this is the only meal that is not great. baloney every day. hot meals in the morning and at night. this one this is the best part of the day, lunch time. pretty much we try to to eat and don t talk because if they catch you talking they tell you to get up throw your food away and you got to deal with it until 6:30, dinner time. out of control here not allowed to talk in the dining room, this is an exception, amazing we re not getting thrown out, because of you guys, you re not atloud say a word many. because the dining facility can only accommodate a small percent age of inmates at a time, each table has 15:00 to eat. we have to go now. i ll take a little water. no talking. women s detention center is the nicest of the facilities, if you can call them nice. jail is hell.
with the family he lost. i ve got a daughter. man, i ain t never told her i love her. she s 27 years old. i ve got five grandkids. i ain t never told her i love her. i can t do it. i ve made a lot of mistakes and lost a lot of my life that i can t get back, but i thank god that i m still living. next on lockup, women behind bars. women s detention center is the nicest of all the facilities, if you can call any of them nice, but jail is hell.
so it s working under adverse conditions with extremely ill people. dr. mary sue haber is a forensic psychologist and has worked in corrections for 35 years. there are less places for women to be treated after they leave here. and even if they are released, and go to a hospital, in a short-time treatment program, they come back. they sometimes commit crimes, deliberately, to get arrested because they don t have a place to sleep, they have not a meal to eat. and surviving on the streets is really tough. when we built the women s detention center, it was well under capacity. once we opened it up, we never could get back to capacity. there s just there was a lot of need for housing female inmates. in an attempt to decrease recidivism, miami-dade corrections offers counseling services, life class and vocational programs. at the women s detention center, i believe the most
kicking and screaming, they can t give her medicine so they have to tie her down. so it s working under adverse conditions with extremely ill people. dr. m ary haber has worked in corrections for 35 years. there are less places for women to be treat afrd they leave here. even if they are release and go to a hospital in a short time treatment program, they come back. sometimes they commit crimes, deliberately to get arrested because they don t have a place to sleep, have not meal to eat and surviving on the street is really tough. when we built the women s detention center well under capacity, and one we open it up, we never could get back to capacity. that was a lot of need for housing female inmates. in an attempt to decrease recidivism, miami-dade corrections offers counseling services, life classes and
my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is why i write poetry. i don t write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, it s all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. and the bible says that god blesses baby and fools. i think god has a sense of humor and is amused, you see, because being in a women s detention center is not all he has in store for me. i guess that s how i started to write poetry. it saved me from arguments, headaches and heartaches. i like it because i feel that i can express, i can teach, i can motivate others. i feel good when i m up there. when i m on stage and i recite and on the mike i feel free. there s no boundaries. living a life of crime bought nothing but misery. i had nice cars, living like a star with the bling-bling and the dress code and my gun always on