extensive programming specific for veterans that will assist them upon their release from the department of corrections into society. >> you are doing a good job. >> thank you, sir. >> the goal of santa rosa's veterans program is to return a sense of honor and responsibility to former servicemen whose lives have gotten off track. the veterans selected for the program, some of whom date back to vietnam, must have clean disciplinary records and upcoming release dates. >> color guard report! >> we represent the color guard for the annex. we are responsible for the flag. >> prepare to raise the flag. >> the flagpole that we have, it doesn't have a string on it, security reasons. the mirror that's behind us, it pretty much sums up what you would see if you actually watch us put the flag up. we take the pole down, hook the flag to it. and when the flag is going back up, it's just at a certain stage that you actually are looking at this. ♪ >> it brings back memories from better days. >> all hands! present, hut! order! forward. left, one, two, three, four. left, right, left. >> while these inmates were once wa

in san francisco, we have been identified by the state department of corrections and rehabilitation to do something that no other jurisdiction in the state has done, but others will be following our lead since we're the beta site for it and that is the creation of an embedded opportunity, an embedded sort of cooperation between adult probation and the sheriff's department working together where we bring in ab 109 realignment prisoners back to the city in what is called our apod, which is part of our county jail number 2, up to 56 inmates where on the onset of their incarceration with us receives what has never happened before, a well delineated regiment of wrap around case management between adult probation and the sheriff's department. it's been well spelled out by the really amazing work of adult probation and their staff in concert with our staff pitched to cdcr now to the point where three other counties will be following hopefully what they think is a workable template and those are the counties of marin, los angeles and san diego. and even though that last year we were hoping for

the department of corrections notified us to expect that they were going to have 5 to 10 cases of parole violators, that they're going to be referring to us every day. those individuals will be arrested, they'll be brought to court and will be we'll be assigned to represent them. they'll have to be interviewed the same day to find out what their circumstances are and then brought to court that same afternoon where they'll meet with a commissioner and we'll be offered a settlement offer to see whether or not they can resolve 9 case. if the case doesn't settle, then it will go to a hearing on the friday of each week. so, you're talking about a very high volume practice and we're going to need at least two people to be able to handle that volume, even if we have people going to court every other day and on the other days doing investigation and case preparation. those two individuals will be very busy. there's also investigation needs to be done and there is also paralegal work that needs to be done. we had originally requested a paralegal and an investigator and two attorneys. mr. rose's o

the florida department of corrections is due to implement a ban on smoking in the next few weeks. >>hat was in a movie. >> like in the movies. >> just do it again. >> you know what i mean? >> can't you get cancer from that? >> smoking by inmate population within the department of corrections brings on many expenses for medical due to their inmate smoking. and this was done to reduce the cost of incarcerating inmates. we do not anticipate this to be a major issue. is it going to be uncomfortable for inmates that have smoked for years? yes. >> i been smoking 30 years. >> you ever tried to quit before? >> absolutely. >> and what happened? >> nothing. i kept right on smoking. i quit one time about three hours. >> a lot of guys in blue here that enjoy a cigarette and their cup of coffee and their honey bun. and if you take away one, they're going to have a lot of bad days. >> you pick that up off the ground? you didn't pick that one up off the ground? how many have you picked up off the ground today? you don't know? >> when i come in the system, they used to give us two packs of cigarette

>> the indiana department of correctio corrections. >> it's a complicated issue. t because of the fact that they are still juveniles. they're still young in mind and body and spirit and everything. and yet, they have committed some pretty serious crimes against society. the natural reaction, particularly for a kid who is going into an environment like that, they learn survival skills. it's not a positive learning environment either. >> you just got to basically rely on somebody in here that you can halfway trust because you don't trust anybody in here, nobody. other than that, you're on your own. >> we're standing by. you're clear. >> for 15-year-old kids coming in, they have 30 years to do, what i would tell them what the guys told me. users and abusers are all over this place. >> 32-year-old inmate greg oozily knows what it's like to be a young kid serving hard time. at the age of 15, he was convicted for the murder of both of his parents. he became the youngest person in indiana history to be sentenced as an adult. at that time there were no separate facilities

