i'm not going to lie, i still think about getting high. it's always in the back of my head. is this it? can i get high ever again? >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time, with a dangerous twist. >> you will see most heroin users are really close to their moms. that's why i call them mama's boy drugs. >> my mom is afraid that she will bury me.

>> a young couple finds they're addicted to more than just drugs. >> i'm addicted to her more than any other drug i put in my body. >> they develop a method of communicating unlike any we've seen before. >> asap. asap. please get me money asap. >> we're on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing but we did. >> once again, we provide inmates with their own cameras to record intimate thoughts about their lives. >> if thomas 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 outskirts of hackensack is a place where compelling drama plays out everyday. there are about 900 men and women incarcerated inside of 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 of inmates that come into our facility for heroin. also prescription drugs. oxycodeine and things of that nature, but heroin is making a huge comeback and not just in the suburbs or the urban area, it's going to all dichbt different areas. >> alyssa schlossberg need look no further than her own skin for evidence of heroin'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's 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. and i had no recollection. before coming here, i passed out in front of a judge and didn't remember anything at 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 has pled not guilty. but she does admit to leading a drug-filled lifestyle with her boyfriend. >> we always had drugs, and people always calling him. we got caught up in that lifestyle.

it wasn't because of drugs. it was because of money. we were eating like his words would be like a boss. we had money to do whatever we wanted. i love him. he's my everything. my baby. my father in some way. my best friend. my boyfriend. my soul mate. he's my other. >> and now schlossberg's other is now an inmate in the bergen county jail. thomas costa who has prior convictions for drug manufacturing, distribution and aggravated assault was cently on probation when he came to visit schlossberg and got arrested again. >> i had pills on me, and i was not thinking to leave them at home, leave them somewhere. what's going to happen? i'm going to walk in, going to walk out just like i do every week. >> a visitor must pass through the metal detector to make sure they are not carrying weapons into the building. they never have direct contact with inmay wants. so they're not frisked for drugs or other contraband. when thomas signed in, however, an arrest warrant popped up for a probation violation.

when it did officers went to arrest him. >> i was actually in the bathroom getting high at the time. when i heard the door open. i heard the keys jingling. then i heard two or three pairs. i knew it was cops coming in. >> most part it's not really usual to find someone taking drugs in the jail bathroom. we were kind of shocked he was doing it while we were there. >> i hadn't planned on doing it. obviously i didn't plan on getting 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 any more on him, and he said no. then i found the 13 decks, and i said i thought you didn't have any more on me. he said, that's not on me. that's in my wallet. >> now i'm in here with her unfortunately. it's fun anyhow 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. >> and i miss the [ bleep ] out of her, and i feel closer to her now being in here. i feel like now we're both going through it together, you know. >> i feel weak without him. i don't feel dead. i feel weak right now. and it's not because lack of nutrition. it's not because lack of sleep. it's because i have lack of thomas. >> costa and schlossberg hope to qualify for the new jersey court drug program. it's set up to help offenders sign up for rehabilitation instead of jail time. it is rigorous, and requires rigorous testing. >> and the anger issues. >> the jail also offers its own road to sobriety for inmates who

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his recovery in a residential drug treatment program. today, drug abuse counselor sam watson will honor his achievement with a special token. >> this coin is really a token of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value itself. coping and completing this program in 90 days is a very difficult task. so the ability to get through it without getting written up and kicked out is important. i wish you all the best on your journey. i hope you put the same effort into the discovery house that you did here. thank you. >> thank you, sam. >> you feel good to see them come in on day one and see the change in 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. >> still got two days, man. >> prior to his release, arzenas must complete one more task. provide an orientation to the inmate who will take his spot in the doc. aaron sofield. >> grab two sets of blues. we'll change you up. leave the other two in there.

you do have your key, right? >> yes, sir. >> i was addicted to heroin. using every day, morning, day and night. $200 a day. that's like 50 bags a day. affecting myself and my family. i heard this is the best program in the state to get clean. lucky 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 the last chance, because if i don't succeed here, i won't have no family backing me up. i come from a big family. i will be out 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. >> how's it going? >> i'm not going to lie. i still think about getting

high. it's always in the back of my head. is this it? i can't get high ever again? you know, like i'm 29. i'm still a little bit young. i've been around it a lot compared to some other kids in here are still young. they all think about it, too. everybody thinks about it. is this it? i can't get high anymore? just one more time? there's never one more time when it comes to heroin. never one more time. one more time. you know how many times i said that? it always leads to the next day, next day, next day, more, more, more. 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, in the drug rehabilitation center. and -- >> the hebrew bible goes opposite american bible. >> and alyssa schlossberg returns to her religious roots. but finds it doesn't keep her out of trouble. >> yes, she did lie. >> she did lie to you. >> in a nutshell. instead of mailing everyone my vacation photos,

