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(lively music)

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- [Automated Voice]
This call is originating

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from an Ohio correctional facility

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and may be recorded and monitored.

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- Hi baby, how are you?

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Good? That\'s always your answer.

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Somebody was asking me the
other day, they\'re like,

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\"So, what does Tyler normally talk about?\"

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And I\'m like, \"Oh, well,
everything is like good and fine,

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and that\'s it.\"

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(Amanda laughs)

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So, it\'s been a while
since we played our game.

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Are you ready?

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All right.

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So, would you rather sleep in
a bunk bed or a regular bed?

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Yeah.

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Regular?

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Me, too.

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I\'ve been sleeping in a
bunk bed for six years.

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(indistinct chatter)

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- Thank you.

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I literally just want to sit
with my kids and my husband,

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and watch a movie.

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I\'ve been gone for too long,

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and lost too many holidays
and moments and memories

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that I\'ll never get back.

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- [Correctional Officer] Two,
three, four, five, six, seven.

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- Reasons why mom can come home.

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(both laugh)
From Bailee.

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Right.

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I want to wake up and
see her face every day.

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I wish she can be at my
birthday parties and stuff,

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because she never got to.

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I love and miss her daily.

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I want to go with her where
other kids go with their moms.

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Example: the mall.

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(Tomika laughs)

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(soft somber music)

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(door buzzing)

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- Ladies, watch your step.

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Watch your step.

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- [Woman] Okay, got you.

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- Okay, wanna make sure
there\'s 10 people here.

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Okay, pick a seat.

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Be careful, one, two, three, four,

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five, six...

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seven, eight, nine, 10.

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Okay, we\'re all here.

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(door thuds)

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(soft somber music)

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- [Malika] Good morning, ladies.

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(indistinct chatter)

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Good morning.

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(indistinct chatter)

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- [Counselor] If someone was
to make a movie of your life,

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what would the title of your movie be?

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- Mine would probably be,

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from maybe Struggle to Success.

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- I would call it Beautifully Broken.

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- Mine would just be called, Whoa.

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(all laughing)

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Just because I\'ve
overcome a lot in my life.

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- [Counselor] Definitely.

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So, we\'re going to learn

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about the different types of trauma,

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in more specific detail.

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We\'re gonna look at emotional,
sexual, and physical.

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- Tell me about yourself is the
most commonly asked question

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in the beginning of the interview,

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and they use it as an ice-breaker.

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If you have something that\'s
really hard to talk about,

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if they\'re pulling backgrounds,

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they\'re gonna see it anyway.

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- Tell me a little bit about yourself.

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- Okay, I have a bachelor\'s
degree in criminal justice.

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I\'m completely embarrassed by
the fact that I\'m in prison.

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I\'m completely embarrassed by the fact

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that I was addicted to heroin.

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Like, I\'m completely
embarrassed by all of it.

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And you want me to go out
there and explain to people

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that I have a felony,

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(laughs) that I was a drug addict.

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Like you want me to make that sound like,

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\"Oh, it\'s great and wonderful.\"

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No.

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Like to me, that\'s really hard to do.

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- One of the things I
want everyone in the group

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to get out of their system, Lydia.

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- (laughs) Yeah, go ahead, look at me.

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- You are not a felon, okay?

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And you will not continue to be a felon.

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You have a felony on your record.

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- When you\'re property of the state,

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you are literally just a number.

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It destroys your sense of self.

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I didn\'t grow up exposed to
cocaine, and heroin, and pills.

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The neighborhood I lived
in was two-story houses,

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white-picket fences.

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My life was my kids.

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Landon.

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Hi, big man.

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Hi.

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(baby cooing)

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(imitating airplane engine)

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Can you say, hi, Easter Bunny?

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I was soccer mom.

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Go, Ash, go!

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Come on, Ash!

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(audience cheers)

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- [Correctional Officer] 13-78-051, 051.

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- I got into a car accident,
and was prescribed Vicodin.

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I got to the point where I noticed

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that if I didn\'t take
them, that I felt sick.

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When I went to one of my
appointments with my doctor,

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I was telling her, \"Look, I
think I\'m addicted to these.\"

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And two days later, I got a
certified letter in the mail,

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removing me from the practice.

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So, I have no doctor, I\'m
addicted to pills, and I\'m sick.

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I\'ve got to get the kids to
school, they have sports.

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I\'ve got all this stuff I have
to do, and I can\'t be sick.

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So, I started buying pills.

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The more I asked around

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the more I realized they were everywhere.

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I remember the first time
that I couldn\'t find pills.

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And my person, my drug dealer said,

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\"I don\'t have any pills,
but this is what I have.\"

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I remember he put a line on the table

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and I stared at it for like two hours.

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I couldn\'t do it.

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I couldn\'t do it, because I
knew that once I did that,

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there was no going back,

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but I was so sick.
(Lydia crying)

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But that takes you down
even faster than pills do.

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And eventually, you\'re up
to $80 of heroin a day,

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or $120 a day.

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Thank you.

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So, I would pawn things
to get money for my drugs.

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And I pawned some things
that I got were stolen.

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- You ready?

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Set?

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Go!

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(kid screaming)
(Derek laughs)

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- [Landon] He almost got me, dad.

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- Oh, I know. It happens.

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Lydia and I have been
together nearly 18 years.

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The person that she became two years ago,

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was not the person that I\'ve always known.

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You get hit, you just shake it off.

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You\'ll be all right.

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(Derek laughs)

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Come on, Ash.

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Get some warm clothes on,

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and I\'ll see if we got some
hot chocolate or something

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that I can get for you,
warm you guys up, okay?

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I\'ve done the best I can,

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being mommy and daddy here for the while.

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But I can\'t fill that void
that mom can fill for them.

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(coffee maker beeping)

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I think it\'s on.

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It\'s been very tough
being a single father,

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raising my two boys,

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but it\'s got to be done.

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And I\'m there for them, so
we\'re going to get through this,

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one way or another.

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There\'s yours, mister.

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- All right, it\'s not mine.

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- [Derek] Yeah, it is.

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- Oh.

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- Don\'t spill it, okay?

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I want you working on getting
your bed made, too, okay?

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If you would, please and thank you.

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(card beeping)

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- [Amanda] Good morning.

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- [Woman] Good morning, ladies.

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- Thank you.

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(indistinct chatter)

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- All right.

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I\'m like waiting for you to take a bite.

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- [Woman] Oh, I wouldn\'t do that.

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- (laughs) I give you an
A for effort, for trying.

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- For what, eating an egg?

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- Last time we came to
breakfast, on egg day,

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me and her, they tasted like wet dogs.

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- I know better, I used to work here.

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- Wait, uh, hold up
now, we about to eat it.

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(all laughing)

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- [Amanda] All right, bye, girls.

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- Thanks for waiting for me.

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- [Amanda] I\'m always waiting for you.

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(Amanda laughs)

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- I chew my food.

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- [Amanda] I know, 32 times. I know.

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No, I wasn\'t gonna get up and leave you.

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- [Tomika] Uh, yeah, I was about to say.

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(Amanda laughs)

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\'Cause we was gonna have
some serious issues,

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I just want to let you know that.

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You know how you get when you
get with your M-unit folks.

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- [Amanda] Oh, shut up.

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(Tomika laughs)

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- [Amanda] You\'re my people,
no matter what unit I\'m in.

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- [Tomika] Okay.

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- [Amanda] All right. Go home.

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- [Tomika] What?

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- [Amanda] Go. (laughs) Not
home, back to your unit.

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(Tomika laughs)

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(van engine running)

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(indistinct chatter)

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- [Woman] Hey, Mrs. Cheryl. How you doing?

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- Good, how are you?

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- [Woman] Good.

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- [Cheryl] How\'s everybody today?

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- [All] Good.

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- Of course, you know why we\'re here.

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We\'re working on developing
skills using tools,

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implementing new practices and behaviors,

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to be our best selves.

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Because I am a woman in recovery,

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and because I am an
advocated for recovery,

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and a survivor of substance use
and mental health disorders,

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is a great big part of why I do this.

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Nobody went to bed one
night and woke up and said,

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\"Well, I\'m gonna be a junkie today.\"

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Something prompted that
behavior in us, in our past.

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So, who has the courage to say
what was emotionally going on

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in their lives when
they started to pick up?

