. >> it's huge up north in boystown. we haven't even peeked into it. >>> when you work in the jail, you come across like tons of cases. and for about the the last year, anybody in cook county that's been housed here for methamphetamines, there's about a 90% chance that i've interviewed them at one point or another. >> but that meth, it was too strong for me. >> was it really? >> yeah. it was too strong for me. >> you just didn't like the high, huh? >> no. >> in the past decade, chicago's witnessed the rise of a new and powerfully addictive drug -- crystal methamphetamine. meth-related arrests cut across class and race lines, landing suspected users and dealers from all parts of the city and suburbs in cook county jail. it's here that they join thousands of other detainees being held for trial. most have been charged with crimes, but not convicted. >> you guys got a lot of meth out by you? >> criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is looking for the right detainees to help him understand the city's meth traffi

answer is, the little 4-year-old thrown off the balcony in chicago would have been better off at boystown. the 11-year-old killed after he killed a 14-year-old might have had a chance to live in a supervised boarding school. the children you see in d.c. killed every weekend might be better off in a group home or fo foster home. >> when you put it in that context, does it make the recent remark more palettable or less? >> i feel numb about it. i understand, it's inflammatory thinking what could he be thinking about. think of all the candidates running for president. think of everyone running for office whether they are democrats or republicans. we constantly hear of the problems of the job creators and how important it is to have a middle class. there are no politicians willing to talk about what we do to help the least among us. i'm not saying newt gingrich is doing that. he's the only candidate trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to different demographics and honestly talk about the problems facing the cou