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due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. step out of the cage. >> hands behind your back. close that gap up. >> deputies shake down a housing unit and hit a contraband jackpot. >> it's pruno. liquid courage. >> lying is not the answer. >> i'm not lying. i just don't tell him. >> okay, but -- >> i'm not going to sit there and tell him, oh, yeah, your mom sells drugs and your mom robs people to --
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>> an inmate learns addiction and motherhood do not make a good mix. while two other inmates are left wondering which is the father of her child. >> i swear to god. i'll beat your ass right in front of the police and everything. >> when a feud from the streets boils over in the jail, deputies are forced to respond. and -- >> i can get into the hair-cutting business. >> another inmate trains for better days on the streets. >> get a lot of clientele. >> ha! ♪ >> surrounded by the foothills outside oakland, california, the santa rita jail
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can be mistaken for an office park, if not for the mile and a half or so of razor wire lining its perimeter. >> hey. >> most of the roughly 2,700 male inmates and 300 female inmates are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> some people think it's a joke and it's fun, man. this ain't fun. it's not a game. it's not a joke. it's real life, and i don't want to be here. >> deputies face new problems and challenges every day. >> stay down. stay down until i leave the room. >> among the most dangerous is when inmates bring their conflicts from the street with them into the jail. >> [ bleep ] trying to keep gang banging. gang banger. >> deputies have just separated two such inmates who got into a brief fistfight. >> you just ran out to see him. >> they are temporarily placed in different cells. but that doesn't stop their taunts. >> that [ bleep ] a real life [ bleep ]. like i said --
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[ bleep ] >> i'm on you every time. >> you a [ bleep ]. i swear to god i'll beat your ass right in front of the police and everything. you already know what's up. >> [ bleep ]. >> bitch. >> sir? >> the two inmates are corey long and -- >> do you have any pain on you? >> no, my knuckles. >> and iron robinson. >> all i got is a little ice pack because i got a little knock, really, from head buttin', but i ain't tripping, you know. just a little war wounds. >> here you see the inmates as i'm bringing the inmates in, i open the door, they're stepping in. the fight is actually taking place right now. >> the fight occurred just to the left of the surveillance camera's view. deputies respond within seconds. when they deploy pepper spray to break it up, other inmates can be seen reacting to it. >> they got pepper spray now. so we identified the one person in the purple shirt. >> handcuffed by deputies, long is now in the camera's view. robinson has already been removed from the scene.
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both men have been in jail for about a month. but their conflict began on the streets. >> on the street i ain't worried about him on the street. but in jail i already know i've got to fight him because i'm going to run into him, and it ain't going to be like, oh, what's up or anything like that. it's going to be on site every time. >> robinson is in jail on a probation violation for an assault after he pistol-whipped someone. his original sentence was three years for domestic battery. he and law, who is charged with four counts of assault with a firearm to which he has pled not guilty, each had separate court appearances that morning and then encountered each other back at the jail. >> it was just me and him like he already bit me right here and everything. biting like he trying to get [ bleep ] aids or something.
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hopefully i never see him again. >> what's the likelihood of that? >> most likely i'm going to see him again. >> in addition to their latest fight, long says he has another reason to be upset with robinson. >> shut your [ bleep ] ass up. tell your bitch to stop snitching. >> according to prosecutors, long fired his weapon at a vehicle containing four people, including robinson and his girlfriend and one of their children. >> he got hurt basically saying when i supposedly shot up his car while he was in there, she was saying she in the car with the baby and all that [ bleep ]. but it's just all lies, all allegations. i mean i got proof i was in sacramento when it happened. i wasn't nowhere out here. >> long says his fate lies in the hands of robinson's girlfriend, who might be the only person willing to testify against him. long believes if she does not come forward with a statement in the next five days, he will be released. >> if she don't come by friday, they've got to drop all my charges on monday. >> what kind of time are you facing for you if things are bad? >> too much.