teenage gang members, sex offenders, and juveniles with mental health issues for the indiana department of corrections. >> in our jurisdiction, in our state, the department of corrections became a solution to a very aggressive, difficult child to handle. truly those kids that are seen as public threats. >> i spent from age 10 to 12 in state hospitals for mental problems. i got locked up at age 13. from there, i messed up by getting in a fight at school while i was at placement. it got me terminated from there. threatened my case worker. they kicked me out for that, and now i'm here. been here for the past three years. >> the number one issue offenders approach me on on a daily basis has to do with placements. it could be to do with their history and behavior, they have been in community placements before and kicked out. it's frustrating from my perspective. >> they can't find a placement for you? >> my mental history from the past, no placement will accept me now. >> finding placements for offenders isn't the only challenge staff members face. director mia black has to deal with a different set of iss

but first every piece of mail is scanned for materials prohibited by the tennessee department of corrections. >> we've had panties come through. we've had letters with perfume and then pubic hair with body fluids. of course, they're allowed to have pictures. some pictures we do have to deny if it's nudity. >> it's real graphic. >> the officer found two nude pictures. >> a lady in columbia sent those. >> columbia. she writes some -- she's missing him. she's missing him bad. we'll reject it, and he'll be sent a letter stating why it was rejected, and then we'll return it back to her. >> along with receiving mail, inmates also look forward to the limited time outside their cells. >> yummy. this is yummy. >> they are brought out to go to lunch, took back in and locked down again until that afternoon when we have the evening meal. then go to the yard for an hour and then they are locked back down for the rest of the day except for ten minutes while they take a shower. >> the cool air. it's so hot, the air conditioning and the cold water, that's what i come down for, really. you can't be doing a l

the california department of corrections said he died of natural causes today in a hospital after spending more than two decades on death row. he earned the nickname night stalker for a long string of killings and sexual assaults in southern california in the mid 1980s. in 1989, ramirez was convicted of 13 murders. today, the united nations made the biggest appeal in its history, calling for more than $5 billion to help the people of syria. the u.n. projects as many as ten million people, that's half of syria's population, could be in need of humanitarian aid by the end of the year and called the syrian conflict, quote, the most dangerous crisis since the end of the cold war. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this friday evening, high stakes at a low key summit with two super power presidents. and what about the talk about the first lady. >>> later, getting back on track. at 50, love isn't the only thing that's better the second time around. >>> president obama is in california tonight for a meeting with his chinese counterpart xi jinping who took office just last november. the men had

but first every piece of mail is scanned for materials prohibited by the tennessee department of correctionse had panties come through. we had letters with perfume and then pubic hair with body fluids. of course, they are allowed to have pictures. but some pictures we do have to deny if there is nudity. >> is is real graphic. >> nude photos. >> a lady in columbia sent this. >> columbia. >> she writes to him. >> she is missing him. >> okay. >> she is missing him bad. we will reject it and he will be sent a letter stating why it was rejected. and then we will return it back to her. >> along with receiving mail inmates also look forward to the limited time outside their cells. back in and locoed down again until that afternoon when they have the evening meal and then go to the yard for an hour and locked back down for the rest of the day except for ten minutes where they take a shower. >> you can't be doing a lot of talking and they will say you are not eating. you are talking instead of eating. >> you got to eat real fast. i think they only give you about 20 minutes to eat. only allow so much.

. >> he has a violent history in the department of corrections. that's why he's in this unit. assaults on staff, possession of weapons. he poses a serious risk to the facility. >> sit right here. what was found in your cell last night? >> it was some sculpture i was making of my son. and i was skipping rope. i was using it as a jump rope. a skipping rope, you know, for my high blood pressure. >> what was the rope made from? >> i don't know. i guess from the clothes. you know what i'm saying? i use that as a skipping rope. >> did you make the rope? >> no, i didn't make the rope. it was on the wing. >> how long ago was that? >> couple of months. they moved somebody out of there. >> you had the rope for two months? >> no, i said like -- >> he says that he got the rope off of the range a few months ago when they were cleaning out cells which is hard to believe. the head isn't as big of a concern. the rope is what is concerning. he said it was for exercises but i'm not buying that at this point. do you understand why we'd have concerns with an offender having an 11-foot rope? >> i d

