on various drug and michelle lacy has been here for 2 1/2 months and could be facing several years in prison if she is convicted on various drug and weapon charges. >> somebody had heroin right now and put it in front of me, i can't honestly say that i wouldn't justify being able to do it. you know what i mean? >> my baby wrote me a postcard the other day and says, when you come home, will you not do drugs? that sucks. >> the hardest thing about being in jail for lacy is being a mom. >> i want them to know that i'm here because i did drugs, not because i didn't love them or because no matter how you look at it, no matter how i want to say it, i put drugs before my kids. not intentionally, because i love them more than the air that i breathe, but i did. >> lacy's two boys are 10 and 5. her daughter, liberty, is about to turn 7. and the best lacy can do is to celebrate her birthday with her dorm mates using the few snack items they can purchase from the jail canteen. >> so tomorrow's liberty's birthday and we're making her a honey bun rice krispie treat peanut butter and cupcake cake. j

and later, thousands of protesters march on the maricopa county jail. >>> michelle lacy, who could be facing years in prison if found guilty on various drug and weapons charges, has found ways to adapt to life in the maricopa county jail. she fights the monotony by frequently changing hairstyles and changing makeup with other inmates. >> and that's about as best as it gets right there. >> but being away from her three children is a much harder thing to adapt to. >> it's horrible. that's like the hardest part. like i know i messed up and i need to pay my consequences or whatever, but that's the part that sucks the most is not seeing them. i talk to them like four times a week. but they've got so much going on. >> last night when i talked to her she was telling me how she got another award and how she wished i was there, so that just made me feel really bad. she goes, well, maybe you'll be there next time and i knew i wouldn't be. and i just told her, well, i'll try, but i don't know yet. because i know i won't be. >> but lacy has found a way to involve herself in her kids' lives. she's