into the kitchen and said that you didn't receive a -- >> a tray today. >> oh i didn't know. >> you knew exactly what you were doing schlossberg. when you walked past, what did you say to us? the rabbi is on the way to kitchen to get me some extra food. is that what you said, yes or no? y or no? so you knew what you were doing then? >> no, it was about snack. >> she actually had two trays. she's good. >> and, yes, she did lie to you. >> she did lie to you. >> in a nutshell. >> okay. but you did get your tray? >> today, yes. >> thank you. >> that's it.

>> thank you. >> i wasn't the one who told him that. >> okay. case closed. >> and alyssa schlossberg is sneaky and conniving and she will do anything to get her way or get it over. >> and she not only told to rabbi that she didn't eat that day, she also told him something else. >> cat! cat! >> they don't feed us enough, because she's pregnant. >> there you go. >> no, no, your exact words were, with child. >> it's time to get the rabbi to talk to her boyfriend, and she says, but don't tell thomas that i'm pregnant because he doesn't know yet. >> yes, i lied. i lied about my pregnancy and i lied about the food. i get whatever i want. >> coming up -- >> let me tell you and. this [ bleep ] has to stop. >> and alyssa schlossberg encounters an angry lieutenant. >> all right. you know what i'm talking about. >> and then -- >> i don't have amateur addicts.

i have the real mckois here. >> and the first drug rehab center ever opened inside of a correctional facility. >> the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i'm going to die.

i'm 29 years old, and i would have never thought that my life would have come to this. you know, i lived a pretty -- a pretty good life growing up. family loved me, and people cared about me and a lot of friends. i had a girlfriend for the past four years. we broke up about eight months ago because of my using. i was engaged to her. and just -- i chose the drugs -- chose the drugs over her. >> aaron sofield continues to do time in the bergen county jail's drug rehabilitation center while awaiting sentencing on charges of theft and forgery.

>> last call! >> it's a tightly run program, that the inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they are dropped. >> we have rules, and it is kind of funny, but if they don't have their keys on them or the locks on the lockers or leave out the books or the chairs down, and we want them focused and thinking, and we don't want them too comfortable, but always working on themselves. >> sofield faces an additional challenge. >> i'm 6'3..and my feet hit this thing. and if you turn, your feet hit this thing. and i have drug dreems. and it's natural. if you are not having drug dreams, you are not using drugs. >> sofield has battled addiction to heroin for the last several year, and he believes if he does not get clean this time h he is going to lose the support of his family and everything else that he values. >> mr. lopez, the c.o. in charge of the program, i give him a lot of respect, because he has put

up with a lot of [ bleep ] and nonsense in this place. and people come in complaining about this and complaining about that, but i'm thankful. really thankful for him. he put structure back in my life. >> being in jail has got me clean now for 2 1/2 months. and i don't think i've ever been that clean in over four years. my body is getting fwoback to a normal cycle, which is a good thing, because for a while i thought i wasn't going to be able to have children. >> alyssa schlossberg has also had a heroin addiction and she is currently charged with distribution of cocaine and hopes to take part in the state's drug court program. schlossberg would need to plead guilty, but then instead of jail or prison time, she would be sent into the rehabilitation

facility and she would have to follow the protocol and be subjected to the reporting for the period of her sentence. >> and i did not. >> she admits to lying to a rabbi to get an extra lunch tray. while it is not the most serious, the lieutenant decides it warrants a visit. >> i'm going to tell you something, okay? it's got to stop, okay? >> uh-huh. >> i -- i deal with drug court all the time. >> i know. >> now listen to me. okay, if you're pulling [ bleep ] here, listen, i don't want a response, if you're pulling [ bleep ] here, all i've got to do is pick up the phone and let them know, okay? it doesn't go over with with them. you know what i'm talking about. >> yes, so does everyone else because -- >> that doesn't matter. >> i'm always being yelled at. >> why do you think that is? >> you think it's me.

>> but why do you think that is? >> i'm not the only person. >> you're not the only person, that's right, but -- >> i'm not going to get into it. >> i told you, i don't want a response. >> maybe i should be in lockup. >> the fact is, she ate lunch and then went and lied to the rabbi in order to get an additional meal. has nothing to do with her religion or faith. it has to deal with the fact she's manipulating the system to achieve extra food, items, whatever she can. if she uses her faith, that's on her. >> you did that again. >> you want to me my father? i almost said that to him. i cannot be friends with you anymore. it's over. the only person he comes in here for is me. it's treating me like my jail father. like, you're not my father. like, go yell at someone else. coming up -- >> we quite often get couples like alyssa schlossberg and

mr. costa in jail. it's dependent. their need to communicate is overwhelming. >>thy devise a method to communicate unlike any we've ever seen. >> i know what size he wears for boxers, so i knew it was him.