. >> all the police -- look it, i do not belong to the california department of corrections no more.n number. i am discharged. i'm a free black man in america, let me live. that's all i want to do, live, enjoy my family. >> hymes has a new life ahead of him on the outside. >> bye, california correctional center! >> later we'll see where he is two months after release. >> officer brucell, also known as red bull, works in south block. >> my job is third watch. south block rotunda officer. my main job is to control the flow of traffic during chow and also during the course of the inmates returning back to the units because of medical or dental appointments or mental health appointments they have. go back. get an escort. you've got to be escorted. you've got to be escorted this time of day. welcome to my world. i'm the eyes and ears of this south block rotunda. here, everybody is looking at me as the point man, hey, which way we got to go? that's it. that is the completion. we are done. we are done. successful. well, here we go. i'm regrouping now. i rethink everything. i look, and i do

navy wasn't as easy as he had hoped. >> for the navy to pursue him, he needs to be out of department of corrections what we need to do is get him out of here, get him home for 30 days and then he can go in and he can take his physical. so that's the next hurdle for him. >> despite going back to his old neighborhood, madden is determined to stay away from the landmines that got him in trouble in the first place. >> i'm not going to stay getting locked up, not follow my father's path and end up in prison somewhere. i'm not going to be pedalling drugs. i'm not going to be dealing with firearms. >> ready. >> i'm done with the little hood rats scenario. it's time to be a man. >> left. >> back into the front. take to the rear. >> back into the front. take two the rear. >> that's how we do it in here. >> that's how we do it in here. >> one unit! >> to go back in. say good-bye to my old buddies. it will be the last time that i see most of them. aisle i might see some of them again, but i'm glad to leave. three years is a long time to be locked up. i've changed myself. so i mean i'm out of here. >> what tim

the state of florida according to the official death row roster released by the state's department of corrections five of those people are women and some of those cases range all the way back to nineteen sixty eight if that measure is signed by governor rick scott approximately one hundred inmates who are on death row would immediately be scheduled for execution that fact has human justice advocates reeling and here's why since one thousand nine hundred seventy three twenty four people have been exonerated from death row when the defense was able to prove their innocence critics say this bill would lead to more executions of innocent people without proper appeals processes from trials execution the process of issuing a convicted murderer the death sentence costs millions of dollars per person according to the death penalty information center in forcing executions cost florida fifty one million dollars a year more than what it would cost to punish all first degree murder with life sentences in prison without parole based on the forty four executions florida has carried out since one nine hundred s

not department of corrections or drug of choice which go together at some point. normal people don't have silverware drawer at home where the response are burned on the bottom. burned spoons, don't they have pots and pans to cook their food. they must eat small portions of top ramen. yeah, if that. if life was fair, teachers in this country would get made -- paid $1 million a year and professional athletes would work for tips. if life was fair, children wouldn't be born h.i.v. positive or missing limbs and they would all have the same advantage economically, socially, parentally. if life was fair, i wouldn't visit a prison on a sunday afternoon and talk to a general population of 500 or 600 and walk through the lobby and see children waiting to go through the metal detector and the look on their faces and they are already used to it. that's a felony. it's no big deal for a 6-year-old to walk through a metal detector to visit their parents. that has to stop. now, for the normal people, if life was fair, your property would still be worth what it was four years ago.

budget and correcting the tax implementation and making other corrections to the expenditures and fund balances in a number of departments. those corrections will result in general fund costs of $711,000. in the first year and second year those will be funded by the mayors technical reserve. i've submitted those and they will review them >> thank you. any questions >> this is labeled technical adjustments number one and will there be other technical adjustments? >> i don't know the answer for sure but it's labeled number one and if there's another one you will know the difference. we've had typically one necessarily the process to fund and typically there's been a second one at the end of the process and sometimes there are a third >> and we had budgeted $2.9 million. >> yes, that's correct. >> colleagues any further questions. >> okay with that why don't we turn to our police department to present their budget today. >> good morning, mr. supervisor and public. i'm going to speak to the proper and then i'm going to deter to my colleague >> before i start i wanted to there's a lot of people who helped me obviously the com

they get involved with the meth ring and caught up and end up in the indiana department of correction. >> i got to be honest, most of the police knew me by a first-name basis. >> it's the same thing over and over. day in, day out. >> methamphetamine is the worst thing i have ever come in contact with. my only regret, i wish i never, ever in my life seen it for the hundred good stories i could tell you i can tell you three times the bad stories. it made me feel the greatest at times and made me hate myself most of the time. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totalled six years for theft and burglary but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years which means i have to do 36. that is 12 years more than a murder. most murderers get 60 years. it's hard for my family to grasp that the amount of time for the charges. i mean how do you explain to a six-year-old why your dad can't come home and to an 11-year-old you might be a grown man before you see me again on the outside. >> but harper i

