due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. . follow "lockup" producer and crews as they go behind the walls of america's prison as jails, the scenes you've never seen, "lockup, raw." in the heart of downtown cleveland is the cuyahoga county correction center. >> ain't no talking. >> like virtually all jails, most of the inmates here are only accuse odd crimes and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. women make up about 12% of the

total inmate population of 1800. and though they are a minority, they still make their presence known. >> one of the surprising things we find out visiting various jails around the country is that the staff tell us that the male inmates are easier to manage than the female inmates. >> women like to seshlize more. >> we are not nasty bitches. >> it's a chance for them to bond, make life easier to do their time and so on. >> everybody like when these hoes say something. >> but soon there's a turn that takes plaus. that socializing leads to bickering and that leads to a lot of drama for the staff. >> what you say, bitch. >> during your shoot in clooed we discovered that inmate cynthia zara was certainly well known in her unit but she

acknowledges that being well known doesn't mean popular. >> i'm not a likable person. you either like me or don't and stay away from me because i will [ bleep ] you up. >> she wants to stay in everybody else's business and it causes problem. >> she plays a role that inmates call the pod boss. >> everybody respects her to the fullest. they never talk behind her back. i mean it's just like they're kind of scared of her. they don't want to say nothing about her. if she heard something about her, she's going to hurt snb. i try to respect her to the fullness. i want got to problems with her, i ain't want no problems with her. >> she's tough and people responded to that accordingly. she mad a rough background and a history of fights 0en the street and that transskended into the jail. haen you respect someone like that because you don't want to fall on the other end of it. >> she was charged with two

counts of assault and sbim kath a witness at a ball fight. she pled not guilty and was awaiting trial. >> 30 years old when we met her, she had been in trouble with the law since age 15. her prior criminal convictions included assault, drug trafficking and theft. he was out on probation at the time of her latest arrest rnlts i started traveling, selling drugs, philly, new york, connecticut, making $30,000 a week or more. >> what kind of drugs. >> heroin. >> she says she's applied some of her street skills for turning a profit to turning one in jail though the margins are considerably lower. >> a week i will make at least like i'd say 30 dollars and for $30 in the county jail, weekly, it's a i lot of money. >> since inmates are not allowed to have cash in jail, money is represented by snacks and other items purchased from the commissary. >> she had amassed a significant

supply. she used it to acquire even more. >> if i give you one stuff then you got to pay me two stuff. if i give you chocolate, you got to give me two. some girls be lying, and think leave here and go to another pod and they think they get away with it but vi connections in here. >> when wl it's commissary in jail or drugs on the street swb she has no tolerance for people owing her money. >> my first charge was kidnapping. this lady i gave her some dope. she didn't want to pay me back, so i locked here in a room like four days. i made her suffer until she pays me. >> when she described her criminal life, she really spoke more of it in terms of being a gangster, kind of like throwback. one of the books i saw in her cell was "the god father". >> do you relate to the god

father? >> a lot. i love the god father. i could read this book 50,000 times and don't get tired of it. i never compare me to that big, but everybody around me was like that, u know. >> she openly admits to gang involvement on the outside. she places a high value on loyalty. >> i will kill for my family. i will kill in a heart beat. i will take my life if you mess with my peoples. we don't call it a gang. that sounds stupid. but it's going to be like a family. we're family. you mess with one of us, you're going to mess with the whole family. simple as that. >> during the course of our shoot, she discovered her supply of commissary goods had been compromised. she wasn't sure who took them but suspected alyssa ka trel of being a recipient of the stolen goods. >> catrel denied the

allegations. >> of course cynthia who is like a pod boss decided to put her two contracts in it and make her comments and it causes a big disruption in the pod. >> they agreed to discuss the issue in order to avoid a conflict off camera. >> yesterday her bunk ki came in and i guess she stole off of her, whatever. i guess she tried to pen it on me. >> talk i'm not going to hit you. you know if i was going the hit you, i would have hit you already. >> i think the corporal decided to get involved when she heard cynthia reference any kind of violent reaction. cynthia had a reputation of acting out on any kind of slight. >> okay. understand this. it's not an option. you're being reclassed, you're being reclassed period. it's a done deal. go pack your stuff because you're being reclassed.

