due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. i'm not going to lie, i still think about getting high. it is always in the back of my head. and this is it, i can't get high ever again? >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in city of 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. and it's not because of lack of nutrition, it's not because of

lack of sleep. it's because i have lack of toughness. erik a young couple finds more addiction than just drugs. >> 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 a sap. >> we are on the same wavelength somehow. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> and once again, we provide inmates with their own cameras to record intimate moment thoughts. >> and if he were to kill somebody, 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 in less than an hour, but in the outskirts of

downtown hackensack is a place where compelling drama plays out every day. there are about 900 men and women incarcerated inside of the bergen county jail. most are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. many of them also share something else in common. >> we are seeing a large influx of inmates that come into our facility for heroin, also prescription drugs, oxycodone and things of that nature. but heroin is making a huge comeback. and not just in the suburbs or the urban areas, but it's going to all areas. >> reporter: alyssa schlossberg look no further than her own skin for evidence of heroin in her. >> 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 living a drug-filled lifestyle with her boyfriend. >> he always had drugs, people were always calling him. we got caught up in that lifestyle. it is not because of to drugs,

but 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 matt and he is my other. >> and now schlossberg's other is also an inmate at the bergen county jail. thomas costa who has prior convictions for drug manufacturing, distribution and aggravated assault was recently on probation when he came to visit schlossberg and got arrested again. >> i was using heroin pills. on my way in, i actually had pills on me. i wasn't thinking leaf them at home, that i would walk in and walk out just like i do ever 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, however, an arrest warrant popped up for a probation violation.

and 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, and then i heard two or three paris. so i knew it was cops coming in. >> 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 had planned on doing it the whole time i was in there. 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 anything else on him, and he said, no. then i found the 13 decks, and i said i thought you didn't have any on me. he said that's not on me. that's in my wallet. >> now i'm in here with her unfortunately. it is 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 they can't see each other, costa says it is good to be under the same roof with her. >> and i miss the [ bleep ] out of her, and honestly, i feel closer to her now being in here. i feel like we're both going through it. >> i feel weak without him. i don't feel dead, i feel weak. it is not because of lack of nutrition or anything, but it is lack of thomas. >> costa and schlossberg hope to qualify for the new jersey drug court program. it was set up to help offenders with drug charges avoid jail or prison time. but the program is rigorous and requires a commitment to drug rehabilitation and frequent testing. >> the first, the anger issues. >> the jail also offers its own road to sobriety for inmates who agree to abide by a strict set of rules. >> it is the in-house treatment center and 90-day program for

the people in the bergen county jail. >> officer lopez is one of the supervisors of the drc. >> make sure your chairs are up. let's not get lax. >> they have to make their bonds. the gentlemen here wake up at 6:00 in the morning. >> no raid yolk, right? >> a lot of people who aren't used to structure think it's military. we don't run it like that. but i'll say things one time and i expect it to be done. so for them, that's military. for anybody else, that's normal behavior. >> lockers, bathrooms now. 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. >> william arzena says he can attest to that. >> it's a good feeling to have my spirit come back to life. 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 will be released from jail and continue his recovery in a residential

drug program. today, drug abuse counselor sam watson will honor the achievement with a special token. >> this coin is a token really of your ability to cope. it has no intrinsic value, but 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, and i hope that you put the same effort into discovery house that you did here, okay? >> thank you. >> thanks. >> you feel good to see them come in on day one and see the change in them. if i get too good of this, i will be put out of the job. but that's okay. i'll find something else to do. >> prior to his release, he must complete one more task, provide an orientation for the inmate who will take his spot in the drc, aaron sofield. >> so grab two sets of blues and wheel change you up. leave the other one in there. and you have the key, right?

>> i was addicted to heroin twice a day. i had about $200 a day, and 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 the last chance, because if i don't succeed here, i won't have no family backing me up, and i come from a big family. and 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. >> i'm not going lie. i still think about getting high. it's always in the back of my

head. this is it? i can't get high ever again? i mean, i'm 29. i'm still a little bit young. but i know i've been around a lot compared to some other kids that are still long. they all think about it too. 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? it always leads to the next day, the next day, the next day, more and more and 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's freezing. >> aaron sofield struggles to fit in the drug rehabilitation center. the heber bible goes opposite the american -- >> and alyssa schlossberg returns to her religious roots. but finds it doesn't keep her out of trouble. >> yes, she did lie to you. >> in a nutshell.

