i cannot believe i'm really almost in colombia. i'm only 18. i wasn't even thinking about, you're going to smoke a drug. i'm going to literally have it in my bra and in my underwear. >> get me out of here! >> i realized i was set up.

so now i'm suspicious of everybody. bitch, this better be a part, you know, of the plan. how do you call your mom and tell you that you're in a third world country for trafficking heroin? i just felt so destroyed inside. my life had been ripped away from me. i was born and raised in brooklyn, new york. i was 18 years old with no direction in life. my mom and i lived by ourself in a two-bedroom apartment. never met my father.

it's just been me and my mom. that's why it hurt the fact we never really got along. i just wanted to be free and live my life and, you know, her being a mother, keeping me in was just making me want to break free even more. i was around 370 pounds and being 5'4", it's big. when you're stuck in a certain mind frame and you don't have help to get out of this and you have a habit of eating, you basically stay right this. this is all i know. this is my comfort food. i love clothes and i like fashion. when i did apply for a job, i felt like they would look at me like she's not going to do the work. she's going to be lazy. >> i don't think so. >> and i just felt like a lot of times i would be discriminated against because of my size.

but i acted like it doesn't bother me. but now, you know, it bothered me. i remember one day i say this article about gastric bypass surgery. they were making it seem like this, oh, this surgery and it will change your life because there were people who had got it already and lost this dramatic amount of weight. i be like, oh, and that's going to be me. i'm going to get that. i will be able to go shopping, get a job. and i'm going to have money. i just felt like, with that surgery, all these great things in my life would come, too. i started, you know, trying to find out about it. i found out that i was going to have to pay like roughly $6,000. that's where it became like, oh boy, money again.

it's like it always boils down to that. now i found something to actually help me lose weight and help me lose weight maybe quickly and help me change my life around and i had to find a way. to come up with money and really think, you know, what am i going to do? i think it was in the morning and there was a drop of my door. my cousin went to go get it. so i go to the door and she has this guy with her. i hear him telling my cousin to speak spanish. so i'm thinking, like, who is this? like, why is he at my door? why is my cousin talking spanish to this man? i ask him, like, why do you need someone to speak spanish? he was like, well, do you know spanish? i'm like, yeah. i do. >> can you tell me something in spanish? >> his eyes just like lit up.

to me, it's so normal because, hello, like i'm puerto rican and colombian. i was like, okay. he's just like, i need someone to go to colombia. i was like, really? my grandmother's from there. it was always like a dream of mine to go to colombia. and he lowered his voice and he was like, well, i need someone to -- >> bring some drugs back for me. >> it was kind of like a are you serious moment? drugs? like, okay. i was kind of, you know, alarmed. like -- but at the same time i was kind of curious. i was just thinking no job. i know there is money involved. what are you going to do, viv? he's like, well, give me your phone number. i'll call you later, you know. so we can meet up.

>> okay. >> okay. take care. >> basically crunch time. like, it's either i'm going to do it or i'm just going to stay in the same predicament. peter called me like around 5:00, 5:30. >> okay. >> he is like, what are you doing? >> yeah. >> damn, this is for real. everything is happening so fast. >> hi. >> i'm, like, well, what do you need me to bring back? and he is like, well, i need you to bring back a kilo. >> cocaine. >> so i'm thinking, like, okay. a kilo. so i'm like, okay. that's a lot. so i asked him, like, so how much does it pay?

he is okay, well -- [ speaking spanish ] >> $20,000? when was i ever going to get an opportunity like just handed to me like that? when was that going to occur? never. what's so special about this life of mine that it's not worth taking a risk of doing this for 20 grand? like, hey, why not? so i was just, like, i'll do it. >> okay. >> yeah, i'll go. i was traveling on the 26th, which was the day after christmas. i hid the ticket in a box. i was so excited. i would open it and i'm looking at it. i wasn't even thinking about,

oh, you're going smuggle drugs. i was thinking you're going to colombia. it's now december 26th, the day that i was going to fly out. i tell my mom that i was going to go stay with a friend of my cousin. finally, with enough pleading and arguing with her, she gave me the okay. and i was just looking at her, like, i hope i see you again, you know. >> i got to go, mom. >> i gave her another kiss. i told her i loved her. and she gave me the bendicion, which is in spanish is like a god bless you. you know? i just kind of wished, like, she would have found the ticket and ripped it up and i wouldn't be doing this.

but then i had to face the fact that what was done was done. i already said yes, you know. i couldn't go back. being on the plane, you know, for the first time, it was very exciting. i cannot believe i'm really almost to colombia. i'm going to my grandmother's birth country. i'm going finally get to see the one place that i've always wanted to see my whole life. oh my god, i'm going to finally have the money to do this gastric. i'm not going to spend my money stupidly, and i'm going save it and i'm going to do what i got to do with it. and i was just like this is so unreal. when i landed in barranquilla, it was like i stepped into a furnace. it was so hot. i was worried about the danger in colombia. i knew that they kidnapped tourists because they think tourists have money.

