>> at the women's detention center, i believe the most effective vocational program we have here is our cosmetology because they have the opportunity to receive a certification and it does not print that they received this in jail, so then they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your ridge, hold your ridge. start to clean out. swing it. that's it. see, it closes up the opening. you got it? >> elizabeth valenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them, and that's very important to them. i mean, that they would tell you straight out. they would tell anybody. >> that's good. >> to them, it's just very important that they have this class because otherwise they're upstairs for five hours in their cell doing nothing, except perhaps getting in trouble. >> take the comb out. clean it out. clean it out. and swing it back. >> to me, personally, it makes me feel good especially with miss liz because she teaches us a lot not only about cosmetology but also psychology and how to deal with people and different opinions and do positive things sometimes instead of just acting