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inside hackensack, new jersey bergen county's jail, inmates are allowed digital cameras for about an hour or so. the purpose was to allow them to record any 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 jail 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 is 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 is not how i look

when i am who i am. and this is just a piece of me, and it is not the whole 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 the american -- >> so this is translation on this side? >> this is english? >> and this is english, yeah. >> really? wow. >> i was raised catholic and jewish and i made communion and i was confirmed. it is more that the boys did the jewish thing and i followed my mom with the catholic thing, and we celebrated both christmas and hanukkah. but they're big ceremonies. like all the family gets together and they have seders. and they had 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 came to visit her, schlossberg's boyfriend, thomas costa gave her an inside tip about jail food. >> she hates jail food. i don't mind it because i'm used to it. i said look, if you want to get legitimate food, play your religion card in there. you can say you're jewish, which technically her family is. you get good food, as opposed to the stuff we eat in here. >> the jail prepares special kosher meals for those who are jewish. and according to her friend, 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. >> vegetarian, koesh vegan, kosher, and if they what they say they are, that's what they'll 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 on the cart. he comes around with the jewish card, his catholic cart and protestant card. >> you guys think it is funny, but i take the religious seriously. >>, no it's the god's honest truth. well, maybe not god, but al law or whatever, and they come around with it on the cart. >> who? >> the rabbi, the priest. >> but we don't get like a service. rosh hashanah starts tonight. >> right. >> if it was christmas, would we go to church? >> well, the rabbi has his own hours too. >> so we need a better rabbi. >> and well, you should write to the lieutenant and ask for a rabbi on call. >> i don't plan to be here. >> then why are we having this conversation? >> i don't know. >> members of the clergy, including a rabbi not only visit the jail, they often hold religious studies with small

groups of inmates. and while schlossberg says her renewed interest in judaism is real, she says that she is not above deceit. >> i know how the 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 jail's rabbi for religious studies. >> sometimes it's hard to choose, am i right? >> during the lesson, the rabbi notices that schlossberg's energy has begun to wane. >> we just had lunch. >> no lunch. >> i am going to go right now. >> 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 determined she 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? >> yeah, we ate. >> so why did you tell the rabbi you can't eat? >>, no 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, schlossberg. >> i wasn't the one who said it. >> when you walk past, what did you say to us? the rabbi is on his way to the kitchen to get me some extra food. that what you said? yes or no. yes or no. so you knew what you were doing then. >> no, not about that. it was about snacks. >> sir, she ate. she actually had two trays. she is fed. she is good. >> and yes, she did lie to you. >> she did lie to you. >> in a nutshell. >> okay. >> 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. >> alissa schlossberg is very sneaky, conniving. she does everything she can to get its over or have her way. >> she not only told him she didn't eat that day, she told him nothing else. >> they don't feed us enough because she is pregnant. >> no, no, no, your exact words were with child. >> and now the rabbi is going to talk to the 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 to get whatever i want. >> coming up -- >> i'm going to tell you something, okay. this [ bleep ] has got to stop. >> alissa schlossberg encounters an angry lieutenant. >> you know what i'm talk about, right? and -- >> i don't have amateur addicts, have i the real mccoys here. >> and the first drug rehab

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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, um, i lived a pretty good life growing up. family loved me, 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 regimen that inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they are dropped. >> we have approximately 58 rules in our facility. and it's kind of funny, but they could go like if they don't have their keys on them or their locks on their locker or if they leave the books out or the 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", and if you turn your feet hit this thing, and i if i fall asleep, have i drug dreams. i guess that's natural. but you're having drug dreams and you're not using drugs. >> sofield has battled addiction to heroin for the last several year, and he believes if he does not 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, because he has put up with a lot of nonsense in this place.

an people come 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 two and a half months arranged i don't believe 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. schlossberg would need to plead guilty. but then instead of jail or prison time, she would be sent to an in-patient rehabilitation facility and follow-up protocol that includes drug testing for as many years as the court deems necessary. >> i went to the kitchen and told them you didn't receive.