no ifs ands or dos about it. >> i just said -- >> there's nothing to talk about. nothing to say. >> both women will be transferred to new housing units. not only to keep them separate but to avoid any secondary conflicts among their allies in the unit. neither is happy about the move. >> i don't care what i done out there. i don't deserve to be treated like this. >> she didn't want to get her asa beat. i can't fight because my case is still open. i want to go out there and beat the [ bleep ] out of here. i don't give a [ bleep ] if they're watching me right now, the judges, whatever the [ bleep ]. >> cynthia has anger issues. she's been here since aye been here. if you speak to her with respect, she normally responds the same way. when she gets angry, she gets angry. that sums it up with her. >> a short time later, she seemed to accept the move. >> you were too comfortable in

the pod and became the pod boss and effort there's an sthu in there you're running it with. i can't have that okay. >> yes, ma'am. i respect her decision. i'm trying to stay out of trouble because i'm trying to go home. i'm not trying to be here. she's my boss. i'm in here. what can i say. i'm not trying to run nobody. i guess i have a strong personality and a lot of girls don't like it but hey, it is what it is. >> we're going to be nice in here? >> i guess so. i don't have no enemies in here. >> though she seems calmer, officers don't let their guard down. >> she uses her wits like any other person that live the criminal life. it's the stills that they learn, the survival skills. and she can work her charm. >> it don't matter where they put me at, i'm still going to be the same person. but it's better for me because honestly i needed this.

i needed a break. coming up -- >> i already looked back, my record is horrible. and if i take it to trial they're going to eat me alive. >> cynthia's trial approaches but first -- >> these are my cats. i shaved my head in here, they call it my cats. >> a san antonio inmate uses humor to cope with jail until he sits down for an interview. that what's on the inside is what really counts. agreed. ♪ this is the jeep® grand cherokee. ♪ the most awarded suv ever. well-qualified lessees can lease the 2014 grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $359 a month.

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it can be daunting trying to find inmates for the show sometimes when you start shooting. there's thousands of inmate and you have to try to select certain ones to be on the show.

at first it's kind of overwhelming. but you start talking to people and you start really finding the people that will probably be good for the show. >> during your shoot in one of the female units at the jail in san antonio, dez fray stallworth stood out from the rest of the women. >> i was scanning the unit and noticed her. she was holding a sign say "free me". >> me and my sieps. >> finding the inmate that's the comedian is oftentimes good for the show. they're very outgoing. they draw a lot of the inmates around them and participate and joke around. she hads mentioned having pets. every now and then you'll see somebody who adopt as mouse or some insect and they'll call at pet np in this case, it wasn't a mouse or an insect. >> these are my cats.

it's like by mayor. i shave my hair in here and they calm them my cats. >> it was quite repulsive. >> what do you plan on doing with them. >> taking them own a putting them in a little aquarium. >> it's gross. >> they're all contained. it's not like they're bothering anybody. >> sometimes it takes what it takes to get through every day. >> my weirdness. >> she keeps us going in here. she's oun entertainment. >> i'm like the clown of the pod. i keep them in high spirits and they all love me, right, girls? yeah. oh my god. >> stall better was solving 90 days on intention to distribute methamphetamine but she says she distributes something else on the business on the outside. >> i have a 24-hour adult delivery service. called done agains and dragons.