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>> so you have a lot riding on this. >> yeah. >> though robinson is also an alleged victim of long, he says he won't get involved in the case and hopes his girlfriend won't either. >> you better tell that bitch to stop knocking on doors, bro. >> it ain't like i told her to call the police or call the authority or nothing, but she did what she had to do. i mean there's only so much a woman can take. i mean, i can't even put my hands on that woman or she'll call the police on me. all i can do is tell her not to go to court and testify because i wouldn't want nobody to come to court on me. >> individual conflicts aren't the only ones deputies deal with on a daily basis. >> oakland has a big problem with gangs. those particular individuals end up here at some point usually. and then you have whatever problems they have on the streets coming inside the jail. so we have to be able to identify the people that's involved, then try to keep it controlled. >> step out on the cage. step out. >> in order to suppress gang activity --
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>> hands behind your back. close that gap up. >> -- deputies conduct frequent shakedowns of housing units throughout the jail. they search for gang intelligence along with weapons and other forms of contraband. >> this is all about information. and there's the information we're looking for. >> sergeant busby has just discovered scrolls of miniature writing, a typical way gang members pass information to each other. >> information's constantly being passed around. occasionally when you have somebody higher up in the structure, they make rules for the entire facility. so those rules are distributed to the other inmates. and the only place they can keep it without the staff finding it is up their rectum. and some of them can keep them for a long time and only pass it off when they need to. that way it goes with them anywhere. it goes with them to court. it goes with them to the next facility. and that's how news travels in and out. >> while many of the jail's confirmed gang members are confined to maximum security cells, other inmates live in large dormitory-style units, but
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they're subject to contraband shakedowns as well. >> they know the game. this is routine. they know what's going on. so they're not too surprised. >> the inmates are confined to an adjacent recreation area while deputies conduct the search. >> disassembled razors. they're valuable to the inmates if they can put them in their columns and they can use a weapon for slashing of eyes. >> soon after deputies hit the jackpot. they discover a large bag of inmate-made alcohol. >> it's pruno. it's made with probably 50 to 100 oranges. sugar and bread. this is the jackpot, so this is a good find. >> here are some oranges. got them before they could start the next batch of pruno, especially during nfl time drinking is pretty big, common in these pods. everyone will contribute their oranges and stuff throughout the lunch that you get in lunch, and they'll make a batch for sunday football games. >> liquid courage.
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>> so we found everything that we were expecting to find and more so of it. coming up -- >> robinson described the shooter as a black male, 22 years old to 27, six foot, thin build with dreads. >> corey long learns more details about the case against him. and -- >> i used to tell my son that i would go to school, and then finally he got to the age where he understood where we really were, and he said, ma, you're not in school, you're in jail. >> a young woman with a troubled past attempts to become a better parent. steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. plaque psoriasis. moderate to severe isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast.
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from fighting inmates to gang activity and homemade alcohol, the deputies of the santa rita jail face daily challenges. but there's another side to the jail. an educational program to give inmates a chance to make it on the outside rather than doing
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more time on the inside. >> we have the adult basic education. people can take classes to get their ged. we have barbering, food service, cosmetology, computer skills. >> byron poe tries to enroll in as many classes as he can. >> d.a.d.s. deuce, ged deuce, computer technology. >> there's a lot of programs over here for us to better yourself. i'm going to be this great -- you know, this comeback story. >> poe is serving a three-year sentence for petty theft. he also has prior convictions for vehicle theft, receiving stolen property, and burglary. but department store tvs were his specialty. >> we would actually go in walmart's, take a 40-inch tv, pick it up, open it, take it all out, take another one out, put it in the same box, put two in a box, and walk out the door. my theft was driven by drug use.