>> a tray today. >> oh, i didn't know that. >> you knew exactly what you were doing, schlossberg. >> i wasn't the one who said it. >> she did lie to you. >> schlossberg admits to lying to the rabbi to get an extra lunch tray. while not the most serious violation jail officials deal with, the lieutenant has decided it warrants a visit. >> i'm going to tell you something, okay. this [ bleep ] has got to stop. okay? 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 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 talk about, right? >> yeah. so does everyone else because i'm not the only one who is always involved. >> it doesn't matter. >> i understand that. why do you think it is. >> you think it's me. >> why do you think that is? >> i don't know why. i'm not the only person.

i'm not the only person. >> you're not the only person. you're right. but -- >> i'm not going to get into it. >> i told you. i don't want a response. >> and i told you, i don't want a response. >> just leave me locked up. >> and the fact is that she ate lunch and went and lied to the rabbi to get an additional meal. it has nothing to do with her religion or faith. it has to do with the fact that she is manipulating the system in order to achieve food, extra items in any way she can. if she uses her faith to do it, that's on her. that is 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 for here is me. it's treating me like this is my jail father. like, you are not my father. like, go yell at someone else. >> coming up -- >> we quite often get couples like alyssa schlossberg and mr. costa in jail, and they are codependent on each other, and

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hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail. it's not only a detention center for men and women face aggravate 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 in 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 than women, the male side of the rehab center houses about 30 inmates. >> it will have amateur addicts. have i the real mccoys here. i have guys that live on the street homeless. i don't have your weekend warrior. have i 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 program.

>> it's a little boring. it's the same. repetitive, same stuff, same stuff. and i've been through two rehabs before. so i know what it's all about. >> what are you missing on the streets? >> the thrill, running around. just the rush that you get. i'm really not missing my friends, you know. 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 a few weeks from completing the program. >> we also have a lot in common. we both shot heroin. we both smoked pcp. >> he is a young, cool kid. he speaks what is on his mind. that's the cool thing about him. he don't care who you are or what you are, and he speaks 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 guy made me want to shoot acid. 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 that form of acid. pop a couple of sheets. >> i always pushed the limits. and the only way to be truly alive is to confront the mortality, and that is what i did on a daily basis. >> i know. i never heard of anyone shooting up acid or xanax until i met you. >> i put xanax and cocaine and heroin and amphetamines and oxycontin all in the same needle and shot it. >> all in the same rig. >> it was crazy. i don't even know how to describe that kind of high. have you ever shot vodka? >> no. >> parapar had been on probation for a burglary conviction when

he tested positive for drugs and was sentenced to jail. he had been admitted to the drug rehab center, but has seen numerous rehab centers before this. >> this is my first time in jail, and it sucks. it really sucks. i don't want to come back. i don't want to use drugs again, because if i stick a needle in my arm, i will die. my mother is afraid that she is 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. and he knows that. he has been through a lot. at 21 years old, i haven't been through 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.

>> once we shot up, it just progressed from there. we were up to maybe 60, 70 bags 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, alissa schlossberg. >> yeah, i'm addicted to her more than any drug i've ever put in my body. i feel i can do a lot less for her right now because i'm in here. at least i'm in the same building as her. >> other than 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 cost stachlt. >> you're the only one for me. i will never stop loving you and being there for you and you alone make me a better man. and you continue to make me er every day you're in my life. i love you, words are short, baby girl, but nevertheless is the love. love is me and you. >> he is so incredible, and i miss him. it has 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 make sure they can still stay in touch with each other. >> and recently costa did 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. i got in trouble for that. don't do it again, from the officers and stuff, because they probably thought she was random female and i was harassing one of them. little do they know. but it was worth the risk. >> was now costa and schlossberg have developed a new method of communicating. and although it's against the