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inside hackensack, new jersey's 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 am in here and a useless -- >> and his girlfriend, alyssa schlossberg. they are both facing drug charges and hope to be assigned to a rehab program in lieu of more jail and prison time. >> our crappy ass mirror. but it's cool. you can actually 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, you know, 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 american -- >> i know that. >> okay. >> so this is translation on this side? >> this is hebrew. >> this is english. >> and this is english. >> really? wow. >> i was raised both catholic 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 for reawakening her jewish roots. prior to being arrested when he visited her, thomas costa gave her an inside tip about jail feed. and she said i hate the food. i said, look, if you want to get legitimate food play your religion card in there. say you're jewish. technically she is. her family is. you get real meals as opposed to the food we get in here. >> the jail prepares kosher meals for jewish inmates. and according to her friend, the jewish meals are preferable to the other meals. >> chicken and black beans. 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 is what they need, that is what they will get. >> people come in here to say they are kosher, because it is better food. >> jews don't get anything.

>> we don't even get a synagogue in here. >> and we have a roving religion, the guy on the cart. he comes around with his jewish card, catholic card, protestant card. it's funny. >> 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. >> we need a better rabbi. >> then you should write to the lieutenant and ask him you want a rabbi on call? >> i don't plan on being here. >> then why are we having this conversation? >> members of the clergy including a rabbi not only visit the jail, they often hold religious studies with small

groups of inmates. while schlossberg says her interest in judaism is real, she admits that she is 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 meets with the jail rabbi for religious studies. >> sometimes it's hard to choose. am i right? >> mm-hmm. >> during the lesson the rabbi notices schlossberg's energy is beginning to wane. >> what? i can't hear nothing. >> no lunch. >> and upon hearing that she did not receive her kosher lunch that day, the rabbi requests a meal for her, but lunch is quickly interrupted when officer cruz ponder determines sclossberg lied to the rabbi

about missing her meal. >> did you eat at chow time? >> yeah, i have it now. my salad. >> but did you eat at chow time? >> yeah, we ate. >> but why did you tell the rabbi you didn't have a tray >> we didn't have lunch then. >> i went into kitchen and said that you didn't receive a tray today. >> oh, i didn't know that. >> you knew exactly what you were doing. >> i wasn't the one who said it. >> when you walk right by, when you walked past what did you say to us? the rabbi is on his way to the kitchen to get me some extra food. is that what you said? yes or no? yes or no? then you knew what you was doing then? >> not about that. it was about snack. >> sir, she ate. she actually had two trays. she's good. >> yes, she did lie to you. >> and 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.

>> all right. case closed. step back there. >> and alyssa schlossberg is very sneaky, ka noocon nizing. she does 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. >> they don't feed us. because she's pregnant. >> no, no, the exact words were "with child." she's trying to get the rabbi to talk to her boyfriend. so she goes, but don't tell thomas that i'm pregnant. he doesn't know yet. >> it's a good thing you told me. >> yes, i lied. i lied about my pregnancy and i lied about the food. i get whatever i want. coming up -- >> i'm going to tell you something, okay. this [ bleep ] has got to stop. >> and alyssa schlossberg encounters an angry lieutenant. >> you know what i'm talking about. right? >> and -- >> i don't have amateur addicts. i have the real mccoys here.

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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 -- 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 -- i 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. >> chow up! last call!