any lube or stuff you need, hit me up. >> but now she was about to try something new. >> i'm going to escape from my unit and go to a baptism, hopefully get dunked in the water, have a wet t-shirt contest, praise jesus. i'm not really a bible thumper. i believe in god. i'm actually doing it to get out of the unit. it's that boar in here. >> she was talk about the baptism as if it was something to kill time, something fun to do. and then there was a moment where she really stopped and realized what she was doing and then she began to get emotional. >> she says the recent death of a good friend caused her to reevaluate her life. >> i had a moment of clarity, i guess. >> what happened? >> on fusion, anger, hostility. a lot of frustration, a lot of

helplessness and hopelessness and feeling lost within myself. and i acted like a fool and an idiot around here just to cover up who i really am. i'm very hurt and ashamed of myself. i'm hope that that door that i'm knocking on opens up to where i can really understand what it's about. >> wither h baptism several hours away, we took stallberth to a very private setting to discuss some of the events that set her life on its current course. she said i began with a traumatic experience at age five. stallberth's stepfather shot her mother in the leg. police were called to the home but her stepfather ended the event on his own terms >> he committed suicide in front of me and my sister. he shot himself in the mouth. i actually remember picking off brain fragments and i remember

the smell of blood. that's the first actual vivid memory as a child that i have. >> sometimes when inmates kel tell her crews stories from their past, we can't always immediately confirm that every detail is true or accurate. in desiree's case we did a little research later and found some newspaper articles from 1979 and they did confirm that her stepfather did shoot her mother in the leg and killed himself shortly after police were called. but according to those newspaper articles, he had actually gone into a field. there was no mention that he did any of this in front of his children. but we just can't know that for certain. >> now 37 years old, stallbird says her relation with drug had put her in the resolving doors of the jail. >> i went to school with a couple of the guards here. we spent a lot of time together.

>> when i first saw her in jail, i was kind of like, you know, like, wow. what are you doing here? >> what happened to you, you know. i remember when you were, you were, i remember this, this an this. >> we grew up together, lived in the same neighborhood for a long time. >> we went our separate ways. she chose to work here and i chose to live the life of a criminal. >> she feels bad for what she's done. she looks embarrassed most of the time. >> even though i'm wearing this uniform and she's wearing that one, she doesn't treat any me different. she says it doesn't have to be this way, doesn't have to be this way. >> coming up -- >> this is a major mark in her life, cements in her spirit and her mind that she is surrendered her whole receive to god. desiree stallbird eats baptism. then. >> once i got the money in my

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once you're in "lockup" you see multiple sides of many inmates. and even people use comedy and jokes as a defense mechanism. but really deep down inside they really want to get something off their chest. they have issues just like everyone else. >> such was the case with desiree stalbird, an inmate we met at san antonio's jail. drugs let led her to a strarty of crimes. >> my meth adirection is what got my kids taken away. i love the feel of making dope and selling drugs. it's like when i cook a batch, when i make a batch of dope, to me it gives me, like when a person has a baby for the first time, you know, that feeling is like wow, i created that. i miss it.

i miss the smell. but i also miss the smell of my kids. i have twin boys. they were taken when they were four months old. i used to sit on the corner with binoculars and watch them play in the front yard. because i [ bleep ] up. >> shortly after the interview, stalbird regained her composure, picked up her pass and made her way to the jail chapel for the baptism, an event that just a short time before -- >> hopefully get dunked in the water, have a wet t-shirt contest, praise jesus. >> -- she had seen as a way to

break up the boredom of jail life. >> desiree stalbird, awesome, desiree. >> we could see that she was engaged and really into what she was doing. it wasn't like she was there joking around. she was taking it serious and you could tell it meant something to her. >> this is major mark cementing in her spirit and mind that she has surrendered herself to god. we're going to baptize desiree in the name of god the father, jesus the son and the holy spirit. and then we just raise to walk in a newness of life. you're going to sit there and let it sink in what has just happened to you. desiree has the real feeling for the spirit of god. the things we're talked about here, i've picked it up right there. >> when i was crying, i felt like a peace come over me. one of the few times that i felt

peaceful really in my entire life. >> you're not going to walk in your strength. you're going to walk in his strength. >> i felt like something in me was released, i guess. i've never given myself 100% into anything positive. i know what's waiting for me on the ooer side of these walls. i know that i'm going to stumble when i'm out there. i'm going to tray to stay sober is what i'm going to try to do. >> seeking change through religion is common among inmates. >> are you going to church in. >> most jails host a steady stream of local church volunteers willing to help. >> i like these ladies for real. >> just like the ones we met in tulsa, oklahoma. >> we are light walker ministries from collinsville and there's a revival going on. welcome, ladies. how are y'all? >> good. >> good to see you. >> we're coming in to show them

