while the fastest growing population of users in the country is young, white kids you wouldn t be able to tell here. are you seeing a lot of young white kids from the suburbs in these facilities. if is outside it is not showing up in this jail right now. why do you think that is given the fact the population seems to be exploding? that population may not be getting arrested. they may be that active young culture that is avoiding being arrested even though they are using illegal substance. reporter: in chicago, black americans are eight times more likely to be stopped and frisked by police than whites which increases their chances of getting arrested and landing here. out of the estimated 1400 inmates who have used heroin, only a fraction will get help with their addiction behind bars. brother brother can t you see this is division 6, home to
treatment right away your lives would be different and you would not have repeatedly gotten incarcerated? most definitely. yes. if i would have gotten treatment earlier, i probably wouldn t have been through what i went . if any uncles and my oftauntr grandparent, if they were given this opportunity, i wouldn t be here, and i probably would have had a better life. unlike in rolling meadows, most of these men will leave this program with felonies on their record, making employment difficult. and for those interested in further treatment, few options are available. when they say chicago has an epidemic, it s chicago the whole. politicians say we need a new approach to drug policy, but who will benefit? and who will remain trapped in a
anything in your pockets? nope. turn around. put your arms up, please. i m headed inside to the men s division. okay. thank you. thank you. one out of six male inmates in the cook county jail have used heroin in the days leading up to their arrests. while the fastest growing population of users in the country is young, white kids you wouldn t be able to tell here. are you seeing a lot of young white kids from the suburbs in these facilities. if is outside it is not showing up in this jail right now. why do you think that is given the fact the population seems to be exploding? that population may not be getting arrested. they may be that active young culture that is avoiding being arrested even though they are using illegal substance. reporter: in chicago, black americans are eight times more likely to be stopped and frisked by police than whites which increases their chances of getting arrested and landing here. out of the estimated 1400