How much [ bleep ] got a problem with me, ill go to the hole every i dont give a [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. David. You see it in every booking department of every jail we visit. You done fighting . No. Newly arrested men and women, so drunk or high, theyre a danger to themselves or others. Somebody gets drunk, theyre more aggressive. They think they can do anything. Theyre strong. You cant stop me. And you got to deal with that. You dont know how theyre going to act. They can be dangerous, real dangerous. You feel suicidal, to harm yourself . [ bleep ]. Ill take that as a no. Addiction leads to serious crimes in order to support their habits. For others, it means a revolving door for jail with seemingly no end in sight. The Sheriff Detention Center in South Carolina, Eugene Foster fell into the latter category. Have you been arrested before . My rap sheet about as long as your arm. Just a drunk [ bleep ]. Foster says his rap sheet dates back 30 years to when he was 18. Hes been convicted of
all the prescription meds he took he had gotten from other inmates who had hoarded them on the unit. that happens every day. we prescribe medications to help with all kinds of issues, whether it s pain, stress, some kind of withdrawal medication. but the inmates always find a way to abuse them. the majority of the inmate population is in here for some kind of drug charges. they ll use whatever they have at their disposal to try to get high. i ve seen them put it in the side of their cheek and try to show the officer and it would be in the side of the mouth when they lift their tongue and hope they get away with it. there s people who slip it down their sleeves like a magic trick. if someone offered it now? no, no. no i would not, no. it would probably kill me right now. my body is so weak from my heart stopping. o neal has three prior felony convictions for heroin possession. he s back in jail on the same charge again. he pled not guilty and was awaiting trial. my story is
i can be a completely different person. for my mom to be here after these times i put her through these things is just amazing to me. in fact, his mother is what makes cory youngman so well-known here. officer youngman works at the jail. what s it like for you, working in the same jail where your son is incarcerated? i don t think about it. i do my job, i go home. any parent of a drug addict, you sleep so much better when they re in jail. is that horrible? but you do. they re not out there dying, overdosing, committing crimes. it s got to be embarrassing for her, you know, to come to work and oh, yeah, i seen your son over in the other unit. it s shameful for me and i would imagine more so for her seeing how she s the innocent in this. she didn t do anything for me to be here. life s hard sometimes. sometimes you got to go through
that s going to happen and the last thing you want. it s a way of life, i guess. based on everything you said, it seems like you re chronic alcoholic. how much longer do you think you re going to make it? and what do you see as your end? i don t know. if i don t quit, i ll probably maybe 70-something. but if i keep going like this, i don t think i ll live to see 60. in another part of the charleston jail, 26-year-old cory youngman is nearly as well-known as foster. you got no at home. we don t have the accommodation for that, sir. cory youngman was typical of a lot of the drug addicts we interview. he was young. he was really kind of cocky. i hope my son s mother doesn t see this. always in the mirror. he s in jail in the mirror. fixing his hair. i got to ask about the hair. the hair?
i don t know if that applies here, but i think maybe i was just curious. i tried it. and really wasn t impressed with it at the beginning. but then i just kept tampering with it. it took about six months, within six months i was full-blown addicted. yeah. how old are you cory? 26. i have a son your age. do you have a relationship with your children? well, not at the moment. they re very hurt. i was before i became addicted i was the go-to guy. similarities between me and max are the only difference that i really see is that he waited until he got older to experiment with it. youngman has two sons. a 9-year-old and a 2-year-old. the example i m setting for both my sons is terrible. i know people are going to see me talking on tv about it and they re going to be like, you