a better way of life. >> what they've been doing is not working. so we're trying to give them an opportunity to go into something different that will get them back with their families and give them an opportunity to do better. father we thank you and praise you for healing of their bodies, their minds, their emotions, lord. we just ask for open ears and open hearts tonight. >> one of the inmate attending this service is tara goddard. >> that's pretty much the only peace of mind i have in here is when i go to church. ♪ >> while goddard might have been seeking a spiritual outlet, she wasn't out to change the lifestyle that was about to send her to state prison to serve a four-year sentence. the technical term for her crime was illegal use of a computer. she was a prostitute who advertised her services online. >> i'm not in it for the sex and all that stuff. it's empowering to me because

it's empowering. i find it exciting, you know. i mean i'm not saying i can't wait to get back to it, but i mean, i can say that, kind of, you know. >> the thing about tara was that she really loved her work. but tulsa is actually called the buckle of the bible belt where fu fundamentalism is everything. so for her to maintain her relationship with good while maintaining this job of prosecution seemed particularly interesting. >> turning tricks, i think the excitement, i mean, everything. i'm like an adrenaline junkie. i don't want to quit, no. coming up -- >> that's $2.5 million you've made in your clear. >> tara goddard shares the highs and lows of her life as a prostitute. >> i've had to tuck and roll

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high i'm richard louis. here's what happening. nbc news confirming that a two star general has been appointed to investigate why army sergeant both bergdahl left his army base. he returned to the united states friday after five years in capty tif. and john kerry telling iraq's foreign minister that the u.s. is committed to intervene but urged a push for unity moving forward. more news later here on msnbc. now back to "lookup. due to mature subject matter, viewer diskreegs cretio advised. during or extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, we met tara goddard. she was about to serve four years in prison for a crime that often results in little more

than a few nights in jail. >> ain't much to do up here. >> nothing at all. >> but read, come out some hair, eat. >> argue. >> argue. >> though the technical term for her crime was illegal use of a computer, goddard's conviction resulted from her career as an online prostitute. prior convictions for prostitution and drugs contributed to the length of her sentence. >> vi probably been in this jail for ten times but this is the second time i've been in orange. i always just get bailed out. >> goddard's last customer was an undercover cop. she had never served time in prison and was awaiting transfer there when we met her. >> girls will joke around, you know, you'll be somebody's bitch or something which i'm a little nervous. i can fight, i can defend myself but i'm a little nervous. >> goddard says watching lockup has helped prepare her for what's ahead. >> i watch "lockup" all the time when it's on.

i do. i watch it all the time. it comes on the weekend. >> what, between tricks you watch "lockup"? >> no. i'm not working at that time. i was raised great abnormal upbringing. i talked to my mom da today and she said my grand spau doing good. i don't know maybe that's why i like the life so much because i'ved a a boring -- everything was straight laced by the books. >> what are you going to do when you get out? you have a college degree, tara. >> i know but i got felonies. i was 20 going to school for being a dental assistant and agraduated. but while i was there, there was a girl, she was like you should come to the massage parlor and work because you've got a good personality and you're pretty. i had no idea, i just jumped in and joined with her and it came

natural. once i got the money in my hand, i wanted to do another one and another one and another one. >> as she moved from the massage parlor to a street prostitute and an online escort, she refined her practice. >> i wouldn't get on top of a trick. that's too personal. i wouldn't kiss them. 85% of my men are married with kids. i overexaggerate things to make them feel they're doing a good job. you're going to enjoy every once in a while with a date, a trick. it's going to happen you do get young nice looking guys. never let them get you on the freeway. you've got to make sure you're going slow enough so you can tuck and roll. i've had to tuck and roll several times, you know where you've got to jump out of the car. i've had nine lives like a cat. all those times they had a gun or a knife to me, they could have very well kidnapped me or killed me. >> but for goddard the reward outweighed the risk. she said she worked until she