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my theft was driven by drug use. i know a life consists of on a happy basis. i've actually taken my kids and enjoyed the family thing, the manly thing, but drugs take its toll. it won't allow you to do none of that. you'll give it all up for this right here. >> today's lesson is the importance of virtue. >> poe is currently enrolled in the d.a.d.s. class. today's topic is using the principles of addiction recovery to become a better father. >> honesty is the cornerstone -- >> -- of recovery. >> -- of any recovery. >> but in terms of honesty, poe finds old habits die hard, especially when it comes to enhancing jail food. >> this is the salt in the canteen. it's actually stolen up out the kitchen, right? >> it's not as pretty out here. >> we got our own little ways of hooking these things up. >> santa rita also offers
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classes to its female inmates. alexandria mcbride is in the m.o.m.s. class, and due to repeated incarcerations, she's taken it more than once. >> i used to tell my son i would go to school, and then finally he got to the age where he understood where we really were and he said, mom, you're not in school, you're in jail. so -- >> how did that make you feel? and how did you respond to it? >> i was like, ahh -- >> it's only been maybe 90 days that she was here and gone and now back. >> mcbride is currently serving an eight-month sentence for violating her parole of prior convictions of grand theft, commercial burglary, and robbery. drugs also played a role in her problems. >> i like to smoke weed and i smoked crystal. add it all ends up bad. i used to play volleyball. i used to cheerlead. i love my family, but whenever i
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get high, whenever i push myself away from them and i close them out because i don't want them to see me like that and i feel like they're going to judge me, and it brings a big space in between us, so i don't get to see my kids. i -- you know, just bad things like that. >> mcbride admits she has difficulty with some of the material. >> lying is not the answer. but number two says -- >> but i don't like -- i don't -- i'm not lying. i just don't tell him. i'm not going to sit there and tell him, oh, yeah, your mom sells drugs and your mom robs people to get -- >> one of the things that she refuses to do is to go into a drug program. >> he knows that i go and do something because he knows that i come back with jordans for him. but he came to a point where he was like, mom, i don't want that no more. i don't want jordans -- >> okay, by him saying that to you, don't you think he realizes what you're doing? >> yeah. i know he does. >> and wants you to stop? so he's saying to you, don't bring -- >> yeah. so that's what --
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>> so how does that make you feel, miss mcbride? >> it makes me feel like [ bleep ] because i -- i guess i just do those things to cover up what i'm doing because some of the time some of the things i do, i want to get high too. i mean, okay, i used to use the excuse i was young, but it's kind of like old now because i'm not that young anymore, and, you know -- and i don't know. i don't want to talk about it anymore because i'm getting mad because i -- >> the class strives to help mcbride become a more responsible parent. an objective made even more important by the fact that the father of her 5-year-old daughter is also incarcerated at santa rita. but there's still some question as to who exactly the father is. jacob cowin is serving 75 days for battery and vandalism. trinidad lara, who goes by trino, is serving 90 days for a parole violation.
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to this day neither is certain which one of them is the father. >> i remember talking to her on the phone, and she told me that she was pregnant, and she was going to have an abortion. i go, you didn't tell me you were pregnant, and now you're going to have the kid because i wouldn't want anything to do with you if you had an abortion. in the meantime, she also found somebody else. >> i claimed the kid really right because when i got her, she was with this other cat. you know, and like i kind of snatched her from him. you know, we were together while she was still with him, and there was some snake [ bleep ] really like -- my part. whatever, right? >> despite the men's uncertainty, mcbride says the father is jacob cowin. >> were you with trino when you met jake? come on. there's something going on there. tell me. >> yeah. but trino was in jail. he had gotten in a car crash and he like lost his memory or something, and like he didn't
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remember who i was. >> i was in a high-speed chase and i crashed on thornton avenue going up the freeway on the wrong way of the freeway. i guess they said there was money and dope all over the freeway. and i woke up eight days later in a coma. i woke up here in the clinic in santa rita. it took me about close to a month to remember her because my memory -- i had lost my memory. >> meanwhile, mcbride asked cowin to accompany her to get an abortion. but things did not go as planned. mcbride was on the back of cowin's motorcycle and had all their money in a backpack. >> my gas light pops on. so i'm like -- i get off to get some gas. i get off the bike, she's still on the bike. i go and the backpack's open. so the money flew out, right? i'm like, man, i'm hella mad, right, because it wasn't just that money, right? it was all my money, right? >> how much? >> you know, i mean, it was like -- i can't tell you to the dollar amount, but it was a little bit, you know? >> like $1,800.
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he was going like 140 on the freeway. so he said she's a miracle baby. that's what he says. >> cowin and his parents helped raise the baby for the first year, but eventually all parties decided she would be better off with alexandria mcbride's parents. >> what's up, man? what's going on? all right. >> as for cowin and lara, they wound up in the same housing unit, and rather than compete for mcbride's affections, they've become friends instead. >> yeah. >> whose daughter is she? talk to me about that. >> well, you know, that's my daughter, all right. but it's a chance that it might be his daughter, too, right? but -- >> if he's -- she has his last name, and he's been taking care of, who am i to speak or even say anything? >> but there are no hard feelings between you two? >> me and him?