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- When I first started using it,

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it was to get away from my grandpa.

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Or just to get away from--

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(crying)

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- In \'88, my dad left me on
the side of the highway...

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never came back.

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- How old were you?

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- Eight years old.

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In \'93, I started smoking weed

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and experimenting with other drugs.

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- I\'ve been using drugs for a long time,

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since I was like 12 years old.

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But even before that,

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like it\'s just been a normal part of life.

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Everybody we knew went to jail,

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everybody we knew used drugs.

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It was like, we were destined for that.

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And, lo and behold, I ended up in prison,

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just where I always knew
as a kid I would end up.

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- [Cheryl] When we\'re in
the midst of the thing,

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we don\'t even realize how off
the beaten path we\'re going,

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because we\'re right in
there, or it\'s our norm.

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So, you know, we\'re doing
just what we learned to do,

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what we thought we should be doing.

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Even though there are some consequences

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attached to this stuff,
that could not be good.

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- When I was growing
up, we were very poor.

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We were living in this crack hotel

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where prostitutes go to get high.

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I remember my mom always smoking crack.

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Every single person in my life

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has always been a drug addict.

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By the time I was 14,
I was in a foster home.

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And it was just devastating to me.

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The darkest point of my life

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was when I started doing heroin,

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and it got,

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it just went from bad to a
whole \'nother level of worse.

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My relative and I owed a
drug dealer some money.

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And it was D-Day.

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It was get it or die.

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So, the next logical
step was, in our minds,

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to rob a pharmacy.

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She parked out back of the pharmacy.

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I went in.

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There\'s like people in there shopping.

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I call the pharmacy tech
out from behind the counter.

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And I lifted up my shirt, and I said,

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\"There\'s a guy out front,
and a guy out back,

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and I\'ll blow your effing head off

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if you don\'t give me your Oxycontin.\"

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I hate that I let it get that far.

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I hate that I remember the
look in that girl\'s eyes.

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But I most of all, just hate
that I let drugs take me there.

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(somber music)

00:15:09.441 --> 00:15:11.043
- The only way I could see my mom

00:15:11.043 --> 00:15:13.846
is to take a three-hour drive to prison.

00:15:16.649 --> 00:15:18.617
I can\'t see her as much as I\'d like,

00:15:18.617 --> 00:15:21.720
and I can\'t talk to her
as much as I\'d like,

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.723
and it just makes me hurt.

00:15:25.958 --> 00:15:28.527
I really just want her to
be out so we can talk more

00:15:28.527 --> 00:15:31.931
and just see each other more.

00:15:31.931 --> 00:15:35.000
(indistinct chatter)

00:15:37.603 --> 00:15:39.338
- I miss this.

00:15:39.338 --> 00:15:40.839
- [Tyler] Me, too.

00:15:43.042 --> 00:15:45.311
- [Officer] We are going to go outside.

00:15:45.311 --> 00:15:46.145
- Yay.

00:15:46.145 --> 00:15:49.081
- So, we ask that the
families line up here,

00:15:49.081 --> 00:15:51.350
and offenders just stay seated.

00:15:51.350 --> 00:15:54.453
(indistinct chatter)

00:16:04.930 --> 00:16:06.999
- Back up a little.

00:16:06.999 --> 00:16:09.001
We\'re getting a little
close to the barbed wire.

00:16:09.001 --> 00:16:12.338
I see Tyler three or four times a year.

00:16:12.338 --> 00:16:15.140
He\'s with his grandma, on his dad\'s side.

00:16:17.109 --> 00:16:18.944
I\'m so impressed right now.

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.547
I know he\'s mad,

00:16:21.547 --> 00:16:23.515
and I know he won\'t say the things

00:16:23.515 --> 00:16:25.284
that he wants to say to me.

00:16:25.284 --> 00:16:26.852
It just is one of those things

00:16:26.852 --> 00:16:29.455
that\'s gonna have to wait
till I get out to work on.

00:16:31.490 --> 00:16:32.524
That was cool.

00:16:34.526 --> 00:16:35.361
Aww.

00:16:38.230 --> 00:16:41.300
(indistinct chatter)

00:16:45.070 --> 00:16:45.904
- [Lydia] I love you.

00:16:45.904 --> 00:16:46.739
- [Derek] I love you, too.

00:16:49.274 --> 00:16:50.743
- How was the drive?

00:16:52.144 --> 00:16:53.846
- He fell asleep the whole way.

00:16:53.846 --> 00:16:55.247
- [Lydia] Ashton fell
asleep the whole way?

00:16:55.247 --> 00:16:56.415
So, you had a good nap?

00:16:57.549 --> 00:16:58.851
- [Derek] Here, would you
like something from up there

00:16:58.851 --> 00:16:59.685
in the vending machine?

00:16:59.685 --> 00:17:03.422
- Um, yes, please. Just a pop.

00:17:04.423 --> 00:17:05.791
- [Landon] Okay. You get
half, I get the other.

00:17:05.791 --> 00:17:09.128
- All right, deal. Ash?

00:17:12.264 --> 00:17:14.533
How\'s the campground?

00:17:14.533 --> 00:17:15.501
- Not bad.

00:17:15.501 --> 00:17:16.668
- You go out and make any friends,

00:17:16.668 --> 00:17:17.936
or are you staying inside?

00:17:17.936 --> 00:17:19.038
- Staying inside.

00:17:19.038 --> 00:17:21.840
- You don\'t think you should
go out and make some friends?

00:17:24.343 --> 00:17:25.411
Too big these days?

00:17:25.411 --> 00:17:26.245
- Mm-hmm.

00:17:26.245 --> 00:17:27.079
- Yeah.

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.081
I feel like you just grew up without me.

00:17:31.717 --> 00:17:33.152
Like you were little,
and now, all of a sudden,

00:17:33.152 --> 00:17:35.120
you\'re too big to do everything.

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:37.823
Or you think you\'re too
big to do everything.

00:17:37.823 --> 00:17:38.657
- Mm-hmm.

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.528
- You\'re supposed to talk.

00:17:43.362 --> 00:17:45.898
- Well, maybe he doesn\'t
want to. Maybe he\'s tired.

00:17:48.133 --> 00:17:50.569
- And he doesn\'t want
to be in here, he said.

00:17:50.569 --> 00:17:52.137
- Listen, I don\'t blame him.

00:17:54.873 --> 00:17:57.309
I turned his world upside-down, you know?

00:17:58.310 --> 00:17:59.144
I did.

00:18:00.546 --> 00:18:02.381
We were super close.

00:18:03.882 --> 00:18:05.184
And then, I was just gone.

00:18:07.553 --> 00:18:10.189
Anything he thought of
a mother, I shattered.

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.695
They know that I\'m at
the end of my sentence.

00:18:16.695 --> 00:18:19.531
So, I do hope I can put
their world right-side-up.

00:18:19.531 --> 00:18:20.732
But I can\'t...

00:18:23.068 --> 00:18:25.537
I can\'t take what they\'ve
been through away.

00:18:25.537 --> 00:18:28.107
(Lydia crying)

00:18:33.345 --> 00:18:36.215
(door buzzing)

00:18:36.215 --> 00:18:39.284
(indistinct chatter)

00:18:51.663 --> 00:18:52.798
- Hey.

00:18:54.333 --> 00:18:55.200
Can you hear me?

00:18:59.371 --> 00:19:00.606
What you doing?

00:19:01.607 --> 00:19:02.875
You so goofy.

00:19:04.143 --> 00:19:06.812
(Tomika laughs)

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:10.482
Ah, did the Tooth Fairy
bring you some money?

00:19:12.317 --> 00:19:14.820
Ah, she was off for the holiday?

00:19:15.721 --> 00:19:18.390
(Tomika laughs)

00:19:18.390 --> 00:19:21.093
My daughter\'s name is Bailee.

00:19:21.093 --> 00:19:23.529
She\'s in Pittsburgh,
living with my family.

00:19:24.763 --> 00:19:26.865
She was nine months when I came to prison.

00:19:28.534 --> 00:19:29.868
That\'s a bunch of teeth in there.

00:19:29.868 --> 00:19:32.237
Let me see, hold it the other way.

00:19:32.237 --> 00:19:34.473
(Tomika laughs)

00:19:34.473 --> 00:19:35.374
Aww.