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hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail is not only a detention center for men and women facing a variety of charges it's also a drug rehabilitation center. >> in the 1990s we were the first in the state of new jersey to set up a male drug rehabilitation center. it's been very successful. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that also has been successful. >> since it has more men than women, the men's side houses 30 inmates. >> i don't have amateur addicts here. i have the real mccoys. i have guys that live on the street and homeless, and i don't have the weekend warrior. i have the everyday user. those are the people that we need to help right now to stop the revolving doors from coming in and out of the jails and save some money down the road for the taxpayers. >> aaron sofield is an admitted heroin addict awaiting sentence

for theft and forgery, and he is three weeks into the 90-day program. >> it's not repetitive. it's the same stuff, same stuff. i've been through three other rehabs before, so i know what's going on. >> what do you miss? >> miss being on the streets and the rush that you get. i'm not really missing my friends. girls, and everybody is going to miss the girls, but my friends, i really don't care. i make friends no matter what. >> sofield's newest friend in the drug rehab center is michael who is only weeks away from completing the program. >> you also have a lot in common. we both shot heroine. we both smoked pcp. >> he's a young cool kid. he speaks what's on his mind. he don't care who you are or what you are, he speaks his mind. and i like that. >> i have been using drugs since i was 14, and alcohol since i was basically 6.

when i shot acid, this guy made me want to she [ bleep ] asid. it was crazy. at first i did it and i could feel the asid crawling through my veins. it was like an instant peak. it was wild. >> i took acid like a couple of sheets, but -- >> i pushed the limits. the only way to truly be alive is to confront your mortality. and that is what i did on a daily basis. >> i know. i never heard of anyone shooting up acid or xanax before you. >> i put xanax and cocaine and amphetamines and oxycontin in the same needle and shot it. >> all in the same rig. that's crazy. >> i don't know how to describe that kind of high. have you ever shot vodka? >> no. [ bleep ]. >> parapar had been on probation for a burglary conviction when he tested positive for drugs and

was sent to jail. he was admitted to the drug rehab center but has been through numerous other programs since age 14. >> this is my first time in jail and it sucks. it really sucks. i don't want to come back to jail again. the way i was doing drugs f i go back out, the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i'm going to die. my mother's afraid she's going to bury me. i know that for a fact. and my dad just -- my dad's almost given up on me. that's why i'm really -- i'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired. >> he has a lot of problems, and i tell him that. he knows that. he's been through a lot. 21 years old, i haven't been through [ bleep ] any of that. i wish him the best. i wish everybody the best in here, but we will see. you never know. >> thomas costa is also an admitted heroin addict, but he does his time in the general population unit.

>> one shot it just progressed from there. we were up to 60, 70 bags each a day, and that's almost $400 a day for drugs. >> costa was turned down for the rehab center because of past convictions involving crimes, but he says he has an addiction greater than heroine, his girlfriend, alyssa schlossberg. >> i feel like i can do a lot less for her because i am in here, but i am at least in the same building. >> occasionally seeing each other in or on the way to court, the couple can only communicate through letters and schlossberg has just opened her latest from costa. >> you alone made me a better man. and you continue to make me better everyday of my life. and i love you, baby girl, and love is me and you. he's so incredible. and i miss him.

it's been real emotional in here because i can't look at him or hear his voice. maybe i am addicted to him. but i don't see it like a bad thing. >> we quite often get the couples like alyssa schlossberg and mr. costa in the jail. they become co-dependent on each other, so their need to communicate is just overwhelming for each of them so they try to bend the rules, break the rules sometimes in an effort they can still stay in touch with each other. >> recently costa did just that. >> i saw her in the hallway and i was going downstairs and i saw a group of girls, and i was hoping that she would be one of them, and i blew her a kiss, and i got in trouble, and don't do it again or else, and from the officers and stuff, because they thought that she was a random female and a harassing one of them, and little do they know, but it was worth the risk. >> but now they have developed a new method of communicating and although it's against the rules,

they've yet to be caught. each housing unit has a key yofk where inmates can order snacks or toiletries from the jail come sorry. >> one day i'm on the commission sear computer, order canteens and stuff like that. i went on the account and figured out the password because it's our anniversary. i put in a few keywords that she would key on. >> and a cocoa butter, and extra pair of boxers and i know what size of boxers he wears, and so i sent him back coffee and hazelnut and sugar, because he knows that i like that. >> and since the commissary orders are only filled on mondays, the couple would erase all the items they posted on each other's account on sunday in order to arouse suspicion. >> at first we were going back and forth with funny food names to let us know that we are thinking of each other. >> then i was like, okay, let's see how smart me he is, because he was not that smart when he came in here.