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not at all, man. >> if anything i'm looking forward to -- i'll kick it with you again. you know what i mean? hopefully -- i'll look him up. >> i ain't got no hard feelings towards her neither. >> so she could come out and hang out with you guys? >> i don't have a problem with it. >> let me think. do i got hard feelings? no, i don't. no. coming up -- >> i got written up for pruno. christmas was coming. time to celebrate. >> -- one of the pruno suspects answers to authorities. >> do you waive your rights to a hearing? >> yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. and -- >> she didn't show up at court today, so hopefully tuesday is my lucky day and they drop all the charges. >> corey long bides his time. the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve.
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that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >> get down on your knees. during a recent shakedown at the santa rita jail, deputies discovered a large bag of inmate-made alcohol, or pruno. shortly afterward they found the remnants of even more. >> what is it? >> it's pruno. they obviously drank this already. they were in two canisters right
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here. >> this is what we do. >> one of the inmates now facing disciplinary action for the pruno is robin vongushon. >> christmas was coming. time to celebrate. get a little tipsy. >> vongushon was originally convicted six years earlier for a brutal assault. >> i knocked two people out. i broke somebody's jaw 18 places. i broke -- broke his face basically. >> vongushon is back in santa rita on a parole violation, the latest of 17 violations he says he has had since his assault conviction. this time he was picked up on a warrant for missing his court-ordered anger management classes. when he was searched, police found a switchblade knife, which is another violation. >> violence. everything i do. >> walk that way all the way to the wall. turn to your right. >> unless vongushon convinces staff that the pruno wasn't his, he could lose 30 days of privileges such as the ability
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to buy food from the commissary, visitation, and rec time. >> i'm going to have you read the report if you would. and tell me when you're done. you can read and understand english? >> i'm done. >> you're done. okay. so you're willing to accept the 30 days loss privileges? >> yes. >> do you waive your right to a hearing? >> yes, yes, yes, yes. i just want to sign it and get out -- >> and you waive your right to a 24-hour waiting period? >> yes, yes. >> what i need you to do is sign here on the bottom line. okay. these are your copies. you can have them, you can do whatever you want with them. thank you very much. come on back. >> normally the inmate's going to be a little more concerned. not so easily and readily available to accept 30 days' loss of privileges. he was definitely not the typical inmate that's received a write-up. >> corey long does not share vongushon's acceptance when it comes to his charges of four counts of assault with a firearm. >> i don't even know who that is. but let's see what they said about me. >> long has recently received paperwork from his lawyer that outlines the prosecution's case
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against him. >> they showed her a picture of me, and then she going to identify me. and that's supposed to be his baby mama. i don't even know her, bro. >> one of long's alleged victims is another santa rita inmate. byron robinson says he'd rather have nothing to do with the case but is concerned his girlfriend might testify against long. >> if she go to court and testify, basically, they're looking at me like a snitch. that's your woman, but all i can do is put it in her head like it ain't the right situation to do it. it ain't cool to go tell. it ain't cool to go tell. he can call me a snitch. he ain't got me on no paperwork because i don't never sign paperwork. i never call the police on a cat. >> but long's legal paperwork might indicate otherwise. >> robinson said he was driving westbound on arthur street approaching haven square when he saw a bmw 745 drive northbound haven square and stop at the intersection with arthur street. the passenger of the vehicle -- >> snitchin'. >> -- exited -- >> snitchin'. >> -- and fired a handgun
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towards him. robinson backed up and escaped. robinson described the shooter as a black male, 22 years old to 27, six foot, thin build with dreads. robinson said his car was struck by gunfire. because i don't even know nobody who look like that? >> do you drive a bmw? >> yeah, i know. we don't got no 745s. >> we don't ride 745s. >> yeah, all these [ bleep ] that be talking, yeah, ain't no talking, ain't no snitching. you feel me? half of these [ bleep ] in here probably snitching on paperwork. i seen paperwork on [ bleep ] that's up in here right now. you feel me? >> long says it is his understanding that if robinson's girlfriend does not provide a statement in the next two days, the case could be dismissed and he will be released. >> she didn't show up at court today, so hopefully tuesday is my lucky day, and they drop all the charges.