00:19:37.109 --> 00:19:39.211
I never had one of those when I was a kid.

00:19:41.013 --> 00:19:44.883
When I was Bailee\'s age, my
life was totally different.

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:50.022
I grew up surrounded by drugs.

00:19:52.124 --> 00:19:54.493
I just kind of was like self-taught.

00:19:54.493 --> 00:19:56.128
Raised by the streets.

00:19:58.397 --> 00:20:01.066
I just wanted basic things:
clothes, tennis shoes,

00:20:01.066 --> 00:20:02.167
things like that.

00:20:04.403 --> 00:20:06.972
I was young, and I was
around a lot of hustlers.

00:20:08.207 --> 00:20:11.577
So, I started selling drugs, selling weed,

00:20:11.577 --> 00:20:14.546
and that was just pretty
much my lifestyle.

00:20:17.082 --> 00:20:19.484
I wasn\'t going back to poverty.

00:20:21.753 --> 00:20:24.890
I get pulled over, and
I got ecstasy pills,

00:20:24.890 --> 00:20:27.492
and I had 13 pounds of weed.

00:20:28.894 --> 00:20:33.432
I ended up like fighting this
case for about five years.

00:20:33.432 --> 00:20:37.869
And in that five years,
I had quit selling drugs.

00:20:37.869 --> 00:20:39.738
I ended up getting pregnant.

00:20:40.906 --> 00:20:42.674
But eventually, I got sentenced.

00:20:52.584 --> 00:20:54.920
I remember looking back at my family,

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.788
and looking back at my daughter.

00:20:57.756 --> 00:20:59.758
She had on this little sailor suit.

00:21:02.427 --> 00:21:06.198
That was the hardest
thing that I\'ve had to do

00:21:06.198 --> 00:21:08.467
so far in life.
(Tomika crying)

00:21:08.467 --> 00:21:11.136
And life was hard, coming up, you know?

00:21:11.136 --> 00:21:16.141
But leaving my daughter was
just like heart-breaking.

00:21:23.982 --> 00:21:27.185
Right now, she thinks I\'m in college.

00:21:29.054 --> 00:21:32.624
I feel like it\'s time that I
tell her that I\'m in prison,

00:21:32.624 --> 00:21:34.293
before she figures it out.

00:21:37.663 --> 00:21:42.668
(bells chiming)
(indistinct chatter)

00:21:47.572 --> 00:21:49.141
- Daniel.
- Here.

00:21:49.141 --> 00:21:50.409
- Ernsberger.
- Here.

00:21:50.409 --> 00:21:51.376
- Ratherfort.
- Here.

00:21:51.376 --> 00:21:52.878
- Knapp.
- Here.

00:21:52.878 --> 00:21:54.379
- Robinson.
- Here.

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.514
- Miller.
- Here.

00:21:55.514 --> 00:21:57.582
- [Woman 1] They\'re here!

00:21:59.318 --> 00:22:01.753
- They\'re here? Let\'s see.

00:22:01.753 --> 00:22:04.556
(Tomika laughs)

00:22:04.556 --> 00:22:05.490
That\'s my family!

00:22:06.525 --> 00:22:09.161
(Tomika laughs)

00:22:12.064 --> 00:22:14.566
- [Ria] So you\'re excited.
You waiting to see your mommy?

00:22:14.566 --> 00:22:16.335
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.

00:22:18.036 --> 00:22:19.237
(Bailee laughs)

00:22:19.237 --> 00:22:21.273
- [Ria] Are you silly today?

00:22:21.273 --> 00:22:23.342
(Bailee laughs)

00:22:23.342 --> 00:22:26.445
(indistinct chatter)

00:22:27.646 --> 00:22:28.480
- Oh.

00:22:29.414 --> 00:22:33.185
(Tomika and Bailee laughing)

00:22:35.554 --> 00:22:37.689
- She wanted to make
sure you saw her shoes.

00:22:37.689 --> 00:22:40.258
- Oh, those are amazing.

00:22:40.258 --> 00:22:42.527
Those are cute, you got heels on.

00:22:42.527 --> 00:22:44.329
- [Ria] She\'s been waiting
to show you those heels.

00:22:44.329 --> 00:22:46.231
- [Tomika] Hey, look at you.

00:22:46.231 --> 00:22:47.833
(Tomika laughs)

00:22:47.833 --> 00:22:49.868
Hi, papa, how you doing?

00:22:49.868 --> 00:22:50.702
- [Papa] Love you.

00:22:50.702 --> 00:22:52.104
- Love you, too. Thank
you so much for coming.

00:22:52.104 --> 00:22:54.639
- [Papa] Na, baby we\'re good.

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:57.809
- I like coming here better
than just talking on the phone,

00:22:57.809 --> 00:23:01.012
when I have to repeat everything
when you can\'t hear me.

00:23:01.012 --> 00:23:02.381
- I know.

00:23:02.381 --> 00:23:03.548
(Tomika laughs)

00:23:03.548 --> 00:23:05.450
I know, those phones aren\'t that good.

00:23:08.153 --> 00:23:09.020
So--

00:23:10.489 --> 00:23:14.393
(Bailee speaking indistinctly)

00:23:16.395 --> 00:23:18.196
- Remember you were asking granny,

00:23:18.196 --> 00:23:20.465
when she was on the
phone, and it kept saying,

00:23:20.465 --> 00:23:25.337
Global Tel Link, and you
said, does that mean jail.

00:23:25.337 --> 00:23:28.507
(Bailee laughs)

00:23:28.507 --> 00:23:29.508
Do you remember?

00:23:31.476 --> 00:23:32.711
- No.

00:23:32.711 --> 00:23:34.713
- You don\'t remember asking granny that?

00:23:34.713 --> 00:23:35.514
- No.

00:23:37.516 --> 00:23:39.284
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:23:39.284 --> 00:23:40.118
- You do?

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:44.389
So, do you know...

00:23:44.389 --> 00:23:45.357
Bailee, look at me.

00:23:46.625 --> 00:23:49.194
Remember, I told you I was at college?

00:23:49.194 --> 00:23:50.362
- Uh-huh.

00:23:50.362 --> 00:23:52.497
- And then, I was at cooking school?

00:23:53.932 --> 00:23:54.766
Well...

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.568
look at me.

00:23:57.969 --> 00:24:00.872
Really, mommy is in jail.

00:24:00.872 --> 00:24:01.706
- Why?

00:24:03.742 --> 00:24:06.178
- Because I made some mistakes.

00:24:06.178 --> 00:24:07.679
- Oh.

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:11.750
- So now, I\'m here.

00:24:11.750 --> 00:24:14.219
And that\'s why I can\'t come home with you.

00:24:18.623 --> 00:24:19.825
And...

00:24:20.926 --> 00:24:23.695
that\'s why we can\'t live
together right now...

00:24:25.464 --> 00:24:29.234
is because I\'m in jail.

00:24:30.535 --> 00:24:32.304
- The real jail?

00:24:32.304 --> 00:24:33.972
- Yeah, the real jail.

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.942
Do you know anything about jail?

00:24:39.010 --> 00:24:40.212
- Uh...

00:24:41.346 --> 00:24:42.647
not really.

00:24:42.647 --> 00:24:43.748
- No?

00:24:43.748 --> 00:24:45.050
- No.

00:24:45.050 --> 00:24:46.418
- You know there\'s a lot
of good people in jail--

00:24:46.418 --> 00:24:48.119
- Okay, let\'s not talk about that,

00:24:48.954 --> 00:24:51.256
I don\'t want to get you embarrassed.

00:24:51.256 --> 00:24:52.891
- You don\'t want to get embarrassed?

00:24:52.891 --> 00:24:54.392
- She doesn\'t want to get you embarrassed.

00:24:54.392 --> 00:24:56.895
- No, it\'s okay, I want to tell you.

00:24:56.895 --> 00:24:58.396
Look at me.

00:24:58.396 --> 00:24:59.698
I want to tell you.

00:24:59.698 --> 00:25:01.466
(Bailee crying)

00:25:01.466 --> 00:25:02.634
No, don\'t cry.

00:25:05.437 --> 00:25:06.271
It\'s okay.

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.874
Okay?

00:25:09.908 --> 00:25:11.142
It\'s all right.

00:25:12.410 --> 00:25:14.479
That\'s why I wanted to tell you.

