chow up, last call. it s a tightly run program with a strict daily regimen that inmates must adhere to for 90 days or they re dropped. we have 50% rules in our facility. it s kind of funny. but if they don t have their keys on them or their locks on their lockers or if they leave the books out or chairs down, we want them focused, we want them thinking. we don t want them too comfortable. we want them always working on themselves. sofield, however, faces an additional challenge. i m 6 3 and my feet hit this thing when i try to sleep. you wake up every time you try to turn. it s freezing. i fall asleep and have drug dreams. that s just natural. if you re not having drug dreams, then you re not using drugs. sofield has battled addiction to heroin over the past several years and believes if he doesn t get clean this time, he ll lose the support of his family and everything else he values. mr. lopez, the co in charge of the program, i give him a lot
costa was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. he pled not guilty in hopes of making a deal for a lighter sentence. in the meantime, even though he and his girlfriend are housed in separate wings and can t see each other, costa says it s good to be under the same roof with her. and i miss the [ bleep ] out of her, and i feel closer to her now being in here. i know we re going through it together. i feel weak without him. i don t feel dead, i feel weak right now. it is not because of lack of nutrition or anything, but it is lack of thomas. costas and schlossberg hope to qualify for the new jersey court drug perhaps. it was set up to help offenders with drug charges avoid jail or prison time. but the program is rigorous and requires a commitment to drug rehabilitation and frequent testing. and the anger issues. and the jail offers its own road to sobriety for the inmates who volunteer to abide by a strict set of rules.
now we re going to live mine. but costa is not sure that change is on the horizon. it is not going to be any different than the recent past has been. unfortunately. that s just i m just being honest. i see me getting out of here, getting high, unfortunately. and if she s around me, whether she wants to or not, she ll probably go back to it too. i know he s going to complete this program for me, because he knows that i don t want to be away from him ever again after this. it doesn t matter if he wants to get high, he s not going to. coming up the prosecutor and the judge told me i could leave, and the time served, you know. basically, it s get out. aaron sofield asked to stay in jail, while thomas costa and alyssa schlossberg make important decisions about their futures as well. professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would.
aaron sofield continues to deal with his addiction, and the jail s drug rehabilitation center. aaron sofield s growth was amazing. he came in with the attitude, maybe i ll do this program. from that day, just progressed into, wow, i do have a problem. i do have something in my life isn t going the right way. and i need to change it around. in fact, sofield who was in jail on a theft conviction recently turned down a chance of freedom in order to complete the program. he went to court, and he told the judge that he wanted to stay in this program, which i thought was important. a lot of people will not do that. i have court two weeks ago, i think. the prosecutor and judge told me i could leave. time served, you know. basically get out. my stomach told me, i couldn t leave. i was only here like 30 days. every other program i ve been to, 30 days, i was right back to the same thing. running the streets. it s not good. i want to get this to work this time. i don t want to have to
[ bleep ] nonsense in this place. people coming to him complaining about this, complaining about that. but i m thankful, really thankful for him. he put that structure back in my life. being in jail has got me clean now for 2 1/2 months, and i don t think i ve ever been that clean in over four years. my body is kicking back to, you know, a normal cycle, which is a good thing because for a while i thought i wasn t going to be able to have children. alyssa schlossberg has also had a heroin addiction. she s currently charged with distribution of cocaine and hopes to take part in the state s court drug program. schlossberg would need to plead guilty, but then instead of jail or prison time, she d be sent to an inpatient facility and follow protocol for drug testing for as many years as the court deem necessary.