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other than the various colored scrubs inmates wear to signify their custody level there is little in the way of bright color in the santa rita jail. >> pretty color, too. >> victor does what he can to change that. in jail on a parole violation, he creates colorful roses out of the few items he's able to scrounge together. >> paper, toilet paper, bread. put water -- what i do on the color, i break the crayons, put it under water and it breaks up and put the color on with a stick or paint brush out of plastic. the shine you put wax on there. that wax brings it out. that is about four or five layers. you can drop it. won't hurt. it is rough. >> the wax?
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>> sometimes you got -- you know what i'm saying, you get wax from certain places, you know what i'm saying. you see people waxing the floor you might be able to slide up and get a dose of that wax. >> reporter: he sells his roses to other inmates for $6 of snacks and commissary privileges. >> i'm an artist. >>. >> most of his customers mail the roses home to loved ones. >> your family is taking care of you. i feel it is courteous to send something back to your family. out of respect, love, you know? >> reporter: inmates like wheaton know that creativity and positive attitude are keys to doing time. >> if you don't remain positive than your time is going to do you. don't let the time do you. you are always going to have a
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problem. always worried about family out there, friends, you don't have no money. >> reporter: his lack of money along with a drug addiction has made him a frequent resident of the jail. >> i'm in here for theft and i'm retiring this time. i know i said it a thousand times. >> this time for sure? >> my grandson is just born this year in october. i got to put it down for him. >> good morning. >> if poe is going to retire from a life of crime, he'll need to get whatever he can from the jail's education department. >> good morning, guys. >> one of its most popular classes is deuce, a reentry program that helps frequent offenders deal with the pressures of the outside world. >> what you say is exactly right. if i call you mother [ bleep ], i have already detached myself from you. >> deuce is actually good. this is actually the first time i took it in all of these years coming to jail.
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>> listen, man, is this aggressive or trying to -- that's aggressive. okay. >> i actually found out more about myself than i have ever. since i have been incarcerated, my son told me the things that affected him while i was out. one of them is abuse to his mother. >> she is extraordinary lady. she's passionate about her job. she puts her heart in to it and trying to save each individual one by one. >> you tell another person to recover some of the things that you done. and we laugh about it. you tell someone not in recovery and they cry. >> 40, 45 jobs, tend to get hart r hard. i need to reinvent myself to get back somewhere, stay out of trouble. if i do anything else, alameda county, it is over. they will put you right back on this cookie sheet. >> this is a discussion that
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caused a riff. >> byron poe, i think he may have been through this enough now to be willing to change. he certainly presents that way. i've seen that before. so long for sure. we kind of learn to adjust to our environments. so he may be getting good at saying that he is going to succeed in here, and i hope he's able to stay consistent with that message when he is released. >> you did a great job. thank you. >> you have something else? >> while poe hopes jail program mace help him land job on the streets, alexandria mcbride would like to land one inside. >> can i be a work wither? >> no. >> take that off your head. >> deputy knows mcbride well. >> mcbride, always the inmate that needed attention. in different ways. she was always loud when i walked in. good morning and all of that
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stuff. when she was quiet or anything, i knew something was wrong with her. she was up to something. >> when are you supposed to go home? >> march? >> you have stayed clean? >> yes. >> good. >> are you proud of me? >> i wouldn't go that far but -- good. >> chance for drugs in here, i did for a minute last time when i was here. all i wanted to do is get high. so get high, get high, get high. >> how would someone get drugs in here? >> well, all women have a -- a pocket. that's how. >> anytime nic anybody is brought in to jail in to custody they are subject to stripped before they come to the housing unit. we take their clothing and they bend over and squat. >> use your hands to separate the butt cheeks, all the way. cough. [ coughing ] >> if something falls out or we
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see something, we say hey, what is in there and can you pull it out? sometimes it is way up there and can't come out for a couple of days or they have to fish around and find it themselves. >> mcpride says this time she hasn't smuggled tore used drugs in jail but struggles with another issue, reconnecting with her two children who are currently in the care of her parents. >> my son wants to see me. it's not like he -- that's what my mom and dad said is so emotional for him because my son will cry every time i leave her and he will act funny for a day or two. so my dad doesn't want -- that's understandable. you don't want them to go through that but my son wants me. how can you deny him of. that that's why i get high a lot, too. i try to void it out and run the streets and do what i do and when you get high you lose track of time. you get lost in the life.