made $1,000 a day. >> at least five days a week at least, six to ten day, which would be, i don't know, somebody would have to get their phone out. vi no idea. so much is it? 12? >> 12,500. >> 12,500 would be the amount of tricks i pulled, you know, within like i say, an eight-year career. >> and that's $2.5 million you've made in your career cash. >> more than i've ever made. >> cash money. >> no taxes. who's got that money? >> it's probably blown. i mean nobody has got it. >> but somebody other than goddard once had it. she says she gave it to her pimp, a man she still remains in touch with even in jail. >> you work all night, wow would hand it over to a pimp. >> yeah. he pretty much taught me everything i know. >> i need to understand the

dynamic between you and the pimp. >> companionship i would say the most thing i get out of it. of course i had feelings with him, i was in love with him. it gets lonely out there. i'm probably different than a lot of girls because i grew up with the silver spoon in my mouth because money didn't matter to me. for him, it just, it meant a lot. >> we tried to find him and she was very, very se creative about his identity. she would not tell us his real name. she was very protective of him. >> do you feel respected by him chl of course i feel respected. if i didn't feel respected i wouldn't, i mean, give him my money and give him everything because it's hard to find somebody that would accept what i do and -- i mean, not have -- i mean it's not like i'm saying i don't want my man to have a job. but i want him to be there with me 24/7. i mean i want him to be with me. >> goddard said her profession led to a significant sacrifice,

raising her seven seven-year-old daughter. i was with my high school sweet heart, we got a divorce. we have joint custody, he's just the custodial parent. one weekend out of each month i would come home and have the best time ever. she just knew that mommy worked out of town. i know it hurt her, me coming in and out her life like that. but it kills me because i feel like she thinks that i don't care about her, you know, so -- i'm sorry. i don't like crying like this. i don't like feeling anything like this. >> why? >> because it hurts. i miss her and i just, i hope she doesn't think that i don't care about her, you know what i mean? being in here has made me really reflect on what i've done. it's selfish of me not to be here for her. that's why i've got to change

things up. i don't want to quit doing what i'm doing but i have to be a part of her life from now on. >> would you be okay if your daughter chose to become a prostitute? >> no. >> why? >> i wouldn't want her to go through any of the horrible situations i've gone through. >> but yet you said you would continue the life. i don't understand that. >> like i said, i think i kind of like the adrenaline and i like the danger and i would hope she would never want to seek that like me ever. coming up -- >> she satz, you need to get it together and she's only seven years old. >> a former pod boss gets a message from home. and -- >> and i look up to just a shower of blades just one after the other. he used eight different knives. >> drugs led to one woman being a victim of a horrific attack and an inmate. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum

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inside cleveland's cuyahoga county correction center, cynth cynthia so sar yo rose up. >> after she transferred to her new housing unit, her whole demeanor seemed to calm down. she was not the tough cookie that she was before that. she suddenly wanted to talk to her children. one of her children had reached out to her and basically taken on the mother role which is something we seed quite a bit. >> she said mom, you need to get it together and she's only seven years old. mom, you need to get it together. >> iz sor she had another thoug

think about too. her trial is approaching. if found guilty she would face significant prison time because of her prior record and now the often confrontational inmate seemed ready to throw in the towel. >> i go to court tomorrow so i might just take a plea. i looked at my record. it's horrible. and if i take it to trial, they're going to eat me alive. i'm not going to do that. i'm just tired. if they're going to send me fairiville, let it be. i want to go and do my time. >> with the realization she was going to be going to prison, she was just lighter in general. she was very chummy with her new selly. she was making these little cakes. >> we get the brownie, you make it flat. this is going to be the icing, it's going to be so good. and the cinnamon bun.