00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:15.747
- And remember, I told you before,

00:25:15.747 --> 00:25:19.518
that people, that everybody
that comes to jail is not bad.

00:25:19.518 --> 00:25:20.852
They just made mistakes,

00:25:20.852 --> 00:25:24.256
and so they come to jail
so that they can pay back.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.760
- Hmm?

00:25:28.760 --> 00:25:30.829
(Bailee whispering indistinctly)

00:25:30.829 --> 00:25:31.663
You what?

00:25:34.633 --> 00:25:36.668
(Ria sighs)

00:25:36.668 --> 00:25:38.904
You want to send her money?

00:25:40.005 --> 00:25:40.906
Okay.

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.508
You mean, to help her pay back?

00:25:52.551 --> 00:25:55.153
(somber music)

00:26:03.562 --> 00:26:06.631
(indistinct chatter)

00:26:21.146 --> 00:26:22.380
- [Woman 1] ...weren\'t
able to make it, you know.

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.214
- [Woman 2] My daughter\'s coming tomorrow

00:26:23.214 --> 00:26:25.717
but my mom\'s not gonna be able to make it

00:26:25.717 --> 00:26:26.785
\'cause my mom can\'t call off work

00:26:26.785 --> 00:26:27.586
- Yeah.

00:26:38.330 --> 00:26:42.000
(indistinct radio chatter)

00:26:50.375 --> 00:26:51.443
- I\'m a little nervous.

00:26:51.443 --> 00:26:52.844
Why am I nervous?

00:26:53.812 --> 00:26:55.780
Hi, how are you?
- Good, how are you?

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.615
- [Amanda] Good.

00:27:07.225 --> 00:27:08.793
- I checked all of your convictions.

00:27:08.793 --> 00:27:11.329
You are eligible for judicial
release in regards to which,

00:27:11.329 --> 00:27:12.831
what the convictions are.

00:27:12.831 --> 00:27:15.634
And so, you can file after six months.

00:27:16.534 --> 00:27:18.603
You always want to put
your best foot forward,

00:27:18.603 --> 00:27:22.240
by really advocating for
yourself in your motion.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.274
- Okay, I got that all put together--

00:27:23.274 --> 00:27:24.709
- [Attorney] The best
thing is to have the judge

00:27:24.709 --> 00:27:26.077
coming in thinking,

00:27:26.077 --> 00:27:29.114
\"Wow, look at where Amanda
was, look where she is now.

00:27:29.114 --> 00:27:30.682
Look at what she\'s done.

00:27:30.682 --> 00:27:32.050
I\'m open to letting her go.\"

00:27:32.050 --> 00:27:32.884
- Okay.

00:27:35.487 --> 00:27:38.123
I already have plans for when I get out.

00:27:39.357 --> 00:27:41.726
I want my son to be able to live with me.

00:27:42.994 --> 00:27:47.999
I want to get a job, and get an apartment.

00:27:49.601 --> 00:27:53.772
Just little things that I\'ve
never seen my family have.

00:27:53.772 --> 00:27:55.874
Those are the things I want Tyler to have.

00:27:58.209 --> 00:28:03.214
- So hopes and fears, uh, of
re-entering the community.

00:28:04.449 --> 00:28:07.485
- I have people who want me
to do well when I get out,

00:28:07.485 --> 00:28:09.554
but those people are the same people who,

00:28:09.554 --> 00:28:10.388
if I wanted to get high,

00:28:10.388 --> 00:28:13.058
would be the first to get high with me.

00:28:13.058 --> 00:28:15.226
Uh, like my mom.

00:28:15.226 --> 00:28:17.062
My mom did two prison numbers,

00:28:17.062 --> 00:28:20.598
and left smoking crack from
the parking lot both times.

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:24.069
You know, I\'m disassociating myself

00:28:24.069 --> 00:28:26.571
with the old people I used to.

00:28:26.571 --> 00:28:29.407
Just because I don\'t know
if I\'m strong enough.

00:28:29.407 --> 00:28:31.810
My will\'s been busted
and broken so many times,

00:28:31.810 --> 00:28:34.245
I don\'t know how it\'s going to fare around

00:28:34.245 --> 00:28:36.147
people who aren\'t good for me.

00:28:36.147 --> 00:28:39.150
- It\'s hard to cut our family off.

00:28:39.150 --> 00:28:43.121
But if they\'re toxic, we have
to cut them off for a period,

00:28:43.121 --> 00:28:44.589
if we\'re going to get better.

00:28:45.523 --> 00:28:47.092
- Breaking that cycle of addiction

00:28:47.092 --> 00:28:49.294
is what I think about every single day.

00:28:51.162 --> 00:28:54.132
I want my son to know that
he doesn\'t have to live

00:28:54.132 --> 00:28:56.634
like how my mom lived, and her mom lived,

00:28:56.634 --> 00:28:59.604
and all of his aunts and uncles live.

00:28:59.604 --> 00:29:02.974
I want him to know that there
is a world outside of that.

00:29:05.877 --> 00:29:07.078
- [Malika] My name is Amanda Freed,

00:29:07.078 --> 00:29:08.646
and I\'m writing this letter to you

00:29:08.646 --> 00:29:10.515
concerning my judicial release.

00:29:10.515 --> 00:29:12.650
My plan for when I am released is to,

00:29:12.650 --> 00:29:14.519
quite literally, start all over.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:16.221
In my drug and alcohol class,

00:29:16.221 --> 00:29:18.723
I learned that for me to be
successful in my recovery,

00:29:18.723 --> 00:29:20.959
I have to get new people,
places and things.

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:24.562
Uh, I think you should change
that to surround myself--

00:29:24.562 --> 00:29:25.396
- Okay.

00:29:25.396 --> 00:29:27.098
- [Malika] With new
people, places, and things.

00:29:28.032 --> 00:29:29.634
I know that a geographic fix

00:29:29.634 --> 00:29:31.202
is not going to solve all of my problems,

00:29:31.202 --> 00:29:33.805
but it\'s going to be 100% better start

00:29:33.805 --> 00:29:35.306
than going back to my old life.

00:29:35.306 --> 00:29:36.908
So, why do you want to stay in Cleveland?

00:29:36.908 --> 00:29:38.443
Because you have more opportunities?

00:29:38.443 --> 00:29:40.478
- I feel like I have a
greater chance of success.

00:29:40.478 --> 00:29:41.312
Should I write that instead?

00:29:41.312 --> 00:29:42.814
- [Malika] Yes.

00:29:42.814 --> 00:29:44.048
- Okay.

00:29:44.048 --> 00:29:45.083
- I am deeply remorseful,

00:29:45.083 --> 00:29:49.387
but I am using this remorsefulness
to keep working on me.

00:29:49.387 --> 00:29:50.722
I think it\'s good.

00:29:51.890 --> 00:29:54.926
- It\'s just so scary to think about.

00:29:55.760 --> 00:29:58.096
It\'s just really scary to think about.

00:29:58.096 --> 00:29:59.030
I mean, I\'m sure you know.

00:29:59.030 --> 00:30:01.499
- Yeah, it\'s okay. You can do it.

00:30:01.499 --> 00:30:02.333
- [Amanda] I know.

00:30:02.333 --> 00:30:03.334
- [Malika] I have faith in you.

00:30:03.334 --> 00:30:05.336
- Okay, I appreciate this. Thank you.

00:30:05.336 --> 00:30:07.305
- Culinary class, let\'s go.

00:30:08.973 --> 00:30:12.010
They have their struggles,
and I know those struggles,

00:30:12.010 --> 00:30:13.511
because I was there with them.

00:30:15.747 --> 00:30:18.416
I spent 14 years in prison
for drug trafficking.

00:30:28.493 --> 00:30:29.894
I wasn\'t a drug dealer,

00:30:29.894 --> 00:30:33.064
I was just with my son\'s
father, who was a drug dealer,

00:30:33.064 --> 00:30:34.766
and I was found guilty.

00:30:36.801 --> 00:30:38.203
How many are y\'all at on those sandwiches?

00:30:38.203 --> 00:30:39.370
We need 2,400.

00:30:40.538 --> 00:30:43.074
My son was three years
old when I went to prison.

00:30:43.074 --> 00:30:46.778
When I was released from
prison, he was 17 years old.

