. >> 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

inmates illustrate the problem of walking the thin line of parole better than one we met at the hillsboro county jail in tampa, florida. his name is vilester jones. >> when we first entered one of the jail's open dorm housing units we noticed a guy, somewhat intimidating, very large, working out on the yard. at the same time, one of the inmates was telling us that we needed to interview their jail's resident poet. and it actually turned out to be the same guy. >> lock them up, throw away the key. prisons are being built faster and further than the eye can see. they're being constructed to house you, and me and all our families. there's nothing more than modern-day slavery. lock them up, throw away the key. home of the brave, land of the free, while millions of americans locked up in the penitentiary. if you're so brave and you're so wild, why can't you relate to the juveniles. fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, children, cousins, in-law friends, wake up you sleeping fools, you're headed for the pen. then it would be too late. everyone will see that they have safely locked us up and threw away

i will be able to travel around hillsboro county in florida. i will be about a get out and mow my lawn. host: when will you be back in washington? guest:

. -- hillsboro county in florida. so i will be able to get out and mow my lawn.t: when will you be back up in washington? is there a date yet? guest: there is a date set if you look at the docket, but my attorney has indicated that probably by mutual consent, they will extend that beyond where it is to give everybody a little bit more time to regroup. and if at that meeting we haven't reached a negotiated settlement, again, let the punishment fit the crime, then it will go to trial. and i am comfortable with what a jury would decide. host: doug hughes, gyrocopter pilot, campaign finance reform advocate has been our guest here on the "washington journal." just fyi, if you remember a couple years ago, the gentleman who was referred to as tractor man, dwight watson, who drove his tractor into the pond and sat it in there for quite a while, a tobacco farmer, he was sentenced to six years in prison for making threats and destroying property and paralyzing parts of downtown washington. that was back in 2003. just fyi. and mr. hughes has been our guest from the code pin

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hillsboro. >>> one of the hostages held inside an east bay gas station is speaking out and shockingly calling his captor a gentleman. 35-year-old gutierrez went on a carjacking spree across contra costa county on tuesday. he was hold up in antioch for hours before releasing both hostages. the gas station owner 75-year-old bala says gutierrez was kind to him and even went so far as to wish him well. listen. >> i say, god bless you. i wish you a very comfortable life, and thank you. >> he says he did his best to keep the suspect calm and at one point offered to be a human shield. no one was hurt in that standoff. >> for a hostage taker he was a really nice hostage taker. >>> 4:36. california is on the verge of becoming the first state to officially legalize motorcycle lane splitting. lane splitting happens when bikers ride between the lanes of traffic. it's not illegal but yesterday the state assembly passed a bill that specifically allows it. one catch though, motorcyclists must stay under 50 miles per hour. law enforcement supports that new bill but the american motorcyclists association does not saying that it has too many restrictions. >>> 4:37. doyle drive will stay open in san francisco

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i will be able to travel around hillsboro county in florida. i will be about a get out and mow my lawn. host: when will you be back in washington? guest: there is a date set, my attorney indicates that by mutual consent, they will extent that beyond where it is to give everybody a little bit more time to regroup. if, at that meeting, we have not reached a negotiated settlement let the punishment that the crime. then it will go to trial. i am comfortable with what a jury would decide. host: doug hughes, gyrocopter pilot and campaign finance reform advocate has been our guest. just fyi, if you remember a couple years ago "tractor man" was sentenced to six years in prison for making threats destroying property, and paralyzing part of downtown washington back in 2003. mr. hughes has been our guest. he was not allowed to come into the studio because of the ankle bracelet and restrictions on his movement. announcer: on the next washington journal anna gal land. ben weber, a policy advisor for george bush, looks at how the gop presidential dimeric cam