i was scared somebody could have tried to rob me. stab me. like, i didn't know what to think. i went into the waiting area. i see this guy there, and he is waving at me, and he is like viviana. >> viviana, viviana, hola. bienvenida. >> i definitely had a sense of relief that i wasn't abandoned at the airport and there was somebody there to get me. i was feeling still a little bit nervous because i didn't know the driver. i didn't know what they could have been capable of doing or if things could have went ugly or what, you know. and i get in the car. carlos turns around.

he's like, coma estas? he had the salt and pepper hair. he had the mustache, like he could be my grandfather. i was a little bit more reassured about my trip because i'm feeling like, okay, everything is flowing the way it's supposed to. it may sound weird because i wasn't born there, but i just felt like i was home in a sense. i'm in my grandmother's home. so we pull up into this hotel. carlos, he tells me to be up bright and early in the morning because he is going to come get me. >> okay. >> i go in my room. and i'm thinking, like, oh my god, viv, you're really out here by yourself.

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i was kind of hoping that it was all a dream. i'm looking around, and i'm like damn, i'm still here. so i come outside, and the first thing i'm thinking is what are we doing for the day. then when we left, he told me he was going to take me to his friend's house. and he is like peter did tell you how you're going carry, right? yeah, peter told me that i was going to have it on me. he is, like, yeah. but don't worry about it. we're going to go measure your bust and, you know, your hip size, to make the underwear and the bra to hold the drugs. i got a little bit nervous. i really didn't know what to expect.

this guy comes out. and he is an older man. he is very nice. and the first thing he asks is do we want black coffee. that's a very big thing in colombia is black coffee. i'm looking around the house, and it was a very humble home. a lot of pictures up. so we're sitting in there, and carlos goes go in the room and take off your stuff real quick, you know, so he can measure you. so i'm like thinking to myself, i don't even know him, and i got to take my clothes off and stand in bra and panty in front of him.

and he is like, don't worry. you look really uneasy. i'm going to do it really fast. i took off my pants and my shirt. i felt very uncomfortable because i'm a big girl. it was very uneasy for me. what kept playing in my mind is why do i have to have it on me? why can't it be in my suitcase? i've never heard of that before. i've never heard of no one

traveling with drugs on them, you know. all these thoughts are running through my mind, and i'm trying to like, no, vivian, just relax. i get dressed and i go out there, and i'm thinking to myself, again, what is it with these people? do they really think carrying this stuff on me isn't going to be noticeable? but then, you know, i try to brush it off and i'm thinking to myself, well, this is what they do. he must know what he is talking about. let's go with the flow. so we pull up into the hotel. and i'm thinking i didn't call home yet.

i go across the street, and i call my cousin. >> hi, maria, it's vivian. she is like, you like it out there? how is it? i'm telling her that i was fine, i was safe. >> no everything is fine. >> so i tell them i'll give another ring soon. i'm, like, wow, you know, colombia was really nice. it was very alive. so that kind of calmed me. i definitely was feeling a little bit more safe. as soon as i walk inside, my phone rings. >> hello? hi, carlos. >> and he is like, don't call home too much. >> what? >> at this point i feel like, okay, i'm being watched. so now i'm suspicious of everybody. everybody that speaks to me,

everybody that says hi. i feel like the receptionist in the hotel was the one who told him because she was just super friendly. >> hello. >> i couldn't sleep. i was just scared that something could happen to me. so now i'm basically, like, a sheep in a pack of wolves. the next day a part of me really wanted to run back, but i'm like, all right, i'm still here, you know. let me just do what i have to do. carlos calls my phone. >> hello? >> he is, like, you're going have a good day today. and i'm like okay. we're going somewhere special. we're going to take you to the beach.

so but i'm thinking to the beach, you know, to have fun. you know, we're going to go, we're going to be on the sand. i'm going to get to experience the water and go swimming. i come downstairs, and he is like, you're good to go? yeah, i'm good. we're driving, and we're driving, and we're driving. we had to be on the road for about close to an hour. i asked them, you know are you sure we're going to the beach? and they start laughing. the driver is like, yeah, we're going to the beach. don't worry. we were going somewhere that kind of got me a little iffy.

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tomorrow, and i'm going to come bring you the undergarments. >> manana? >> si, manana. >> when he said that, that kind of put the nervous fright back in me. tomorrow he is going to bring me the undergarments, and the next day i'm leaving, so that kind of put me at a, damn, i'm really about to do this. >> yeah? hi. >> the phone rings, and it's carlos, and he is like, i'm coming up. he wasn't smiling. he was very businessy. he gives me the duffel bag. he tells me go in the bathroom, you know, just put this on. the bra was normal.

it just felt really heavy. everything fit. it didn't look abnormal. it looked fine. but as i'm touching it, i notice that you can hear the plastic from the package. that really scared me. it would just take the wrong person to brush past me, it's over. >> carlos? >> i basically was touching it and i'm telling him, don't you hear it? and he is looking at me like, oh, only a little bit. i'm like, no, you can hear it. i can hear it. i'm not going crazy. and he is like, no, it's fine, i'm telling you, don't worry about it. that's what he kept telling me. don't worry about it. >> okay? >> okay.