00:30:50.114 --> 00:30:52.584
I know that I can\'t make
up that time with my son,

00:30:52.584 --> 00:30:55.253
but there was people to
help me along the way.

00:30:56.521 --> 00:30:59.257
I want to be that help for somebody else.

00:31:15.306 --> 00:31:17.041
- [Correctional Officer]
All right, kids, let\'s roll.

00:31:17.041 --> 00:31:17.976
- [Lydia] What was that?

00:31:17.976 --> 00:31:18.810
- Get out.

00:31:32.290 --> 00:31:34.025
(truck honking)

00:31:34.025 --> 00:31:38.129
- [Radio Host] Listener
supported classical radio, WCLV.

00:31:38.129 --> 00:31:40.999
(soft music from van radio)

00:31:40.999 --> 00:31:43.001
- I feel like I\'m working
in the parking crew.

00:31:43.001 --> 00:31:45.103
People are pulling in for a band.

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:50.141
- That\'s exactly where we\'re at right now.

00:31:51.142 --> 00:31:52.944
We could be wherever you want to be.

00:31:57.115 --> 00:31:59.784
I\'m free and working a real job.

00:32:11.796 --> 00:32:13.998
- [Woman] You do good out there, okay?

00:32:13.998 --> 00:32:15.266
- You\'re right behind me.

00:32:18.102 --> 00:32:18.937
(Ladies laughing)

00:32:18.937 --> 00:32:20.238
Okay, now spin, spin.

00:32:22.373 --> 00:32:24.676
Spin one more time, and dip.

00:32:24.676 --> 00:32:25.843
- Thank you, I love you.

00:32:25.843 --> 00:32:27.211
Liner, hugs! I love you.

00:32:27.211 --> 00:32:29.547
My dance partner\'s leaving.
What am I gonna do?

00:32:29.547 --> 00:32:30.381
- I know.

00:32:35.753 --> 00:32:38.790
- [Officer] Every 30 seconds,
I get a location on you.

00:32:38.790 --> 00:32:39.857
- [Lydia] Okay.

00:32:39.857 --> 00:32:42.293
(soft music)

00:33:03.982 --> 00:33:04.816
- Whoa.

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:11.689
(grill sizzling)

00:33:14.826 --> 00:33:16.260
- Oh, no!
- Ah!

00:33:16.260 --> 00:33:19.330
(indistinct chatter)

00:33:26.938 --> 00:33:28.706
- [Landon] There\'s you
and dad about to kiss.

00:33:28.706 --> 00:33:29.540
- Aww.

00:33:31.042 --> 00:33:32.076
- Look at their head,

00:33:32.076 --> 00:33:35.279
like how their like neck is like sideways.

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.781
- So, that\'s how you
know we\'re going to kiss?

00:33:36.781 --> 00:33:38.082
- [Landon] Yup.

00:33:38.082 --> 00:33:39.984
(Lydia laughs)

00:33:39.984 --> 00:33:42.053
- That\'s Ashton with
Simba. He loved Simba.

00:33:42.053 --> 00:33:42.920
- [Landon] Not anymore.

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.755
- [Lydia] Well no, not anymore--

00:33:43.755 --> 00:33:45.623
- [Landon] He likes
shooting guns, bang-bang.

00:33:45.623 --> 00:33:47.191
- He likes playing video games.

00:33:52.930 --> 00:33:54.732
- [Derek] Ash, are you coming, buddy?

00:33:54.732 --> 00:33:59.037
- [Ashton] No, not yet.

00:33:59.037 --> 00:34:02.340
- The PlayStation\'s been
working good since we reset it,

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.174
redid the router?

00:34:04.308 --> 00:34:05.977
- [Derek] Oh, has it been doing better?

00:34:05.977 --> 00:34:09.747
- Mm-hmm.

00:34:19.090 --> 00:34:21.993
- Ash, you gonna talk to us at all?

00:34:24.062 --> 00:34:26.230
Are you glad that I\'m
home, or not so much?

00:34:28.066 --> 00:34:30.535
I don\'t know what that means.

00:34:33.004 --> 00:34:34.839
- Doesn\'t really feel right.

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:36.074
- It doesn\'t feel right?

00:34:37.175 --> 00:34:38.709
Why?

00:34:38.709 --> 00:34:43.714
- Uh, you haven\'t been
here for like 2 1/2 years.

00:34:52.557 --> 00:34:54.425
- Put it in the kitchen,
or leave it there?

00:34:54.425 --> 00:34:56.094
- Take your plate to the kitchen.

00:34:58.329 --> 00:35:00.765
- Just set it on the counter.

00:35:11.709 --> 00:35:14.612
- I can\'t make them just jump in to...

00:35:14.612 --> 00:35:17.582
fit me, when they\'ve made a
life over the last two years,

00:35:17.582 --> 00:35:20.251
to fit them without me.

00:35:20.251 --> 00:35:21.586
Right now, I know there\'s work to do,

00:35:21.586 --> 00:35:23.821
and I have to earn that
right back with him.

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:39.971
(sirens blaring)

00:35:39.971 --> 00:35:42.006
- When you look back on your life,

00:35:42.006 --> 00:35:44.775
how you think your past trauma

00:35:44.775 --> 00:35:47.411
related to you going to prison?

00:35:47.411 --> 00:35:51.249
- My traumatic experience
that led me here,

00:35:51.249 --> 00:35:54.519
I mean, I tried to go back
to get to the root of it.

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:57.522
And I know that all of my
issues pretty much started

00:35:57.522 --> 00:35:58.923
from my mother.

00:35:58.923 --> 00:36:00.825
You know, from her substance abuse,

00:36:00.825 --> 00:36:01.993
her not being there,

00:36:01.993 --> 00:36:04.762
which kind of left me to fend for myself.

00:36:04.762 --> 00:36:08.199
I think I have to stop
using that as an excuse.

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:12.670
But I do know that that is
what landed me in prison.

00:36:12.670 --> 00:36:14.939
- Something beyond that excuse.

00:36:14.939 --> 00:36:16.641
Something deeper.

00:36:16.641 --> 00:36:18.009
The way you felt,

00:36:18.009 --> 00:36:21.812
the way you responded to your
mother\'s early addiction,

00:36:21.812 --> 00:36:23.314
and the way she treated you.

00:36:23.314 --> 00:36:27.952
And the little girl that was there,

00:36:27.952 --> 00:36:32.323
is still there, screaming how and why.

00:36:35.593 --> 00:36:39.497
- When I was first growing
up, things were okay.

00:36:39.497 --> 00:36:43.534
My mom worked for Chrysler
and for the airport,

00:36:43.534 --> 00:36:45.036
and things were good.

00:36:46.437 --> 00:36:51.242
And then, my mom got caught
up into the whole crack era.

00:36:52.677 --> 00:36:55.613
She never was able to really
keep a roof over our head.

00:36:57.348 --> 00:36:58.783
I would see her on the block,

00:36:58.783 --> 00:37:01.886
and she would be out there,
and she would be high.

00:37:03.087 --> 00:37:05.590
We were just pretty much home alone.

00:37:07.892 --> 00:37:10.995
And then, that\'s where my lifestyle,

00:37:10.995 --> 00:37:14.165
and me selling drugs, and all of that,

00:37:14.165 --> 00:37:16.067
that\'s where all of that started,

00:37:16.067 --> 00:37:18.135
when I was about 12 years old.

00:37:32.083 --> 00:37:35.419
- I missed a lot of my kids growing up.

00:37:35.419 --> 00:37:38.222
Which is why I don\'t have a
lot of pictures of Tomika,

00:37:38.222 --> 00:37:41.359
between the ages of eight and...

00:37:43.861 --> 00:37:44.695
maybe 13.

00:37:46.464 --> 00:37:48.766
\'Cause my life was in
shambles at that time.

00:37:50.468 --> 00:37:53.704
I dragged Tomika through a lot
of things, with my addiction.

00:37:55.006 --> 00:37:56.941
And then, one day, that was it.

00:37:59.844 --> 00:38:00.678
I stopped.

00:38:03.781 --> 00:38:04.615
I stopped.

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:12.323
Bailee is allowing me another chance.

00:38:12.323 --> 00:38:14.191
She gave me that responsibility back.

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:16.093
- I love you.

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:26.437
- Okay.
- Nosey!