>> i see a bunch of numbers. she has a bunch of numbers like ten lollipops, 15 envelopes. what does this mean? i've never seen so many numbers. i go down the list and i try to make sense. i write count alphabet and i realize each alphabet represents a letter in the alphabet. >> and this 11 is the letter of the alphabet, and this word here spells out a word. and this spells out please. that's k-p-l-e-a-s-e-g-e-t, and i got the next page. -m-o -- or, no-m-e, me-m-o-n-e-y, money-a-s-a-p, asap. please get me money asap. >> it's the jail version of texting? >> yes, but nobody has done it before. and it is weird that we connect on a different level.

>> i will not lie, a tear came to my eye and i got choked up a little bit, because she figured out i was writing out to her, and she was writing back to me, and it is like we were on the same wavelength and i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you'll see that most heroine users are really close to their moms. >> an insight into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroine problem. >> that's why i call it a momma's boy drug. >> one inmate in the drug rehab center thrives while another is forced to drop out. >> he's a guy i can't have back here. to me what he did was that serious, unfortunately he blew his shot. @ñ

♪ may i have your attention. >> the bergen county jail drug rehabilitation center opened in 1995. it was the first of its kind inside of a correctional facility in the state of new jersey. >> inspection for lockers. >> now nearing retirement, officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for those years, supervising the hundreds of men that have passed through here. >> i don't like mice. i have to live in here for eight hours. >> i could have very easily been one of these guys. i could have been a dmn good drug dreeler and a damn good drug user, but for some reason, i chose the right road. >> recently the center has been seeing heroin make a comeback as the drug of choice among the inmates. and in bergen county, one of the prosperous counties, heroin has taken an unusual twist. >> you will see that the heroin users are unusually close to their moms. that is why i call it the mama's boy drug.

they actually give the money to the son and you'll hear the comment, i would much rather give him the money for heroine so he doesn't have to go on the street and steal and rob for it. i've heard cases in here where the mother drives them to the spot to pick up the drug for them. that's why it's a momma's drug for me. >> and now at 22, michael may have boyish looks, and says that his mother may not have realized that he was injecting it into his arm. >> it's like a surgeon with a needle. hit the same spot hundreds of times. and my mother never knew i was doing heroin, because i never had track markets. >> he says he started to use heroin at age 15. he was well on the way of finishing the intensive 90-day drug rehab program, but recently he signed himself out to avoid being kicked out and he is back in general population. >> this is my cell and i'm

really mad at myself because i only had three weeks left. so it's kind of a bummer, but i got to accept my consequences. >> michael walked up to an inmate in the drc program, and took all of his commissary and decided to tell the guy that he needed to beg for him to get it back. >> well, i thought me and him were cooler than we were. and i thought it was all fun and games. and somebody else thought it wasn't. >> the next morning i came in, i was aware of the incident. i brought him into my office. i questioned him about the incident. at that point he admitted everything he did. i thought that he was doing great. i mean, he was on his 68th day. the day before this incident i was telling my sergeant i can't believe the growth he's made. he was doing everything perfect. >> i wish i could go back to the program, but -- >> he's a guy i can't have back here. to me, what he did was that serious. unfortunately, he blew his shot. >> parapar's friend is

approaching the end of his first month in the drug rehab center. after fitting his 6'3" frame into the bunk and feeling bored -- >> it is just boring and repettive. >> he said that seeing inmates like him dropping out has renewed his will. >> and it may not mean a lot to a lot of people, but it is just a coin, but it shows that you worked the program, you deserved it. it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the people who care. i really am ready to take the right steps, but i'm not going to lie, it's going to be hard. but i think -- i think i can do it. >> this is by far my favorite picture. >> alyssa schlossberg also admits to drug addiction and quite possibly an addiction to her boyfriend thomas costa who is housed in another part of the jail. >> when we first got together,

he'd say oe he loved me plato c platonical platonically. but it was inevitably, now it's unconditionally. if thomas were to kill someone, i will be right next to him hiding the body. if thomas spent the rest of his life in jail, i would be at every visit, and i would be on the end of every phone call. we don't do without when we have each other. >> it's w-h-a-t-s, and then it's u-p. he said, what's up to me. >> they found out a way to send coded messages to each other through the computers used to order commissary goods. >> these are my words to him. we have a way of communicating.

