the time has been made easier by the presence of her good friend valerie minacapelli. but few things in jail are permanent. minacapelli was released a few days ago. >> you go! >> i miss valerie very much. i called her monday night. she said she was doing okay. she answered the phone, a collect call from me. i talked to her mom. they were doing good. she's so happy that her daughter was home. >> it won't be long before archer can join her friend and she vows it will be the last she'll see of the suffolk county jail. >> i'm getting released in five days, and i'm trying to get to a program, and i'm going to stay clean. i'm not going to come back here. >> archer recently took a small step toward freedom when she was allowed to join the jail's community work program. twice a week the program sends low security inmates outside the jail to perform public service, such as painting and landscaping. >> you get out of jail for the day. you go and work a real job. you only get $3 a day, but it's worth it to me because it helps me get through the day when it gets me back into the re