00:38:26.437 --> 00:38:28.039
(Ria laughs)

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.741
- I don\'t know what we\'re
going to do when she leave,

00:38:30.741 --> 00:38:33.711
but I\'m preparing myself for it.

00:38:36.314 --> 00:38:38.683
It really going to be all right.

00:38:38.683 --> 00:38:40.251
Just be glad to see her mother come home,

00:38:40.251 --> 00:38:41.952
you know what I mean?

00:38:41.952 --> 00:38:43.254
That\'s going to be the
blessing right there,

00:38:43.254 --> 00:38:45.656
for her to wake up and
see her mother every day.

00:38:48.392 --> 00:38:50.995
- [Ria] Bailee has a way
of getting into your heart.

00:38:53.531 --> 00:38:54.832
What\'s up with the makeup?

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:58.602
- I need to finish the
blending in, please.

00:38:58.602 --> 00:38:59.470
Give me a moment.

00:39:01.205 --> 00:39:02.573
- [Ria] Sure.

00:39:02.573 --> 00:39:04.141
(Bailee laughs)

00:39:04.141 --> 00:39:05.576
- I think she\'s gonna play a big part

00:39:05.576 --> 00:39:07.044
of keeping her mom on track.

00:39:09.847 --> 00:39:12.483
I know Tomika\'s trying
hard to prepare herself

00:39:12.483 --> 00:39:15.619
to provide for her and Bailee.

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:17.488
She\'s got a good mind.

00:39:19.990 --> 00:39:22.293
She\'s got a very good business mind.

00:39:23.661 --> 00:39:26.063
- All right, Tomika, let\'s
get it hopping on your gravy!

00:39:26.063 --> 00:39:28.399
We\'ve got rosemary and parsley oil.

00:39:28.399 --> 00:39:30.201
Which one you want?

00:39:30.201 --> 00:39:33.270
(indistinct chatter)

00:39:36.540 --> 00:39:40.244
- One tablespoon, plus one teaspoon.

00:39:40.244 --> 00:39:41.178
Same thing for this,

00:39:41.178 --> 00:39:43.748
one tablespoon plus one teaspoon.

00:39:43.748 --> 00:39:45.783
And then, we\'ll get our cutters.

00:39:46.951 --> 00:39:48.452
Right?

00:39:48.452 --> 00:39:49.420
- Nope, we\'re good.

00:39:54.291 --> 00:39:55.760
- Try to get as many
out of there as you can.

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:57.094
Go close to the edge.

00:39:58.329 --> 00:39:59.163
Yup.

00:40:00.164 --> 00:40:02.266
And then, we\'ll bake off a little piece,

00:40:02.266 --> 00:40:04.068
so you can see how your
dough will come out.

00:40:04.068 --> 00:40:05.469
- Okay.

00:40:05.469 --> 00:40:06.303
- Those look good.

00:40:06.303 --> 00:40:08.406
I\'m gonna do the gravy next.

00:40:08.406 --> 00:40:10.641
Tye gonna do these biscuits by herself.

00:40:10.641 --> 00:40:11.475
You got it?

00:40:11.475 --> 00:40:12.743
- [Tye] Yep.

00:40:12.743 --> 00:40:14.011
- She says she\'s confident.

00:40:14.011 --> 00:40:14.845
- [Malika] All right.

00:40:14.845 --> 00:40:16.514
You need some help? I
can get you some help.

00:40:18.883 --> 00:40:21.952
- I\'ll be right back to
help you in a minute.

00:40:21.952 --> 00:40:24.688
Couple of years prior
to me going to prison,

00:40:24.688 --> 00:40:28.159
I had opened up a restaurant
inside of a nightclub.

00:40:30.227 --> 00:40:32.963
I had quit selling drugs

00:40:32.963 --> 00:40:35.166
and was just focused on this,

00:40:35.166 --> 00:40:37.234
and I was doing really well for myself.

00:40:38.803 --> 00:40:41.405
I felt like I had found my calling.

00:40:43.607 --> 00:40:46.744
But, by the time I had found my passion,

00:40:46.744 --> 00:40:48.913
I was already on my way to prison.

00:40:52.450 --> 00:40:55.886
Once I get out, I\'m going to
open up this nice restaurant.

00:40:56.921 --> 00:40:59.757
I\'m going to teach my
daughter the business,

00:40:59.757 --> 00:41:03.527
so that she has a better
chance at life than what I had.

00:41:13.971 --> 00:41:15.339
- When I think about going home,

00:41:15.339 --> 00:41:17.508
my heart starts beating so
fast that I can\'t go to sleep.

00:41:17.508 --> 00:41:21.078
- Freed, when you think about
going in the commissary,

00:41:21.078 --> 00:41:23.614
your heart starts beating
and you can\'t go to sleep.

00:41:23.614 --> 00:41:26.584
(all laughing)
- She\'s so animated.

00:41:26.584 --> 00:41:28.152
- That is not true.

00:41:28.152 --> 00:41:30.488
- Okay, so since I have not experienced

00:41:30.488 --> 00:41:32.490
being close to home yet,

00:41:32.490 --> 00:41:36.794
that\'s probably why I can\'t
say how I would really feel.

00:41:36.794 --> 00:41:40.264
But, when the time comes, we\'ll see.

00:41:40.264 --> 00:41:42.533
You know?
- Yeah.

00:41:42.533 --> 00:41:44.768
- Yard\'s closed. Come on, ladies.

00:41:46.737 --> 00:41:49.173
- Well, Freed, what you about to do?

00:41:49.173 --> 00:41:51.375
- Go call my son and--

00:41:51.375 --> 00:41:52.877
- Send for me at 6.

00:41:52.877 --> 00:41:54.178
- I\'ll be in your unit.

00:41:54.178 --> 00:41:55.112
- For what?

00:41:55.112 --> 00:41:55.946
- Working out.

00:41:55.946 --> 00:41:58.849
- Oh, no. We got a group.
- Glad somebody is.

00:41:58.849 --> 00:42:00.150
- I\'m pumping iron.

00:42:00.150 --> 00:42:03.621
- Well, if uh, Tyler don\'t answer you.

00:42:03.621 --> 00:42:04.855
- Call Bailee.

00:42:04.855 --> 00:42:05.856
- There you go.

00:42:05.856 --> 00:42:06.690
(all laughing)

00:42:06.690 --> 00:42:08.225
- If Bailee don\'t answer?

00:42:08.225 --> 00:42:09.093
- She\'ll answer.

00:42:09.093 --> 00:42:10.027
- Call Ghostbusters.

00:42:10.027 --> 00:42:12.096
(all laughing)
- Call Ricky.

00:42:12.997 --> 00:42:14.064
- All right, girls.

00:42:14.064 --> 00:42:14.999
- All right, Freed.

00:42:14.999 --> 00:42:16.033
- Bye.

00:42:16.033 --> 00:42:16.867
- See you later.

00:42:28.078 --> 00:42:29.179
- I don\'t understand,

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:31.282
because if you are not the person

00:42:31.282 --> 00:42:35.419
that should get a judicial
release, I don\'t know who is.

00:42:35.419 --> 00:42:37.922
So, if not for you...

00:42:37.922 --> 00:42:39.590
what is the point of the statute?

00:42:39.590 --> 00:42:41.458
- I mean, I knew it was a possibility.

00:42:41.458 --> 00:42:44.161
I just really thought that, you know,

00:42:44.161 --> 00:42:45.062
you\'re,

00:42:45.062 --> 00:42:47.565
when people see that
you\'re changing, that...

00:42:48.632 --> 00:42:51.335
But, I don\'t know.

00:42:51.335 --> 00:42:53.871
- I know two people that
have died in the past week,

00:42:53.871 --> 00:42:56.040
from heroin overdoses.

00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:58.208
And if we could have you showing,

00:42:58.208 --> 00:43:00.911
this is what recovery
looks like, you can do it,

00:43:00.911 --> 00:43:02.112
you\'d be awesome at that.

00:43:02.112 --> 00:43:05.516
So, why not utilize the fact
that you have recovered,

00:43:05.516 --> 00:43:07.618
you have done what you\'re supposed to do.

00:43:08.452 --> 00:43:09.520
I mean, you\'re amazing.

00:43:09.520 --> 00:43:10.354
Why--

00:43:11.255 --> 00:43:13.057
- My son just wanted to know why.