>> do you think it's going to be like this in prison? >> better. way better. you'll have a micro waive and a refrigerator. >> it was one time i heard her talk of a future that didn't vofl gang life. >> i'm trying to write a cookbook, ten minute prison recipes. i'll be making the crazy things, spaghettis with cool aid. it sounds crazy but it tastes real good. they call me the queen of cakes. that's our cake. >> but she had more pressing concerns to deal with first. >> i just hope my judge gives me a second chance, gets me help. i want to go home an i just want to get my kids back in my life, you know. i haven't seen my daughter since so long. >> i didn't finish my hair. >> i want to see the hair.

>> the day cynthia was going to get her sentencing, i expected her to be anxious and uptight. i was quite surprised to find her almost cheerful, like some kind of weight had been lifted off of her shoulder. >> you seem very happy. what's going on? >> i don't know. >> we would soon learn that she had a reason for seeming carefree. earlier that day she had reached a favorable plea deal. she would plead guilty to the intimidation charge and one of the assault charges. >> pursuant to your plea agreement with the state of ohio the remaining counts are here by dismissed against you. >> she was sentenced to nine months with credit for time served. >> well i'm going to prison but because i already did half of my time in here, they credit me for that. i only got to do like 90 more days and i'm out on parol. >> the next morning we were with her when the bus to take her to

prison had arrived. >> all right. second door on your left. >> all right. >> give me three more. >> feelings? >> it's a learning experience and i'm going to learn from it and, you know, if i ever see you guys, i'm telling you, you guys are going to see me in a positive way, not a negative wa way. coming up. >> how big do you want your butt to get. >> one inmate's unusual weight goal and her nightmarish account of a vicious attack. >> i had crawled into the kitchen on top of amy's body. then i remember just spitting up teeth. and do everything under the sun. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. save up to 25% and earn bonus points

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there's a catch. portions are small and often bland. yet they can be highly caloric. and when combined with snacks purchased from the jail commissa commissary, many inmates find their waists steadily expanding. that that's. >> to lawyer, weight gain was not only welcomed, it was worth charting. >> this is my chart on how fat my butt is going to get while i'm here. it keeps the time going by. >> show me how you do it. >> just take my pencil and -- of course, i'm not wearing pants when i do that. >> so are you hoping that your butt gets big or what's the deal in. >> well, yeah. when i came in i was pretty strung out on drugs.

so i'm excited to gain some weight. >> how big do you want your butt to get? >> show us on the wall. >> not too much bigger. i'm going to say -- >> she was in jail on charges of possession of methamphetamines and larceny. she admits to a life threatening meth addiction. other drawings in her cell symbolized more heart aches. >> i'm drawing a moon and star and a girl who's kind of, i don't know, reaching for it but can't quite grasp it. she's crying. she's got a tear coming from her eye. when my dad was in prison, he told me to look at the moon and to know that we were both looking at the same moon and that would kind of connect us. so it kind of has some meaning to it. hopefully i can leave this for someone and maybe on their sad day they can let out a tear. these walls have seen a lot of

tears. >> so in effect these walls do talk if. >> they definitely talk if they're not washed away. >> when i first started here four years ago i never would expect to see some phenomenal artwork you see here. you do see some good stuff. they're in county custody. they're drawing on walls. they're not supposed to do that. what are you doing? >> nothing. >> you know you're not supposed to draw on the walls, right. >> yeah. >> will you do me one favor? >> >> take it off. >> put it on paper. that way you can actually keep it. >> okay. >> so drugs landed her in jail numerous times, those events paled in comparison. >> meth adirection is a virulent addiction. it had ruined her life on so many levels. it put her in a life that facilitated her becoming a victim of a heinous crime.