stripped the funding out of it, yet he signed a bill that probably added $100 million to the department of correction's budget, to, you know, further sentencing on, you know, pot dealers and what not. now i'm not saying public safety is, you know, that's very important. i get that part. but we need to shift that conversation. exactly. but the recovery community, i mean, i think that is going to be a major solution, that-that we need to invest more time, energy, money, and, furthermore, we need to respect and value those people, and faces & voices of recovery has done an excellent job elevating the value of the recovery community nationwide, trying to get these policymakers together, these politicians to go, look, let's listen to these folks, you know, they've got game. we want that game. so obviously national organizations such as faces & voices of recovery, and-and-and what other organizations? you know, i know that for the mental health community, there's nami, there's cadca. well there's the coalition for whole health, which is a really exciting national organization where people with mental illness

. >> reporter: drakeford has been working with the prince georges county department of corrections. making a living for those who society has written off. >> jerome is a self-driven person. he came hungry so to speak. >> reporter: section locations that offers positions. some might consider a convicted felon a risk, but not drake. >> i'm not sure it's a risk when you do the right thing. >>> a great story. thank you to the all the community, the nbc 4 all state community shred was a huge success. about 1,600 drivers dropped off items for shredding. a big turnout than the last community shred. representatives say they are committed to preventing identity theft in the community 9:26. why north korea say it's ready for talks with the u.s. >>> after a week of terrible wildfires, the community comes together >>> good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm erika gonzalez. we hope all of our phafathers o there having a spectacular day. let's check on the forecast. >> let's go to meteorologist chuck bell. eye to the sky. no place to do it than the storm team 4 weat

i want to do everything i can do first before i send them to the doc or department of corrections. >> because of aaron's age, his long history with the juvenile system, and the fact that he's still on probation for attempted car theft and battery, the stakes are much higher this time. aaron has already been warned that the prosecutor's office is looking at waiving him to the adult system. >> i've got a bad record. so i'll probably beg please don't let take my life away from me. to me that's taking my life away. that will be three adult felons instead of just one. i have three pending. >> aaron admits he has an unquenchable thirst for taking cars that aren't his own. his other vice, playing escape artist. >> my staff called me to let me know that he was trying to be a trickster and had a detention officer bring him up sunday night for the release for the weekenders. and our intake officer elizabeth noticed that no, he's not a weekender. he's not supposed to be leaving. he tried to convince her, yes, i am. i'm a weekender. i don't belong here. i'm supposed to go home. i cape in on frida

but, what the decision does is it says that the department of corrections failed to know the fire department about the proceedings will be. >> , for just seems to be leaning towards this free dubbed -- towards this three drug cartel. -- towards this the drug cocktail. >> there is a division between states in the us. some states have a one drug protocol. , one you has chosen to read and it did so before a supreme court decision came down saying a one drug protocol was not in violation of the constitution. however, what happens is there are alternatives. one of the issues is that one of the drugs used is a strong paralyzing drug that will mask a situation in which the inmate is suffering pain. that is why there are arguments to that effect. the argument here, is that the public should have been notified about the alternatives. >> the judge is saying that the state messed up? >> it is important to emphasize the decision is texaco, the decision does not get into the heart of the decisions behind the death penalty. this is not a decision with regard to the turns are racial discrimination. the jud

. >>> alaska's department of corrections is the largest provider of mental health care services in the state. at spring creek correctional center, all officers receive some training in working with the mentally ill. a mandate since the behavior of many of these inmates can be so unpredictable. one prisoner's actions even led to the death of his cellmate. we warn you, the details of his crimes are graphic. >> what's difficult for me is when you remember what some of these guys have done, and you think, i've just treated that person civilly. why would i want to do that? it's a little hard to think about that sometimes. they're still people. they still deserve to be treated with respect. >> located in a corner of the sprawling correctional complex is an isolated mod which houses a special segment of the inmate population. >> this mod's called echo mod. it's the mod that's designated for chronically mentally ill people for the most part. >> mental health clinician george stone is an integral member of the echo mod staff. >> you have people that are pretty disturbed. and people that are nor

what the decision does is said that cdci, the california department of corrections, failed to notify the public properly of what the proceedings are going be, part of what needs to occur in order for a new death penalty protocol to be put in place. >> and so california seems to still be leaning toward the three-drug cocktail that is ruled cruel and unusual. >> tell the us about this? why would california not go with the least controversial method, the one drug lethal unjection? >> there is a division between states in the u.s. with regard to the protocol and some states have with a three-drug protocol and it did so before a supreme court decision came down saying the one-drug protocol was not and, i went don -- don't know if preferrable, but not in violation of the constitution. there are alternatives to the three-drug protocol and one of the issues is that one of the drugs use side a strong paralyzing drug that would mask a situation and where that inmate is suffering extreme pain. >> and they're talking about cruel and unusual? >> that is why there are arguments to that effect and t