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>> how do you do that? >> got to look in her eyes and see, you know. have conversations with her. >> byron poe has discovered choosing the right mannequin head can help him finish the barbering class. >> step one was to -- >> separate the hair. right? >> sanitize your hands. >> oh. >> which you did. >> i did, yeah. >> all right. next step is to -- >> separate the hair. >> set up our sma, sanitary maintenance area. it's my hope they want to continue, that they like this profession. they think this is something they'd like to do and hopefully enroll in barber college, go on from there. >> does that hurt, keshia. >> he has been a student for two months.
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he does very well. comes in, does his book work, participates as you can see with practical operations. he likes to barber. he's been in the salon cutting hair. he's doing well. >> i can get in to the hair cutting business. i can do a lot of females hair this way. get a lot of clientele. >> by the look s you ain't going to have nop clients. >> or break in toe hair cutting business. >> okay. that looks good. >> did you hear that? [ laughter ] >> first i was leery of this class but after i have been in here, it is hair cutting. because, men don't cut women's hair, but it's fun. >> next subsection. >> reporter: poe says he hopes the jail's education programs will help thim him stay out of jail next time he is released.
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jacob has turned to religion. >> ephesians, huh? >> i wrote that last night. why don't you read it to me. come on, read it to me. tell me how it sounds. >> paul begins a letter to the ephesians by stating who he is. >> he has had numerous stays at santa rita the last several years. not all of the charges stuck but one of his stays was a precursor to a five hch year prison sentence he served after shooting an wounding another man in a bar fight. this time, he is serving 75 days for battery and vandalism. according to police reports, he broke his girlfriend's door during an argument and purchased her numerous times in the face and head. >> i only know how to do one thing and it ain't good. so it is bad, just trouble. trouble was getting me in trouble. it's like -- it's like my whole life, i did all the wrong
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things. i was good at being bad. verse two, grace and peace are introduced as being from god our father and from the lord jesus christ. >> amen. >> that's based on feegss. >> based on ephesians there. >> he can't help but have thoughts about another former girlfriend who's currently doing time in the female wing. >> she was there for me, man. like solid. couldn't be no more solid than her. >> alexandria mcbride said thcon is the father of her daughter. >> we had a crazy life. a lot of memories. >> what happened? >> he went to prison for five years. >> i shot somebody at a bar. it was self defense pretty much i. is a fight that got out of hand. the guy pulled a knife and i pulled out my gun and shot him. everybody told on me. i was like, man -- she said it was hard for her or whatever
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haen and she split and pretty much dogged me. >> a couple of years later he got out and i think whenever he used to look at me he would get mad because, you know when you love somebody and you are mad when they are with somebody else. he was gone for five years but i don't know. i love him still. i always love him. >> if you could get back with alexandria again, would you? >> get back with her, like together? man, i ain't doing that. i don't that to myself. i can't even do that to her. i will be her friend, though. i will always be there for her, but as far as being her man and all of that, i can't do that. >> oh, man. >> i got a new girl, a different type of girl. one that i should keep and be nice to. so i'm trying to learn to be right, you know? i really don't know.
