. >> three miles away in the women's wing of orange county's central jail facility, paula revis, serving three years for identity theft and forgery, is also preparing for a mother-son reunion. >> here you go. >> i know it's hard for him that i'm in here. i just want him to forgive me that i'm not out there for him, and i want him to know that i'm going to be out there. >> rivas' son is a marine who deployed to afghanistan seven months ago. >> i always wanted my son to join the military, but when you realize that they are going to war and there's nothing you can do, it's not easy. especially being here in jail, you know. he has nothing to come home to. i'm in here, you know. i can't write -- well, i could write him, but it's just difficult, you know. i didn't want him to get a letter with orange county jail stamped on it. >> i look for articles about over there to see. every time i see the newspaper, losing 11, 10 men, i don't know if it's my boy. it's not been easy. >> rivas says she loves her son but has admittedly not been there for him over the years. she was often more focused on dru