. >> the alabama department of corrections denied a request to interview gilbert, but angel told us thetory of how she first became involved with gilbert shortly after seeing him on "lockup." angel had initially contacted another holman inmate featured on the series, sherman moore, who held the job of prison barber. it was moore who acted as match-maker. >> wrote to sherman and developed a friendship with sherman. >> it's like you pulled a flattop fade out of your head? >> is that what you want? >> but i also saw the segment on bobby and i inquired about bobby, you know, what kind of a person is he? >> i was telling them all about me drinking that bottle of scope up in west jefferson. >> sherman encouraged me to write to him. he's like, write him, angel. he said you might hit it off. he says you and her personalitywise are very similar. so i wrote bobby a letter because i just saw something more than what was shown. bobby breaking that window, pacing in the cage, you know, mad. >> so help me god they're going to transfer me! >> i saw more than the crazed psychopath. i saw a little bit m

. >> sanchez's sentence of 10 years in tdc, texas department of corrections, means she will transfer is let out of court, her lawyer believes justice was not fully served. >> i am just torn up. i like her. she is an anomaly. she is not for whom the prison sentence is designed. i think she is going to have a long road. >> coming up. an officer receives the shocking affects of 50,000 volts of taser power. >> all right, gentlemen. leave the door open. come out close the door behind you. e an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. and make your business dream a reality. ♪ i' at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. 'm a hard, hard business dream a reality. ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and i'm working every day. ♪ ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and i'm saving all my pay. ♪ ♪ if i e

speck tape did was enlighten the public of what was going on behind, not only the illinois department of corrections, but corrections throughout the country. and the public demanded there should be a change. the behavior that got them incarcerated, we shouldn't accept that same behavior while they're incarcerated with us. >> changing the way things had been done for decades wasn't going to be easy, but it was going to happen. that was the mandate. the first step came in leveling the playing field. >> you hear the saying, power is in numbers. and that's really true. you put 150, 200 class x murderers in a room together and that's a lot of power. you take that number down and knock it down to 50 and you put a couple extra officers there, and it really kind of balances things out. >> today, anywhere you look within stateville there are rarely more than 50 prisoners together. oftentimes there are fewer. unlike many other prisons around the country where hundreds of prisoners congregate, at stateville, whether it's in the prison yards, dining hall or any other location, the number of inmates is always li

. >> reporter: according to the department of corrections, split has a lengthy criminal record. ntly convicted of impersonating a public employee and aggravated child an be bus. court records show he was sentenced to a year in county jail and was just released may 31. smith is being held without bond. he has pled not guilty to the kidnapping and murder charges. >> so disturbing. thank you for that. >>> coming up, man in the hot seat. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and the verdict in his sex for hire, yes, former prime minister sex for hire trial. verdict is in. stay with us. [ male announcer ] my client gloria has a lot going on in her life. wife, mother, marathoner. but one day it's just gonna be james and her. so as their financial advisor, i'm helping them look at their complete financial picture -- even the money they've invested elsewhere -- to create a plan that can help weather all kinds of markets. because that's how they're getting ready, for all the things they want to do. [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things can happen. so start a conver

. >> the department of corrections had in mind when it started the paus and prisons in tucker.dogs are paired with inmates who teach them basic obedience and social skills. >> who is better than social skills than a prisoner, really? you knew this was going to happen. here is one of the dogs in the program. look at this dog. watch this dog. he is stealing a wallet. look at this. look at this. takes the money out. look at that now, look at this dog. this dog learned how to break into a house. and watch what this dog does. this dog goes in. this s. amazing. hot wires the car. look at that. this is a bad -- look at that the dog takes off. >> bret: that is it for this "special report." fair, balanced and unafraid. "special report" online with a new look starts right now. >> shepard: from new york, i'm shepard smith. on any other night, we could begin fox report with news that an nfl player is now charged with an execution-style murder. which today the new england patriots aaron hernandez was. or with the dramatic and confusing testimony of the prosecution's star witness in the most