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it definitely gave me that boost. so i basically feel i'm going to get through this. everything is going to be fine. so i'm looking, i'm looking. all right. where is isabel from the beach? and i see her there, you know, all with her uniform and everything. she is at the check stand. i got in line, and i got close. we gave each other like a quick, like that quick glance, like all right, i see you, i know you're there. so i put my case through the x-ray machine.

i stand in front of her, you know, i put my arms out. and at first she did the scanner. and then she did, like, a quick pat. as she was patting me down, i was just thinking, dear god, please don't let this plastic sound off. i know she is going to the hear it. i don't want to make it as obvious. maybe someone behind me or beside me could have heard it. she was like, you're good. so i grab my bag, and i'm just

thinking, like, whew. phase one, out the window. we got, you know -- i'm fine. i made it through the first airport, but i had three more to go. okay. all right, viv. game's on. we arrive at bogota, and now i got to change flights. i see all the security that you got to go through. and i'm like, oh my goodness. i didn't get warned about this. and then there are all these police dogs everywhere.

and i'm looking at the dog, and i feel like the dog is looking at me. stay over there, dog. don't come this way. my heart was just pounding. everything was becoming too much. i used the bathroom, and i'm thinking, like, what if i just flush all of this and just go home and say i lost it or something. but i'm just thinking like, i laugh to myself. all right. you crazy. this is a man he knew my apartment, he knew where my mom lived, he knew my friends. so i just chucked it up and felt like, okay, what is done is done. i have to go through with it. the moment i see maria, i'm just thinking, thank god she is here. she didn't make no eye contact with me.

she didn't look at me, you know. she played her part pretty damn well. one of my main concerns was that one of the other security guards near her were going to be finished. and if they would have been finished, they would have told me, you know, let me search you. i'm just praying nothing goes wrong. i'm in her line. she is about to search me. everything is good. so i walk up to her, and i put my arms out. she is being actually pretty rough. she was, you know, tapping me real hard and grabbing me. i was looking at her like, okay, but then as i saw how the other

security guards, they all kind of were a little aggressive. so i'm thinking maybe they have to be this way. she comes down towards my breasts, she stops. she is like, what is that? and i was like, nothing. >> nadie. nada. >> she was, like, come with me. and i give her the look like, you got to be kidding me right now. the pills didn't wear off yet. i'm trying to be positive on every level. okay. maybe she has to do this. maybe this is part of the whole routine.

the first thing she does is she goes into the bra. and she pulls out the package. i'm thinking like, okay, maybe she has to do this, maybe she is supposed to do this. i'm just kind of confused. at the moment, i guess the pills were like a savior for me to keep me from worrying. she takes out the package in the back. she turns me around, and she does it also in the front. she is like, sit down. she gets on the phone. and she was like, i need you to come into the search room. and i'm looking at her with this face like, bitch, this better be a part, you know, of the plan. >> maria! sometimes breathing aie difficult.

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it wasn't like, vivian, you've just been arrested. they take me on this long walk, and everybody is looking. it was like the walk of shame. yeah, like, i'm really in such denial at the moment. like everything kind of got blurred. is this for real? no, this ain't for real. i didn't get handcuffed. i'm thinking, well, maybe they're just going to keep my drugs and let me go home, put me back on my plane. the police officer says, like, you know, who sent you out here? and i'm like, nobody, myself. and he is like, oh, so you arranged all of this? i'm, like, yeah. i don't in telling. i don't believe in snitching

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and what do they eat in the states? like, anybody can grab you. anybody can snatch you up or steal your belongings or anything because everybody is just there. i don't even know if i'm going to be able to handle this. meeting other inmates, and you know, sharing -- exchanging stories, i basically realized, like, i was set up. i think carlos was in on it. peter was in on it. i know for sure maria was in on it. isabelle, she let me through, but that probably was just part of deal, too, for me to get caught in bogota. i was like a small fish. like, i was basically bait, you know, so bigger -- bigger shipments could probably go

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the moment i stepped out it was like the air was different. i was just looking around, and embracing the littlest things. you get all these mixed emotions at one moment. i got a chance to live to see tomorrow and try to make up for all the wrong that i did. when i got to new york, i think i was a lot different from the person i was, you know, when i got locked up at 18. i learned to value all the little things in my life and not take it for granted and be ungrateful and be selfish. stop here. stop here. when i saw my mother, i just gave her, like, the biggest, you know, tightest hug.

i was just saying, sorry. and i loved her. and she was telling me she loved me. it took almost 22 years for us to have this real connection as mother and daughter. i decided to go back to school and get my g.e.d. and my associate's degree in social work to be a social worker. and i just decided that, you know, i wasn't going to let my size or other obstacles come in my way, stop me anymore. i learned that no amount of money in this world is worth your freedom. being free, you are capable of everything.

the sky's the limit. you know, everything is in front of you. being behind bars, that's where you're stuck. america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day, it's a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down! on your feet! down! >> pendleton juvenile is the last stop in indiana for young offenders who have committed serious crimes. we spent months inside where the staff is determined to rehabilitate impulsive teens who are often angry and violent. this is "lockup: pendleton juvenile, extended stay."