a few miles from downtown is the kent county jail. >> people ask me all the time out there in the worldwho you got in jail? i always tell them, we have your family members, we have your neighbors, your co-workers. >> any given day, 1,000 men and women are incarcerated here. >> i want you on your bunks. time for head count. i need your id. >> some are convicted, most are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> we have the people standing behind you in the line at the grocery store, the people handing you food at the window at the drive-up. they are the people we have in jail. >> my life is in this sack. >> a few years earlier, it would have been a surprise to the residents to see brandee nyp in jail. she was a popular secretary at a nearby elementary school. >> many people that knew me from school, if they see me now, they would know something is seriously wrong. two years ago, i started smoking crack, and i resigned from my job and lost both of my daughters and started living on the streets using crack. >> nyp is charged with possession of narcoti

a few miles from downtown is the kent county jail. >> people ask me all the time when i'm out there in the world, who have you got in jail? i always tell them, we've got your family members, we've got your neighbors, we've got your coworkers. >> on any given day about 1,000 men and women are incarcerated here. >> i want you guys on your bunks. >> it's time for head count, i need your i.d. >> while some are convicted, most are only accused of crimes. and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. >> we've got the people that are standing behind you in the line at the grocery store, got the people that are handing the food out to you at the window in the drive-up. those are the people that we have in jail. >> a few years earlier, it might have come as a surprise to many local residents to see brandy knight inside the jail. they might have remembered her as a popular secretary at a nearby elementary school. >> any of the people that knew me from school, if any of them would see me now, they would know something's seriously wrong. two years ago i started smoking crack and i resig