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>> whether she is with cowen or not, mcbride will soon leave jail and must again attempt to control her drug addiction in order to raise her two children. >> you will have a seat at the usual chair to your left. >> reporter: her case manager has known her for two years. a span in which mcbride has been in and out of mk santa rita on various parole violations mr. miss mcbride has come in to custody each time a different persona, a different host of problems, a different level of motivation and how long that motivation is sustained is questionable. >> in order to take advantage of reentry services offered by the county, mcbride must commit to a residential drug treatment pra program upon release. her caseworker recommended 12 months but mcbride would like to negotiate down. >> none. >> okay. let's talk about it. >> 90 days. >> so what if i do -- >> 12 months. >> what if i do 90 days at the
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one that you pick. >> let's be realistic. >> six months. >> start with a negotiation at that. >> i think she has not want to see, she doesn't want to address her history of substance abuse. might be too painful for a host of reasons. but unless she does receive treatment unfortunately we'll probably see her back in about four months. what's making you have anxiety about this? >> what going on the program? >> yeah. >> because i don't like rules and i know myself. if someone tells me what to do or get crazy and i sfln a thing with a hill of broads. i want to do my own thing. i just did time. >> you did your own thing and that led you here. let's keep it real. >> i understand that. >> we're trying to switch it up. >> i'm agreeing with you on that. i'm just saying -- okay, what's the program going to do for me?
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how's is it going to help me? three questions. >> let's start with the first one. how is it going to help you, it will focus on your recovery, which you haven't done. >> okay. >> and your addiction has led to what? >> me coming back here. >> okay. >> and you want to keep coming back here? >> no. >> so that's what it is going to do. focus on your recovery and keep you out of incarceration, stop you from resid vating. >> when the other bitch came behind me, so they are mad at me. >> a set back for alexandria mcbride. >> and -- >> congratulations to every one of you today. >> a milestone for byron poe. y,. thanks to the tools and help at experian.com, i know i have a 798 fico score. [score alert text sound] [score alert text sound] oh. that's the sound of my interest rate going down. according to this score alert, my fico score just went up to 816.
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inmates never know when a fight may break out but today is an event for one for byron poe for an entirely different reason. >> that day. graduation day. >> graduation is a ceremony where we celebrate the graduates of the different classes. for a lot of the men and women, it's the first time they have completed something in their lives. and we want to acknowledge that. >> congratulations to every one of you today for an accomplishment, graduating. i'm proud of all of you. graduating today says a lot about each of you. you have proven that you can achieve and succeed. >> this education actually has opened me up to motivate me to live in a clean lifestyle. >> there's a lot of hope for every one of you.
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i want to let you know even though you are here, you did not let that stop you for preparing for your future. >> byron poe is an "a" student because i give exams every other week on the lessons i have taught. so that is the "a" roll. i call it the chocolate cake roll. very good student. >> this time the graduates frda are byron poe. >> thank you. >> once i get out i know i will make it better. this is probably my last -- i won't even say probably this is my last run at criminal activity drug use. i'm going to do everything possible to stay out of here. >> congratulations to the march graduates. [ applause ] >> i'm kind of elated. i was kind of emotional.
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i thought this may bring to feelings like this but graduating from this program, allows me to believe there are goals i can achieve once i leave. >> congratulations, everybody. congratulations. >> thank you. >> all right. >> one inmate previously enrolled in the jail's education program is not graduating today. alexandria mcbride was dismissed from her moms class for fighting with another inmate. >> i went crazy on her. she told me she despises me and wanted to punch me in the face and think got in to a fight with her an they are mad at me right now >> fight, anybody who wants to. whatever, bro. >> corey long's future has become increasingly clouded as well shech charged with four
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counts vs of assault with a firearm long says he can prove he was out of town at the time. but acknowledges past troubles with rob en son. >> used to be cool. like my dad, my dad's side of the family is from the '70s and they are from the '70s too. we all grew up around each each other. our whole family knows their whole family. it all escalated over a fight. something that could have been avoided. when we went over there, we was going to talk it out but someone put a gun on all of us. so when they did that, that just sparked everything right there. >> long thought if robinson's girlfriend did not testify against him he would have to be released. but it didn't work out that way. >> obviously i'm still here. she came and popped up and
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testified. >> what did she say? >> she just said she seen me with a gun in my hand but she never seen me shoot, so. i'm just going to have to fight it. >> how did you feel when you saw her show up? >> i was kind of mad, angry. but they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that i was the one firing a gun. the only witness said she never saw me shoot the gun or nothing. she said she saw me standing there. that's why they banned it over. she said she saw me at the scene with a gun in my hand but never saw me shooting. so that's god enough right there. >> but corey's hopes of walking out of jail a free man would not come to fruition. long made a plea deal with prosecutors to which he pled guilty to one count of assault with a firearm. he was sentenced to ten years in prison. ♪
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