>> it's a tightly run program with a strict daily regimen that inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they're dropped. >> we have approximately 58 rules in our facility. it's kind of funny, but they could go, like, if they don't have their keys on them or their locks on their lockers or if they leave the books out or chairs down. we want them focused. we want them thinking. we don't want them too comfortable. we want them always working on themselves. >> sofield faces an additional challenge. >> i'm 6'3". my feet hit this thing when i sleep. i have drug dreams. >> sofield has battled addiction to heroin over the last several years and believes if he doesn't get clean this time, he will lose the support of his family and everything else he values. >> mr. lopez, the c.o. in charge of the program, i give him a lot of respect. he has put up with a lot of

[ bleep ] and nonsense in this place. people coming to him complaining about this and complaining about that. but i'm thankful. really thankful for him. he put that structure back in my life. >> being in jail has kept 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 kicking back to, you know, a normal cycle. which is a good thing, because for a while, i thought that 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. schlossburg would need to plead guilty. but then instead of jail or prison time, she would be sent to an inpatient rehabilitation facility and follow a protocol that includes drug testing for as many years as the court deems

necessary. >> told me you didn't receive. >> a tray today. >> i didn't know that. >> you knew exactly what you were doing, schlossburg. >> i wasn't the one who said it. >> schlossberg admits to lying to a rabbi to get an extra lunch tray. while it is not the most serious, the lieutenant decides that it is warranted a visit. >> let me tell you something, this [ bleep ] has to stop. okay? 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 got to do is pick up the phone and let them know. okay? it doesn't go over well with them. you know what i'm talking about, right? >> yeah. i'm not the only one. >> it doesn't matter. >> i understand that. but i am always being yelled at. >> why do you think that is? >> you think it's me. >> i no e. why do you think that is?

>> i don't know why. because i'm not the only person. i'm not the only person. >> you're not the only person. you're right. >> i am not going to get into that. >> and i told you, i don't want a response. >> just leave me locked up. >> okay. the fact is, is that she ate lunch and then went and lied to the rabbi in order to get an additional meal. it has nothing to do with her religion or faith. it has to do with the fact that she's manipulating the system in order to achieve food, extra items in any way that she can. she uses her faith to do it, that's on her. that's her responsibility. >> what does he think that he is 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 this is 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.

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bergen county jail. it's not only a detention center for men and women facing a variety of charges, it's also a drug rehabilitation center. >> in the early 1990s we were the first in the state of new jersey to open up a male drug rehabilitation center and a correctional facility. it's been very successful. several years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds. that also has been successful. >> since the jail has many more men and women the male side of the rehab center houses about 30 inmates. >> i don't have amateur addicts. i have the real mccoys here. i have guys that live o on the street. homeless. i don't have your weekend warrior. i have the everyday user. those are the people we really need to help right now to stop the revolving door from coming in and out of jails and hopefully save some money down the road for our taxpayers, you know. >> aaron sofield is an admitted heroin addict awaiting sentencing for theft and forgery. he's now three weeks into the

90-day program. >> it's a little boring. repetitive. same stuff, same stuff. i've been through two rehabs before. i know what it's all about. >> what are you missing on the streets? >> the thrill. running around. just the rush that we get. really i'm not missing my friends, you know. girls. everybody is going to miss 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 parabar who is only weeks away from completing the program. >> we also have a lot in common. we both shot heroin. we both smoked pcp. >> he's a young, cool kid. he speaks what's on his mind. that's one thing about him. he don't care who you are, what you are. he speaks what's on his mind. i like that. >> i have been using drugs since i was 14, and alcohol since i was basically 6.

when i shot acid, this the guy made me want to shoot acid, and i mean, it was crazy. i mean, when i first -- i did it, and i could feel the acid, like, crawling through my veins. it was like an instant peak. it was wild. >> i took acid, but not like that form of acid. >> i mean -- >> popped a couple sheets. >> i always push the limits. the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality. that's what i did on a daily basis. >> i never heard of anybody shooting up acid or xanax until i met you. >> i put xanax, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and oxycontin all in the same needle and shot it. it's crazy. i don't even know how to describe that kind of high. >> have you ever shot vodka? >> no, man. you're nuts. >> parabar was on probation for

a burglarly conviction when he tested positive for drugs and was sent to the jail. he has been sentenced to the drug rehab center, and been in numerous rehab centers before this. >> i have never been to jail before this, and it sucks. i don't want to come back. the way i was doing drugs, if i go back out, the next time i stick a needle in my arm, i'm going to die. my mother is afraid that she is going to bury me. i know that for a fact. my dad just -- my dad's almost given up on me. that's why i'm really -- 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. at 21 years old. i haven't been through any of that hit. i wish him the best. i wish everybody the best in here. but we'll see. you never know. >> thomas costa is also an admitted heroin addict, but he does his time in the general population unit. >> once we shot up, it just

