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. >> colonel jim, a former secret service agent, runs the two facilities that make up the hillsboro countyail system. located just outside downtown tampa, the jail has a capacity of 3,000 inmates. and four miles away, the orient road jail has room for 1,700. it's also the site of intake, where men and women are processed into the jail. >> line up along the wall here. >> unlike prison, where all the inmates are convicted, the majority of jail inmates have only been charged with the crime and are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. but these days, many of them first arrive in a similar state. >> we are seeing more and more men and women arrive in our doors in a state of opiate withdrawal. it's not a black or whitish shoe, it's not an old or younger shoe, it's not a rich or poor issue. it crosses all lines. people feel it's okay to eat the stuff like candy because a doctor gave it to them. these irresponsible physicians have legalized it in many people's eyes. >> while some overprescribing doctors might be at the root of tampa's drug problem, once the pills reach the street, peo
. >> colonel jim, a former secret service agent, runs the two facilities that make up the hillsboro countyail system. located just outside downtown tampa, the jail has a capacity of 3,000 inmates. and four miles away, the orient road jail has room for 1,700. it's also the site of intake, where men and women are processed into the jail. >> line up along the wall here. >> unlike prison, where all the inmates are convicted, the majority of jail inmates have only been charged with...
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gain weight from the predominantly starchy food served in jail, dee dee moore, who we met at the hillsboroounty jail in tampa, florida, proved to be an exception. >> i know when you first came in you were weighing about 210 pounds. >> uh-huh. >> what are you down to now? what? >> oh, i'm down to under 150. >> really? >> when i came in, i weighed 250. when i first -- >> 250? >> yes. i've lost a hundred pounds since i've been here. >> moore, who was awaiting trial in a high-profile murder case to which she had pled not guilty, attributes her weight loss to a distinct dislike of jail food and her in-cell workout routine. >> i run, i run in place, i do it for 30 minutes to an hour. i do leg lifts. i do the six inch. i do scissors. i do the push-ups, the sit-ups, the jumping jacks. this is "the biggest loser" contest and i got the public humiliation to go along with it. but now i'm skinny. >>> coming up, some of the wildest tattoos you have ever seen. >> get that piece on camera, baby? showing off your work, son. >>> sometimes shooting inside a prison or jail is a bit like attending a tattoo co
gain weight from the predominantly starchy food served in jail, dee dee moore, who we met at the hillsboroounty jail in tampa, florida, proved to be an exception. >> i know when you first came in you were weighing about 210 pounds. >> uh-huh. >> what are you down to now? what? >> oh, i'm down to under 150. >> really? >> when i came in, i weighed 250. when i first -- >> 250? >> yes. i've lost a hundred pounds since i've been here. >> moore,...
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hillsboro.t a demonstrable -- to the the city county from the yankees arriving. want is a benefit if you to see baseball, but in terms of tax dollars coming in, you can't find it. are we able to quantify what it actually does for the local community? county, fort myers, they have two teams. they did an economic impact study. economists don't like it, but take the numbers at face value, those teams are worth $47 million in economic activity to the county each year. this is a county with a $21 billion gdp. we are talking about less than 1/10 of one percent of value to that community and they have spent 220 million dollars on these facilities, including one stadium that is not even being used. by the time they pay off the bonds they will have paid half of a billion dollars for it. >> i have to tell you, leo hindery -- >> he did not found the yes network. >> right, the ceo of the yes network, he was on last week when you were doing your report and he agreed pretty wholeheartedly with you. thet is ha
hillsboro.t a demonstrable -- to the the city county from the yankees arriving. want is a benefit if you to see baseball, but in terms of tax dollars coming in, you can't find it. are we able to quantify what it actually does for the local community? county, fort myers, they have two teams. they did an economic impact study. economists don't like it, but take the numbers at face value, those teams are worth $47 million in economic activity to the county each year. this is a county with a $21...
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those are the uniforms of hillsboro county police, i believe, or look like them.uction workers or something else. the chopper from wtvt has been zoomed in tight. on occasion they have pulled out and we have been able to see there are a couple of dozen people at this site at minimum. and we can only assume they're racing against time here. if they have the truck well harnessed and it's our understanding from the locals they do -- as long as they can hold the truck in place and continue to get the mud out from beneath it, then everything in theory should be fine. the problem is this truck was sinking while they were working on it in the early going. so, for all we know they brought in this large piece of equipment to hold it up. these guys have been doing most of the manual lasher around the truck, and some have been coming in and out during the process. you can see this canvas tie they've been working with here, and then these green hoses, we presume, to try to get the water out of there so they can try to free this man. i mentioned it's been going on since 2:00 th
those are the uniforms of hillsboro county police, i believe, or look like them.uction workers or something else. the chopper from wtvt has been zoomed in tight. on occasion they have pulled out and we have been able to see there are a couple of dozen people at this site at minimum. and we can only assume they're racing against time here. if they have the truck well harnessed and it's our understanding from the locals they do -- as long as they can hold the truck in place and continue to get...
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the stadium, a gift from hillsboro county to the team.omist studied this and florida, where the yankees came from, where the economy the yankees get to keep the parking revenue, the ticket revenue, the concession revenue, the ad revenue, even luxury suite revenue. what happens, the county does not get a lot of benefit about it -- out of it and this is money they could spend improving other parts of the county. one of the reasons it happens is the teams are getting these deals from the cities. the red sox, welcome to jetblue park, $100 million of ballpark facilities built by lee county. even a county of danish -- even a copy of the green monster at fenway park at this park. the red sox say only half $1 million a year in rent -- the red sox pay only $500,000 a year in rent. it is a sweet deal for them, and they can only hope that it continues for a while. >> why make that kind of deal? >> well, the people here say it is a good deal because the facilities are paid for by bed taxes. tourists pay a tax when they come to town and they can lure
the stadium, a gift from hillsboro county to the team.omist studied this and florida, where the yankees came from, where the economy the yankees get to keep the parking revenue, the ticket revenue, the concession revenue, the ad revenue, even luxury suite revenue. what happens, the county does not get a lot of benefit about it -- out of it and this is money they could spend improving other parts of the county. one of the reasons it happens is the teams are getting these deals from the cities....