case, if a superintendent is going to bar them forever from ever visiting anybody in the department of corrections because the evidence we have is so strong. >> they have elected to leave the grounds instead of going through a more thorough search. and so that's where we're at right now. i would suspect that one or both of them were carrying something and that's based on all the intelligence, the whole picture put together but obviously we don't have -- i can't prove that by any means. basically that's my gut feeling. >> for the offenders who traffic or use contraband, including tobacco, the consequences are severe. >> i've had three dirty urine tests since i've been here for marijuana. >> jerry bonds, serving 85 years for holding up a liquor store and killing the owner is now on permanent noncontact visits with his family. >> it hurts me. to come up here and know like my daughters, i have one 11 and one 12. my son, he's going on 9 and it's like, how can i tell you guys to be good, do good in school and stay out of trouble and every time you come and see me i'm on restriction, i'm in trouble. or i

. >>> there's just a lot of foul stuff that goes on in the indiana department of corrections. >> when i first got sentenced, man, i started stabbing police. you know, i targeted them. >> you see guys wearing their pants down to their knees, thinking they're cool and stuff. that would get you gang raped or something like that. >> when i first got to prison, like i said, i had blood on my mind. i wanted to get my knife wet. >> we're a level four. we have the worst prisoners of any in the state here. you've got your murderers and rapists. we've got people in here with 400, 500, 600 years. up on the ranges we've got cameras. we've got people walking all the times. but still you can't be with them 24/7. if they want to jump somebody, they'll jump them. if they want to jump me, they can come right in my door and jump me. that's just the way it goes. that's prison. >> i try not to know what they're in here for. because i don't want to be -- like, i don't want this guy around me because he did this or he did that, you know. there's guys in here that you know automatically why they're in here.

the department of corrections sentenced an average of 50 addicts to jail per year. this grew at a gradual pace that by 1966 the figure was roughly 150 annually. however as the historian points out by 1969 only three years later the average was 1400. likewise in february, 1969, the addict is comprised 15% of the jail population. by august they were 45% of the same. our guests could be made for distribution but thanks to the congressional federal quote, arrests could also be made against anyone deemed to be in the vicinity were the same as drug activity. by the early 1970's and was clear that the federal drug laws apply this with some of the discussion that had been afforded to them. i had been discarded to the order in the statutes. for the order the transition to the drug enforcement regime was halting. narcotics arrests had been the exclusive province of the narcotics squad through what most of the 1960's they assign only 21 men to the squad and an impressive force further augmented in 1969 to 31. as a rule patrol officers were expected to refer drug cases to the n

before 1960 the department of corrections sentence an average of 50 heroin addicts to jail per year.this number grew at a gradual pace such that by 1966 the figure was 150 annually. however his drug war historian clarence lusane points helmed by 1969 only three years later the average had gone to 1400. likewise and they were in 1969 heroin addicts comprise 15% of the city's jail population. by august at x. were 45%. arrest could be made for possession or distribution but thanks to congressional augmentataugmentat ion of the federal code arrest could be made against anyone deemed to be in the vicinity or same residence as drug addicts. by the early 1970s it was clear that the federal drug laws use discretion had once been afforded to them by the now discarded statutes. for the npd the transition to the drug enforcement regime was a halting one. narcotic arrests had long been the exclusive province of the narcotics squad. throughout most of the 1960s the npd assigned only 21 men to the squad and unimpressive force that was further augmented in 1969 to 31. as a rule patrol officers were

the state of indiana department of corrections would not allow us to visit as a result of the film narratedsarandon where they went in and asked the warden while i could not visit with her, the warden act shocked and said the next, apply the visit i could. hadhanksgiving in 1994 we our first visit. one of the statements paula cooper made is, i want to look him in the eye and know he has forgiven me. i gave her a hug, step back and told her i loved her and had forgiven her. we have talked about things that uncommon. i never spoke about the crime. to run you have talked i the telephone? >> no, but we did exchange letters about every 10 days. an e-mail, there is system and we do correspond to the system once a week. >> helen prejean, as you listen to this story and you do your own escorting of people on death row, or what do call it when you are with people on death row? >> spiritual accompaniment. >> talk about the murder victims' families. we're hearing bill, the grandson of ruth pelke, but with "dead man walking," for example, do you feel you made any mistakes at that time? >> absolutely. i