. >>> many of the small towns in bergen county, new jersey are considered wealthy suburbs of nearby new york city but bergen has a notable city of its honey, hackensack. outside of downtown is the county's legal district home to its courthouses and the bergen county jail. >> state-of-the-art facility. we have 277 sworn officers as well as 58 civilians. >> close to 900 male and female inmates. most have only been charged with crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. many of those cases are resolved within days. but others can drag on for years. the challenge for those inmates is learning how to cope with monotony, confinement, fear and anxiety. some meet the challenge better than others. inside one of the jail's high-security, inmate paul dixon is having a difficult time. >> nobody is hurting you. put your hands through so we can get you out of here. >> dixon is naked in what is known as a single person special management cell. he was placed there earlier in the day due to erratic behavior. >> originally he was in a mental health housing unit and medically cleared thr

@ñ >>> hackensack, new jersey's bergen county jail.it is not just a lockup center, but also a drug rehabilitation center. >> we were the first correctional facility to open up a drug rehabilitation center. a couple of years ago we opened up a female drug rehabilitation center which has eight beds, and that is also successful. >> since it has more men than women, the men's side houses 18 inmates. >> i don't have amateur addicts burk the real mccoys. i have guys that live on the street and homeless, and i don't have the weekend warrior, and i have the everyday user. those are the people that we need to help right now to stop the revolving doors from coming in and out of the jails and save some money down the road for the taxpayers. >> aaron sofield is an admitted heroin addict awaiting sentence for theft and forgery, and he is three weeks into the program. >> it is the same stuff, and boring. i have been through other rehabs before, so i know what is going on. >> what do you miss? >> miss being on the streets and the rush that you get. i

there are about 900 men and women incarcerated inside of the bergen county jail. most are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. many of them will also share something else in common. >> we are seeing a large influx of coming into our facility for heroin, prescription drugs and oxycodeine and things of that nature, but heroin is making a huge comeback and not just in the suburbs or the urban area, but all areas. >> reporter: alyssa schlossberg look no further than her own skin of heroin's comeback. >> i shot my feet, too, like in here, and little spots in here, here. my family being around them, they know what these are. you know, people that don't know that i do drugs now can tell. so it is embarrassing. but nothing a little foundation can't fix. i have so many moments where i don't remember. i hear what happened, you know. when i was at the hospital, the nurse had told me that they found me naked on route 46. i had no recollection. before coming here, i passed out in front of a judge and didn't remember anything in court exce

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