progressed from there. we were up to maybe, like, 60, 70 bags each a day. that's almost $400 a day just on drugs. >> costa was turned down for the drug rehab center because of past convictions involving violent crimes. but he says he has another addiction even greater than heroin. his girlfriend, alyssa schlossberg. >> i'm addicted to her more than any drug i ever put in my body. i feel like i can do a lot less for her now because i'm in here. at least i'm in the same building as her, you know. >> other than occasionally seeing each other in or on the way to court the couple the only communicate through letters. schlossberg has just opened her latest from costa. >> you're the only one for me. you alone make me a better man. and you continue to make me better everyday of my life. i love you. words is short, baby girl, never the love. 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 kind of try and want to bend the rules, break the rules. sometimes in an effort to 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 she was. so i blew her a kiss. got in trouble for that. don't do it again or else. you know, like from the officers and stuff. they just probably thought she was a random female and i was harassing one of them. little do they know. it was worth the risk. >> but now costa and schlossberg have developed a new method of communicating. although it's against the rules,

they've yet to be caught. each housing unit has a kiosk where inmates can order snacks or toiletries from the jail commissary. >> one day i'm on the jail ki k kiosk. i went on her account. figured out her password. it's our anniversary. i put a couple items i knew she'd key in on. >> cocoa butter. pair of extra large boxers. his favorite lotion is cocoa butter. i knew what size he wears for boxers. i knew it was him. i sent him something back like coffee, hazelnut and sugar. he knows i like that. >> since commissary orders are only fulfilled on mondays the couple would simply erase all the items that posted on each other's account for sunday in order to avoid being charged or arousing suspicion. >> first going back and forth with funny food names. ways to know we're thinking about one another. >> and then i was like, all right. let's see how smart he is. because he wasn't too smart when he came here. >> one day i went on here. two days ago.

three days ago. a bunch of numbers. 10 lollipops. 15 envelopes. what does this mean. i've never seen so many numbers. going down the list. i start writing down. i'm trying to make sense out of them. i write the alphabet down. i realize every number symbolizes a letter of the alphabet. 11th letter of the alphabet. this first letter is k. right here spells out a word. please. that's k. p-l-e-a-s-e. g-e-t. i got the next page. 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? >> well, yeah. but no one's ever done it before. it's just weird. we connect on a different level. >> i'm not going to lie. a tear came to my eye. i kind of got choked up a little

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>> everybody step into the kitchen. cabinet inspection. top drawer. >> the bergen county jail's drug rehabilitation center opened in 1995. it was the first of its kind inside a correction facility in the state of new jersey. >> inspection for lockers. >> though now nearing retirement officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for the past eight years. supervising the hundreds of men who have passed through it. >> i don't want no mice in here. i don't like mice. i got to live in here, too, for eight hours. i could have very easily strayed and very easily been one of these guy. i could have been a damn good drug dealer, could have been a damn good drug user. but for some reason, i chose the right road. >> recently, the center has seen heroin make a comeback as the drug of choice among many inmates. and in bergen county, one of the nation's most prosperous communities, heroin use among young people has taken an unusual twist. >> you will see that the heroin users are really close to their moms. that's why i call it mama's boy

drugs. they'll actually give the money to the son. they'll hear the comment, i'd much rather give him the money to go buy heroin than so he don't have to go on the streets and steal and rob for it. sometimes i have heard of cases in here where the mother will drive them to the spot where they pick up the heroin. so that's why it's a mama's boy drug for me. >> at 22 years old, michael parapar might still have boyish looks but says his mother never paid for his heroin and didn't even realize he was regularly shooting the drug into his arms. >> it don't look like it, i was insurging with a needle. hit the same spot about 100 times. my mom never knew i was doing heroin because i never left track marks. >> parapar says he started using heroin at age 15. he was well on his way to completing the drug center's intensive day treatment program. recently he signed himself out in order to avoid being kicked out and is in general population. >> this is my cell. 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 parapar walked up to an inmate in the drc program and took all his commissary and decided to tell the guy that he needed to beg for him to get it back. >> i thought me and him were cooler than we were. i thought it was all fun and games. somebody else thought it wasn't. >> the next morning i came in, and i was aware of the incident and i brought him into the office and questioned him about the incident. and 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 that i can't believe the growth that he's made. he was doing everything, everything perfect. >> i wish i could go back to the program. >> 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, aaron sofield, is approaching the end of his first month at the drug rehab center. after some discomfort fitting his 6'3" frame on his bunk and feeling bored with another program -- >> it's a little boring. repetiti repetitive. same stuff, same stuff. >> he said seeing inmates like parapar drop out has renewed his commitment. >> i want to get that coin at the end. it might not mean a lot to a lot of people but it's just a coin, but it shows that you worked the program. you deserved it. which means a lot to me. it means a lot to the people that care. i am really ready to take the right steps, but i am not going to lie, it's going to be hard. but i think that 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's housed in another part of the jail. >> when we first got together, he would say that he loved me platonically. but it was inevitably. and it was 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. >> schlossberg and costa figured out a way to send coded messages to each other through the computers inmates use to order commissary good. >> these are my letters. nothing much.