it was such a severe and brutal assault that she surprisingly survived. >> the attack made local headlines. >> i can tell you detail from detail, second to second what happened. >> she was 19 years old at the time open in the apartment that she shared with her best friend when a visitor stopped by. >> he was a friend of ours from high school. we wasn't the parties together, things like that. did some lines of coke with us. he looked pale was wearing all black and looked real pale. he said man, aye been up for too long. and something, he had been doing too much coke. said that he needed to get some sleep. out of nowhere, out of nowhere he attacked amy first, my best friend. she was an amazing person. almost angelic. and we go down the stairs and he then puts my brother in a sleeper hold and i go to push

him off my brother and go around the corner and see amy just laying on the floor dead with her eyes wide open, her big blue eyes and i look up to a shower of blades just one after the other. he used, i think, they said eight different knives. >> her brother suffered deep stab wounds to his hands but survived. she was left in critical condition and still bears multiple scars from the attack along with the loss of her lower front teeth. >> he looked right down at me and bam, twice in the face and i saw my whole face just fly over and i just thought, wow. it's over. i'm dead. my brother was able to kick him off of me and was able to run out of the house. at that point i had crawled into the kitchen on top of amy's body. and then i remember just spitting up teeth. and telling amy that, you know,

i loved her that we were going to go together. >> a patrol officer heard screams and was able to arrest the attacker who was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parol. >> did you see his eyes when he was attacking you? >> yeah. >> what does that like, his eyes? >> it looked like the devil, like he was purely possessed. he didn't say a word, not a word, just pure hatred and anger. it's something i've never seen in my life, something that you just -- i wish he would have said something. it would have been better than silence. >> i was a little taken aback by her calm demeanor in presenting it to us. and i was also very struck by the fact that she wanted to talk to the perpetrator. >> i don't want to yell at him or scream at him or tell him i hate you or anything like that. that's not what it is at all.

that's now how i feel. that's how i felt years ago. i'm at peace with everything now. >> are you? >> uh-huh. >> why see him. maybe i want some kind of closure just to know maybe why. you know, if he told me because you're a shut or you're a whore, you're a bitch, anything would be better than not knowing anything at all. >> a few weeks later, we saw her just after a court appearance. she agreed to plead guilty to her charges of drug possession and larceny and was given three years probation. with her release less than 24 hours away, she was in good spirits. >> another pat down. getting felt up once again. >> all girls like man, i need to come to jail more often. my girlfriend doesn't touch me this much. >> i was given three years deferred on a fell any possession, methamphetamine which i guess is a good deal. three years it will be expunged

from my record like it never happened. that's cool. i can't go to bars. what? >> for three years. >> i had no [ bleep ] problem with drinking. doing meth is against the law. i get it. when you're in here it's easy to say well i quit, i'm going to find jesus and all of that, great hoopla but it's really not that great when you're out there in the world and it's in your face. it's really hard to quit. it's not all it's cracked up to be, you know. >> before leaving jail she had some unfinished business to take care of in her cell. >> my measuring chart here of my butt, they haven't said anything about that. i've kind of risked a lockdown for that. >> where are we? >> we're on meth here, week two, week three and then tomorrow we do week four. it's growing. it's growing for sure.

i fattened up a bit. >> do you think you're going to be able to stay sober out there? do you think you're going to be able to stay away from meth? >> yeah. >> why. >> i've lived through a lot worse. i can live through this too, you know. >> three weeks later we were shooting in the jail's intake area when a familiar name was called out. >> lauren perno. >> she as actually back in custody on a new case. looks like possession of a controlled drug second offense, possession of drug paraphernalia. >> i was out gathering some clothings aeng things that were at an old friend's house and saying good-bye to a friend who was going to prison, turning himself in tomorrow and the cops busted in his door while we were there. and me just being there, bam, already the violation of probation because there was felons there. anything they had in the house were their paraphernalia, their

drugs or whatever, i've been charged with it. i've, clean since i was out. >> it's disappointing. it's not that we don't see this all the time, but it's just that we're not always there when they come back. >> to me you look thinner. >> hell, yeah. >> you look thinner and you just seem a little out of it. >> i'm totally out of it. this is -- i'm shocked. when i they kicked in the door i was completely shocked. >> what type of drugs was found. >> meth right on a table that i was standing right by. it's not mine. >> that same nasty asa smell. >> i hope that the judge will believe me, you know, that it wasn't mine and hopefully these charges will be taken off of me. if not, i don't know what's going to happen.

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