the decision pleases hillsborough county jail officials. >> harris had threatened our staff and had madein open court that if he was transferred back to falkenberg road jail, either he would be hurt or one of my deputies would be killed. so i think the judge just made the decision that it was time for mr. harris to go to new surroundings. the paperwork was completed at the courthouse and then we sent him to the orlando reception center, florida department of corrections, and that will be start of his trek through the state penal system. >>> coming up -- >> we notice that you lost quite a bit of weight. >> the evolution of dee dee moore's physical appearance causes a security risk. >> that's scary. i look like a psycho. ♪ >>> at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, dee dee moore is practicing her weekly beauty routine. >> this is how we get our hair off of our legs. it's pretty disgusting. it's a razorless cream shave. they don't allow razors here anymore, except if you're going to court, because people would cut themselves like idiots, so all of us would have to get punished because of

the hillsborough county jail consists of two sprawling facilities located four miles away from each other. combined they can house close to 5,000 inmates. most of the men and women here have recently been arrested and have not been convicted of a crime but are awaiting trial for settlement of their cases. some inmates have been convicted but are serving short sentences. usually less than two years. either way, time here is no vacation. >> jail is a pretty awful place. this is by no stretch of the mile some kind of spa. you're here for a reason and you have to make the best of a bad situation when you can. >> 31-year-old sheree dean is trying to do just that. dean is serving the last 30 days of a 6-month sentence for cocaine possession. she says she developed an addiction from a lifestyle that included working in strip clubs and prostitution. >> i started out being a topless stripper. i was like oh my god, i would never dance nude, i would never do that. then i started dancing nude and started meeting customers for money. it's like a whole lifestyle. i always worked at high-end i always wo

often resulting in extended stays at tampa's hillsborough county jail. >> one behind the other. single file line. hug the wall. >> colonel jim previtera is in charge of all operations and the nearly 3,000 inmates housed in the county's two jail facilities. >> i feel pretty safe in telling you if you went into any given pod here and you got every inmate to honestly answer the question of how substance abuse impacted their incarceration, i think that you'd find the number is staggering. probably close to seven out of ten inmates would tell you that either alcohol, prescription drugs or other controlled substances, they used them on a regular basis or is a direct contributor to their current situation. >> the cycle of committing crime to buy drugs has caught up with chad white. he's been a heroin addict for 17 years and has spent the last two months here. like most other jail inmates, white has not been convicted of a crime but is in custody awaiting resolution of his case. he's pled not guilty to charges of burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property. >> that's katie, my w

and then it repeats. >> when deandre barnes first arrived at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, floridae was going through drug withdrawal. >> that's no joke. that ain't no joke. feels like death in your stomach. >> but after three weeks in jail barnes feels much better. >> i ain't felt like this in a long time. i feel like my innocence. i see it in my face. i feel good. i don't worry about waking up feeling sick. >> and barnes has more than just his health to be happy about. he received good news at a court hearing. >> i went to court and they released me on the two highest bonds that i have. >> barnes' bail was reduced from $26,000 to $3,250. a bondsman can get him out for 10% of that amount. >> it's a blessing. from $2,500 to get out and now $300, $400 to get out. >> barnes is hopeful his family will be able to come up with the money. >> i have an 80% chance of getting out. i ain't gonna say no 90s because there ain't nothing guarantee or whatever. but 80% chance i get out. >> kenneth jackson is also hoping for a change in environment. he spent most of the last three years in the jai

county jails are now becoming taxed to the limits. >> colonel jim, a former secret service agent, runs the two facilities that make up the hillsboroughnty jail 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 issue, a white issue, a hispanic issue, a young issue or an old issue. it's not a rich issue or a 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, on

he is in county jail in hillsborough county and has an appearance in court. >>> thank you very much. florida's panhandle paying close tanks to the storm's projected past. we are live in pensacola next to see how families are getting ready. >>> isaac could be a one-two punch for people already dealing with a devastating drought. the storm could spell disaster for the mississippi river. but it is so low. how is that possible. doesn't it mean rain? we will explain. key west storm moved through hours ago. the water rising they expect storms to come during the night. on the right side of the screen the beat that is growing over water. we are tracking it. stay with us. ry and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap

widespread protests and there are apparently doing this by clearing jail cell beds in anticipation of mass arrests the sheriff of hillsborough county has ordered seventeen hundred prison beds to be cleared that means that relocating some inmates to handle the many arrests they plan on making so what does this mean for protestors freedom of speech and are there already plans to silence up to discuss this kristin lair and kelly benjamin both participants for occupy tampa join us now welcome there so your reaction to this news seventeen hundred beds cleared to make way for jailed protesters. well i think it's interesting that the only thought that we see in the media from the belief that the you know. you know not about of reject. them. and i mean we do have a quote from the mayor that i want to read he says quote there will be arrests the question is how many we are prepared to handle any number of our n.c. related arrests through our orient road jail we are committed to due process and the rule of law regarding r. and c. related arrests we have procedures and policies in place to ensure an orderly and lawful process for anyone arres

is the sheriff of hillsborough county florida where tampa bay is located in order to prepare for the republican national convention next week he has ordered that entire prison. jail be emptied and the prisoners relocated or bonded out so that the prison can accommodate those arrested for protesting during the r. and c. and g. posted a letter on the county website saying that he and his department they have very little tolerance for protesters who show up calling them agitators and anarchists who want to break out and bring a dark cloud to this about so they want to see the perfect example of how america is turning into a police state just take a look at tampa bay sure of geas preemptively cleared out an entire prison so that he can arrest hundreds of people who are just exercising their right to free speech and that is really very acutely. here's another story you should be keeping your eye on venture capitalists are looking to take over a humanity's most precious resource water according to a new report by the food and water watch a growing number of private or pirate equity firms are moving into struggling cities and buying out their public infrastructure namel