you okay? we have a way of communicating. this is the first time in eight years that we've ever been separated. the longest was seven days, maybe. so i'm, like, waiting for friday. >> she told me that she has court on friday. i told her i have court on friday. it's going to be awkward seeing her for the first going to be a what i'm saying seeing her for the first time in a while, like actually that close. and her and me both in shackles, and not being able to hug her and that, it's going to be pretty depressing. but at least i will get to see her. >> and the couple hopes that the courts will allow them each to go to drug rehabilitation programs rather than the possibility of more jail or 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 this for parole violations that include using drugs in the jail's restroom in an earlier visit to schlossberg. >> i will stay clean and he will stay clean and 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 sure that change is on the horizon. >> it is not going to be any different than the recent past has been. unfortunately. that's just -- i'm just being honest. i see me getting out of here, getting high, unfortunately. and if she's around me, whether she wants to 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, you know. basically, it's get out. >> aaron sofield asked to stay in jail, while thomas costa and alyssa schlossberg make important decisions about their futures as well. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic...

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let me give you another view of what's going on outside my window. because this is normally my view anyway. and i don't know if i normally look outside of my window, but to give you a peek. real quick, know what i'm saying? see that that right there that's the pond, right? well, every morning i see ducks swimming by and stuff. 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 obviously not on the streets. so this is my entertainment. got a groundhog that comes out of that hole down there, see him every morning. he gets under that fence somehow. envy that, i definitely envy that groundhog. >> thomas costa might 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, alisa schlossberg, he was given some good news about his recent probation violations. they were combined with his current sentence and he was given a choice between prison or rehab. >> i was either going downstate for five years or taking a drug program. i got a long-term inpatient, which is six months. still waiting to hear if i got accepted into the one program i did apply to. >> sha lossberg also had good news from her judge. she pled guilty to her charges of distributing cocaine and was sentenced to the state's drug court program for a period of five years. if she completes the rigorous program that includes inpatient drug rehab and frequent testing, she will avoid further incarceration. >> and alyssa left five days ago and and as soon as i found out the address i was writing. just like i do every day. i write faithfully. i wrote here. but she's not going to get that letter -- actually, she'll probably get it around today. 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 this program. from that day, just progressed into, wow, i do have a problem. i do have something in my life isn't 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 this program, which i thought was important. a lot of people will not do that. >> i have court two weeks ago, i think. the prosecutor and judge told me i could leave. time served, you know. basically -- get out. my stomach told me, i couldn't leave. i was only here like 30 days. every other program i've been to, 30 days, i was right back to the same thing. running the streets. it's not good.

i want to get this to work this time. i don't want to have to do this again. >> to accommodate his request, 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 have you learned in here about addiction? >> the main thing i've learned is that i can't do it by myself. my thinking has changed since i've been in here. i totally don't think the same way i did when i first came in here. >> aaron has a better chance than most of the guys we have in here. we has a very supportive large family. he's bright, he's got college, he has a driver's license, a place to live, a car. that's more than many of the people who leave here have. getting better is making a decision. it doesn't just happen. it's saying, you know, i'm not going to pick up a drink or a drug, i'm going to get the help i need. >> yes, sir. >> all right, good luck. and we'll see you. we'll see you during the week, okay? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> today i might know i don't want to use. tomorrow's tomorrow. the 90 days in here i know i'm not going to use because i

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

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> an inmate's erratic behavior triggers the emergency response team and mental health staff. >> why you doing that? >> i couldn't believe i did it. but i guess anybody can be a killer. >> a murderer faces the death penalty while his girlfriend awaits trial in the women's wing of the jail. >> when dennis told me that he needed my help, i was like, oh,