00:43:13.057 --> 00:43:15.659
Like why doesn\'t he want to let you out?

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:17.394
I don\'t even know why.

00:43:17.394 --> 00:43:18.696
Like no reason was given.

00:43:18.696 --> 00:43:21.432
It was fucking two sentences.

00:43:21.432 --> 00:43:22.499
I don\'t know.

00:43:25.202 --> 00:43:27.871
- [Attorney] Um, so going forward

00:43:27.871 --> 00:43:29.640
you can apply again.

00:43:29.640 --> 00:43:31.609
However, if you are given a hearing,

00:43:31.609 --> 00:43:34.578
and then you\'re denied,
you\'re not eligible again.

00:43:35.913 --> 00:43:38.882
(soft somber music)

00:43:50.828 --> 00:43:53.530
- When I left, my son was four years old.

00:43:53.530 --> 00:43:55.299
I missed almost every milestone.

00:43:56.834 --> 00:43:58.602
I missed his first days at school,

00:43:58.602 --> 00:44:00.404
I missed his first games.

00:44:01.472 --> 00:44:03.607
There\'s just so many things that I missed,

00:44:03.607 --> 00:44:07.544
that I wish that I
could just be there for.

00:44:07.544 --> 00:44:09.046
That\'s the hardest part of it.

00:44:14.451 --> 00:44:16.854
- She doing real good, isn\'t she?

00:44:16.854 --> 00:44:18.622
She only had training wheels off for like,

00:44:18.622 --> 00:44:19.957
what, two, three weeks, Ria?

00:44:19.957 --> 00:44:21.792
- Yeah, it\'s only been, yeah.

00:44:21.792 --> 00:44:23.627
- Wasn\'t longer than that.

00:44:23.627 --> 00:44:26.630
But I let her ride till
there wasn\'t no wheels on it,

00:44:26.630 --> 00:44:28.232
and then she learned to balance herself.

00:44:28.232 --> 00:44:30.768
I took them off. And there she goes.

00:44:34.672 --> 00:44:37.474
- Time\'s gone by.
- Mm-hmm.

00:44:37.474 --> 00:44:38.542
But you know what?

00:44:38.542 --> 00:44:41.645
Time waits on no man, or no woman.

00:44:41.645 --> 00:44:44.148
As time go by, you go by with it,

00:44:44.148 --> 00:44:47.017
and that\'s what makes you
keep on being a survivor.

00:44:47.017 --> 00:44:48.919
That\'s the way I look at it.

00:44:48.919 --> 00:44:50.654
That\'s the way I looked at
it when I was in Vietnam.

00:44:50.654 --> 00:44:52.723
I\'m not giving up on anything.

00:44:52.723 --> 00:44:56.326
When you give up on time,
then you give up on your life.

00:45:06.236 --> 00:45:10.240
(kids chattering and screaming)

00:45:24.988 --> 00:45:27.925
- This is the life that
I left, going to prison.

00:45:27.925 --> 00:45:30.994
(train horn blaring)

00:45:35.866 --> 00:45:36.700
All right.

00:45:38.135 --> 00:45:42.573
I feel bad for the disaster
that I left him to deal with.

00:45:44.842 --> 00:45:46.143
It was a disaster, huh?

00:45:46.143 --> 00:45:47.144
- Yep, sure was.

00:45:57.387 --> 00:45:58.222
- Hi.
- How are you doing,

00:45:58.222 --> 00:46:00.624
Ms. Liner?
- Good, how are you?

00:46:00.624 --> 00:46:02.392
- [Officer] Get down to one layer.

00:46:07.331 --> 00:46:10.734
(metal detector beeping)

00:46:13.270 --> 00:46:14.104
- Excuse me.

00:46:17.941 --> 00:46:18.776
- All right.

00:46:25.215 --> 00:46:27.151
There you go, all good.

00:46:34.825 --> 00:46:36.794
- So, what you\'ll do is,
you\'ll put the date here,

00:46:36.794 --> 00:46:39.496
the location that you want to go to here.

00:46:39.496 --> 00:46:40.864
The address of the location,

00:46:40.864 --> 00:46:41.899
the phone number,

00:46:41.899 --> 00:46:44.201
the time you are leaving your house, okay,

00:46:44.201 --> 00:46:46.069
and the time you\'re
returning to your home,

00:46:46.069 --> 00:46:46.904
okay.
- Okay.

00:46:46.904 --> 00:46:48.872
- And then, your mode of transportation,

00:46:48.872 --> 00:46:50.607
and the reason why you\'re going, okay.

00:46:50.607 --> 00:46:52.075
You\'re on ankle monitor,

00:46:52.075 --> 00:46:54.344
so we\'ll know every
movement that you\'re making.

00:46:54.344 --> 00:46:55.779
There\'s a certain amount of space

00:46:55.779 --> 00:46:56.980
where you\'re going to be able to go,

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:58.448
kind of roam a little bit freely.

00:46:58.448 --> 00:46:59.883
If you are outside of that spot,

00:46:59.883 --> 00:47:01.351
we will be notified.
- Okay.

00:47:01.351 --> 00:47:02.653
- You\'re going to have curfew times.

00:47:02.653 --> 00:47:03.921
You know, obviously, you\'re
going to be subjected

00:47:03.921 --> 00:47:05.289
to monitor calls.

00:47:05.289 --> 00:47:06.290
Uh--

00:47:06.290 --> 00:47:09.026
- On Tuesdays and Thursdays,
he has basketball practice.

00:47:09.026 --> 00:47:11.028
- Basketball games, football games.

00:47:11.028 --> 00:47:15.899
Any type of sporting events,
uh, I can\'t do that, okay.

00:47:24.842 --> 00:47:26.276
- Ready?
- Uh-huh.

00:47:28.145 --> 00:47:29.046
- I was about to kick it, too.

00:47:29.046 --> 00:47:30.881
- Yeah, don\'t do that.

00:47:32.149 --> 00:47:32.983
Right in the tree.

00:47:32.983 --> 00:47:34.551
You got to get it.

00:47:34.551 --> 00:47:35.385
- Oh, no.

00:47:38.121 --> 00:47:39.022
I need help.

00:47:41.792 --> 00:47:42.626
You can\'t help me.

00:47:42.626 --> 00:47:43.660
- I know I can\'t help you.

00:47:43.660 --> 00:47:45.629
- [Landon] Oh, I got an idea.

00:47:45.629 --> 00:47:47.698
- Be very, very careful.

00:47:47.698 --> 00:47:50.767
(train horn blaring)

00:47:53.170 --> 00:47:54.972
- [Landon] I make the best ideas.

00:48:02.813 --> 00:48:04.014
- [Lydia] Good throw.

00:48:06.550 --> 00:48:08.218
You actually came out?

00:48:08.218 --> 00:48:09.052
- Yeah.

00:48:09.052 --> 00:48:10.287
- [Lydia] You going to come out some more?

00:48:10.287 --> 00:48:11.121
- No.

00:48:11.121 --> 00:48:11.955
- [Lydia] In a little bit?

00:48:11.955 --> 00:48:12.789
- No.

00:48:12.789 --> 00:48:13.724
- [Lydia] Yeah.
- No.

00:48:13.724 --> 00:48:15.359
- [Lydia] Yup. Later.

00:48:15.359 --> 00:48:17.794
- No, (speaking indistinctly).

00:48:17.794 --> 00:48:19.029
- [Lydia] That was your time out?

00:48:19.029 --> 00:48:20.230
You\'re done for the day now?

00:48:20.230 --> 00:48:21.031
- Yeah.

00:48:21.031 --> 00:48:21.865
- [Lydia] No.

00:48:32.509 --> 00:48:35.412
Surveillance investigator? With
my criminal justice degree?

00:48:37.281 --> 00:48:38.949
That would be like my ideal

00:48:39.883 --> 00:48:43.020
fun job to do.
(Lydia laughs)

00:48:44.721 --> 00:48:48.992
I probably applied at 30 different places,

00:48:48.992 --> 00:48:51.695
and they didn\'t hire me
because of my background.

00:48:53.063 --> 00:48:56.934
Hi, I was wondering if you were
doing any hiring right now?

00:49:07.210 --> 00:49:08.045
- Bailee.

00:49:10.080 --> 00:49:11.214
Happy birthday.