this is the first time in eight years we've ever been separated. the longest was seven days maybe. so i'm waiting for friday. >> she told me she has court on friday. i have court on friday. it's going to be awkward seeing her for the first time in a while, that close, her and me both in shackles, not being able to hug her and like that is going to be pretty depressing but at least i'll get to see her. >> the couple hopes the court will allow them each to go to drug rehabilitation program rather than face the possibility of more prison time. schlossberg is charged with distribution of cocaine and costa is already convicted of the same plus three counts of aggravated assault. he's back in for parole violations that include using drugs in the jail's rest room during an earlier visit with schlossberg. >> i'm staying clean. he will, too. we will have a family within five years. i'm going to complete what i'm starting. i know i'm going to.

we lived his lifestyle. now we're going to live mine. >> but costa is not so sure change is on the horizon. >> let me know when you move out. i'll bunk with you, yeah. >> it's not going to be much different than the recent past has been. unfortunately, i'm just being honest. i see me getting high again. if she's around me, whether she wants to it or not, she'll probably go back to it, too. >> i know he's going to complete this program for me because he knows that i don't want to be away from him ever again after this. it doesn't matter if he wants to get high, he's not going to. >> coming up -- >> the prosecutor and the judge told me i could leave, and the time served, and basically, get out. >> aaron sofield asked to stay in jail, while thomas costa and alyssa schlossberg make important decisions about their futures as well.

>> just give you another little view of what's going on outside my window, because this is my normal view. i give you a peek, you know what i'm saying? see that right there, there's a pond, right? well, every morning i see ducks swimming by and stuff. you know, it's like a little nature channel for me. it's the small things you start appreciating when you get locked up. [ bleep ] like this, i never would have stared at a pond when i was on the streets, but i'm not on the streets, so this is my entertainment. got a groundhog that comes out of that hole down there. i see him every morning. yeah. he gets under that fence somehow. and i don't know, but i definitely envy that groundhog. >> thomas costa might soon have a new view as his stay at the bergen county jail appears to be coming to an end. he recently went to court, and

along with catching a glimpse of his girlfriend, alyssa schlossberg, he was given good news about his parole violations. and they were combined with his current sentence and he was given a choice of more jail or rehab. >> i had a choice of rehab or more jail time and i have a long term patient, and i am waiting to hear if i got a accepted to the program i applied to. >> and schlossberg also got good news from the judge and she has already left the jail. she plead guilty to the distribution of cocaine and sentenced to the drug state drug program for five years. if she completes the program and frequent testing, she will avoid further incarceration. >> alyssa left five days ago. as soon as i found out the address, i wrote her. but she's not going to get that letter -- actually, she'll probably get it around today.

because from what i hear it's a five-day blackout period. >> aaron sofield continues to deal with his addiction, and the jail's drug rehabilitation center. >> aaron sofield's growth was amazing. he came in with the attitude, maybe i'll do that program. and from that day it progressed to, wow, i do have a problem. i do have something in my life that is not going the right way. and i need to change it around. >> in fact, sofield who was in jail on a theft conviction recently turned down a chance of freedom in order to complete the program. >> he went to court, and he told the judge that he wanted to stay in the program which i thought was important. a lot of people will not do that. >> i had court two weeks ago and the prosecutor and judge told me i could leave. basically time served, you know, i could get out. my stomach, i knew i could not leave, because i have been here 30 days, and every other program, it was 30 days and right back to the same thing, and right back on the streets and not good. i want this to work this time. i don't want to have to do this

again. >> to accommodate his requests, the judge gave him a longer sentence than he normally would have, 180 days, but sofield is eligible for early release upon successfully completing the program. >> what think you've learned in here, about addiction? >> the main thing that i have learned is that i can't do it by myself. my thinking has changed since i have been in here and i do not think the same. >> aaron has a better chance than most of the guys i have in here. he has a very large, supportive family. he is bright. he has college, a driver's license, a place to live, a car. that's more than many other people that leave here has. getting better is about making a decision. it doesn't just happen. it says i'm not going to pick up a drink or drug and i'm going do get the help i need. >> yes, sir. >> we'll see you during the week. thank you. >> thank you. today i might want to use. tomorrow's tomorrow. the 90 days in here i know i'm

not going to use because i can't. but once i walk out on the 91st day, it's all on me. nobody else can tell me what to do, where to go, how to act. they tried and it don't work. so i'm not 100% sure. i'm not.

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