so when they begin to do something and they get proud of it, then it brings about a change in them. during the final phase of the program, the cadets are allowed to go home where they are monitored daily for several months. are you going to be all right? yes, sir. can t wait to go home? can t get to get a second chance at life, sir. there you go. good job. good job. good job. good job. we have drill instructors that are called case managers. and we go out to their home. we go to their job. we go to their school. wherever it is that they might be. to make sure they re not back on the block. you know, that they re not being re-introduced to drugs or gang activity like that. that they stay focused. that is really what separates our program from other programs. that s why we are successful. because we do take an active role in the individual once they leave this particular building. hey, you keep moving. get your head out of your tail there. eye to eye aye-aye, sir. a
corrections offers counseling services, life classes and vocational programs. 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 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.
program. and very few ever return to jail. 88% of our cadets do not come back to prison. 88% of them do make a turnaround. 88% of them do go on to be productive citizens of society. didn t think i could go as far as the instructors at this program perceive that we can go. you re not going to make a difference in everyone. we have platoons that roll in and out of here. 38 cadets to a platoon. you re not going to change 38 people. but you have to rejoice when you change just one. boot camp saved me. boot camp has saved plenty others. but you got to want to be saved. waiting on you. you re supposed to be sprinting. aye-aye, sir. bring it in. bring it in. bring it in. i think i can make it. i m positive i m going to make it. i have to make it. although miami-dade touts the successes of its boot camp, the majority of the rest of the population eventually returns. and this note after two years as director of the jail system, charles mccray stepped down in
order to qualify to come here. age is also a criteria for acceptance into the program. all inmates must be between 14 and 28 years old. when you get somebody that s new to the system, somebody that is not familiar with prison life, you can still grab a hold of them before they get too deep. officer alvin formally of the u.s. army is one of the drill instructors. my primary goal is to turn these youthful offenders hopefully into productive citizens so they can re-enter society. left, left. left, right. while in the program, participants are no longer considered inmates, they are cadets. the biggest shock to the cadets when they arrive is having to do something that somebody else tells them to do. drop your tray. ready, ready, ready. sit. on the street, you free to do anything you want to do.
absolutely. you have to have the tools in place. absolutely. this is the opportunity for you to build up some discipline knowing that you re going to do certain things every day. so you re building a foundation that s going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. me personally, i think the program s helped. every time i ve come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. i ve seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does work and my belief is that if it helps one or two out of 100, then that s still helping society. because that one or two gonna help somebody else that s gonna help somebody else. next on lockup fix it in the tray. rehabilitation through shock incarceration. ready, ready, ready? eat. c mon. i m sorta your doctor. i mean we both wear gloves and