rules, they have yet to be caught. each housing unit has a kiosk where inmates can order snacks or toiletries from the commissary. >> so one day i'm on the commissary computer to order canteens and stuff like that. i went on the account and figured out her password. it's our anniversary. i put a couple of items on there that i knew she would key in on. >> and a cocoa butter, and extra pair of boxers and i know what his favorite lotion is cocoa butter and he wears extra large size boxers. so i knew it was him. so i sent him back coffee and hazelnut and sugar, because i know he likes that. >> and since the commissary orders are only filled on mondays, they would erase all of the items on each other until then in order not to arouse suspicion. >> at first we were going back and forth with funny food names ways to know that we're thinking about one another. >> and then i was like, all right, let's see how smart he was, because he wasn't too smart when he came here. >> one day i went on there, this

was about two days ago, three days ago. she has a bunch of numbers like 10 lollipops and 15 envelopes. what does all this mean? i've never seen so many numbers on there. i was going down the list. and i start writing them down. and i'm trying to make sense of them. so i write the alphabet down. and every number symbolizes a letter on the alphabet. >> that's the 16th letter, the 12th, this first letter is k and this right here spells out a word. please. highways k. p-l-e-a-s-e g-e-t. i got the next page. m-e, m-o-n-e-ya-s-a-p. so it is please get me money asap. >> it is the jail version of texting. >> yes, but nobody has done it before. and it is weird that 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 bit because she figured out and 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 will see that most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> insight into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that is why i call them mama's boy drug. >> and one inmate in the drug rehab center thrives while another is forced to drop out. >> he is a guy i can't have back here. to me, what he did was that serious, unfortunately, he blew his shot. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners.

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having an inspection. >> top drawer. >> the bergen county jail's drug rehabilitation center opened in 1995. it was the first of its kind

inside a corrections facility in the state of new jersey. >> by your lockers. independence for lockers. >> though now nearing retirement, officer lopez has been a fixture in the center for the past eight years. >> i don't want no mice in here. i don't like mice. i got to live in here too eight hours. >> i could have been a damn good drug dealer. coy have been 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 nation's most prosperous communities, heroin use among young people 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'll actually give the money to the son, and you'll hear the comment like oh, i'd much rather give him the money to gao go buy heroin so he don't have to go on

the streets and steal and rob for it. sometimes i heard cases in here where the mother actually drives them to the spot where they pick up their 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 did not pay for his heroin and may not have realized he that he was inject it into his arms. >> it is like a surgeon's needle and hit the same spot 100 times, and my mother 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 the way of finishing the intensive 90-day program, but recently, he signed himself out in order to avoid being kicked out and is back 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, um, 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 him that he needed to beg for him to get it back. >> i thought that we 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, 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 that 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 has made. he was doing everything, everything perfect. >> i wish that i could go back to the program, but -- >> he is 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 aaron sofield is approaching his first month in the drug center. after the discomfort of fitting

his 6'3" frame on to the bunk and being a little bored with the program. >> it's a little repetitive, same stuff, same stuff. >> 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 through the program, and you deserve it. it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the people who care. i am really ready to take the right steps, but i am not going the lie, it is 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 is housed in another part of the jail. >> when we first got together, he would say that he loved me

platonically, but it was inevitable. and now it is 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 well when we don't have each other. >> it's w-h-a-t-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 goods. >> these are my letters. nothing much, u-o-k. 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 know 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 nothing like 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 in for parole violations that include using drugs in the jail's rest room daur during an earlier visit with schlossberg. >> i'm staying clean and he will too. and we'll 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. >> oh, let me know when you move

out. >> it's 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. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential.

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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.

i normally look out my window. so let you get a peek of it real quick, you know what i'm saying? see that right there? that's a pond. so every morning i would be seeing 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 i'm 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, alyssa 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. >> schlossberg also had good news from her judge and has already left the jail. 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 her. 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 sofield's 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. >> yeah, yeah. >> my thinking has changed since i've been in here. >> yeah. >> 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 and it doesn't work. so i'm not 100% sure. i'm not.

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 the machine? >> mm-hmm.