00:49:12.816 --> 00:49:15.652
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

00:49:15.652 --> 00:49:17.888
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

00:49:17.888 --> 00:49:21.658
♪ Happy birthday dear Bailee ♪

00:49:22.993 --> 00:49:24.561
(Tomika laughs)

00:49:24.561 --> 00:49:26.663
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

00:49:26.663 --> 00:49:27.931
(Tomika laughs)

00:49:27.931 --> 00:49:28.832
I love you.

00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:33.003
So, how\'s it feel to be eight years old?

00:49:33.003 --> 00:49:35.305
(laughs) You still feel seven?

00:49:36.807 --> 00:49:38.942
It ain\'t kicked in yet,
it ain\'t kick in yet.

00:49:38.942 --> 00:49:39.876
Maybe later.

00:49:42.946 --> 00:49:44.614
Let me see. Can you see?

00:49:46.083 --> 00:49:48.251
Oh, y\'all can\'t see me now?

00:49:48.251 --> 00:49:49.252
Hello.

00:49:49.252 --> 00:49:50.654
Move to the...

00:49:50.654 --> 00:49:51.655
Can you see me?

00:49:54.224 --> 00:49:57.127
(Tomika sighs)

00:49:57.127 --> 00:49:59.129
Oh, don\'t do it, Bailee.

00:50:04.167 --> 00:50:05.836
It\'s getting harder.

00:50:08.905 --> 00:50:12.509
I think a lot of it has to
do with her getting older,

00:50:12.509 --> 00:50:14.878
and I can tell she\'s hurting.

00:50:33.063 --> 00:50:35.032
- People have their moms, and I don\'t.

00:50:35.032 --> 00:50:36.400
I feel like it\'s not fair.

00:50:38.802 --> 00:50:42.239
Moms are supposed to be
there for you, and close.

00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:43.907
She\'s there for me, of course,

00:50:43.907 --> 00:50:46.343
but she\'s just like, she\'s not,

00:50:46.343 --> 00:50:48.345
she\'s not close there for me.

00:50:56.053 --> 00:50:57.687
Like, I want to ride my bike with her,

00:50:57.687 --> 00:50:59.589
I want to go to amusement parks,

00:50:59.589 --> 00:51:00.557
water parks with her.

00:51:00.557 --> 00:51:03.160
I want her to see everything that I do,

00:51:03.160 --> 00:51:04.394
go everywhere I go.

00:51:09.032 --> 00:51:12.269
- I\'m on the phone with her and...

00:51:12.269 --> 00:51:15.772
She told me, she needs for me to be home,

00:51:15.772 --> 00:51:17.407
so that she can live with me.

00:51:18.275 --> 00:51:19.109
You know?

00:51:20.110 --> 00:51:21.878
That\'s what she wants to happen.

00:51:22.746 --> 00:51:25.916
(Tomika crying)

00:51:25.916 --> 00:51:27.851
- [Cheryl] She needed mommy to be home.

00:51:30.187 --> 00:51:31.321
- It\'s awful.

00:51:31.321 --> 00:51:32.756
And, and...

00:51:32.756 --> 00:51:35.325
you know, I feel like
shit, \'cause I\'m here,

00:51:35.325 --> 00:51:37.127
and there\'s nothing I can do.

00:51:38.228 --> 00:51:40.964
- [Cheryl] There is something you can do.

00:51:40.964 --> 00:51:42.099
- [Amanda] Can I say something?

00:51:42.099 --> 00:51:42.933
- [Cheryl] Yeah.

00:51:42.933 --> 00:51:44.801
- I\'m not saying this
\'cause I kind of like you...

00:51:44.801 --> 00:51:46.970
(all laughing)

00:51:46.970 --> 00:51:51.641
You are the best parent
from prison I\'ve ever met.

00:51:51.641 --> 00:51:53.276
I tell you that all the time.

00:51:53.276 --> 00:51:55.512
You have the best bond with your daughter.

00:51:55.512 --> 00:51:58.982
A bond I am so fricking jealous of.

00:51:58.982 --> 00:52:01.118
- Thanks, Freed.

00:52:01.118 --> 00:52:03.954
- So, all of you ladies,
give yourselves credit

00:52:03.954 --> 00:52:07.657
for the capacity to
cultivate the relationships

00:52:07.657 --> 00:52:08.492
in your life.

00:52:08.492 --> 00:52:10.460
I don\'t care where you\'re at.

00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:13.196
You know, you want to carry the burden

00:52:13.196 --> 00:52:16.199
that society dictates out to us.

00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:18.735
And society stigmatizes us.

00:52:18.735 --> 00:52:21.771
And we eat that up, and we carry it.

00:52:21.771 --> 00:52:24.274
But that doesn\'t define you.

00:52:28.011 --> 00:52:28.979
- [All] Thank you.

00:52:28.979 --> 00:52:32.249
- The system is designed to be punitive.

00:52:33.617 --> 00:52:36.319
If you stay at the punitive model,

00:52:36.319 --> 00:52:39.089
you don\'t get to the root cause.

00:52:39.089 --> 00:52:40.290
Poverty,

00:52:40.290 --> 00:52:41.625
racism,

00:52:41.625 --> 00:52:43.360
discrimination.

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:45.462
Some traumatic experience.

00:52:46.730 --> 00:52:48.899
And you get caught up in the system.

00:52:52.702 --> 00:52:55.138
And it\'s a really vicious cycle.

00:53:06.082 --> 00:53:08.318
- [Pastor] So, you may have some folks...

00:53:09.719 --> 00:53:13.390
who act like they ain\'t never
done nothing in their life.

00:53:13.390 --> 00:53:15.592
Let me help y\'all out,
ladies, real quickly.

00:53:16.726 --> 00:53:19.062
I\'ve done some stuff, I
just got away with it.

00:53:19.062 --> 00:53:22.165
(indistinct chatter)

00:53:24.067 --> 00:53:24.901
And when you look around

00:53:24.901 --> 00:53:26.570
at these holy-looking folks here...

00:53:27.404 --> 00:53:30.974
trust me, the holiest-looking one in here

00:53:30.974 --> 00:53:32.943
have done some stuff.

00:53:32.943 --> 00:53:35.745
You got some folks in here
that have done some stuff.

00:53:35.745 --> 00:53:38.315
Don\'t y\'all act like
you\'re all cute up in here.

00:53:38.315 --> 00:53:40.183
Don\'t get brand-new up in here.

00:53:40.183 --> 00:53:43.019
(audience applauds)

00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:45.455
So, the next time you get
a government official,

00:53:46.289 --> 00:53:49.192
uh, whose campaign wants
to be tough on crime,

00:53:49.192 --> 00:53:50.293
they\'re talking about,

00:53:50.293 --> 00:53:51.461
\"You don\'t need to let them out,

00:53:51.461 --> 00:53:53.396
they don\'t need all these programs,\"

00:53:53.396 --> 00:53:56.433
just tell them, \"I got
a seed in the ground.\"

00:53:56.433 --> 00:53:59.102
But can I tell you something
about that seed, sweetheart?

00:53:59.102 --> 00:54:01.671
Uh, you may not see it initially,

00:54:01.671 --> 00:54:04.174
because the seed doesn\'t grow up first,

00:54:04.174 --> 00:54:05.642
it grows down.

00:54:05.642 --> 00:54:10.580
(audience applauds)
(audience cheers)

00:54:10.580 --> 00:54:14.618
Uh, the seed grows down
in the ground first.

00:54:14.618 --> 00:54:16.253
Because it\'s getting rooted,

00:54:16.253 --> 00:54:18.421
it\'s getting stronger,

00:54:18.421 --> 00:54:20.190
it\'s getting nutrients.

00:54:20.190 --> 00:54:23.193
(audience applauds)

00:54:24.227 --> 00:54:26.763
Tell \'em, I got a seed in the ground.

00:54:40.644 --> 00:54:41.478
(radio beeping)

00:54:41.478 --> 00:54:43.213
- [Officer] Ohio Link Toledo, Antonio.

00:54:43.213 --> 00:54:46.016
- Hi, Antonio, this is
Liner, I\'m leaving for work.

00:54:46.883 --> 00:54:48.952
- [Officer] Okay, thank you, bye-bye.

00:54:51.755 --> 00:54:53.323
- [Amanda] You want your coffee?

00:54:53.323 --> 00:54:54.491
- [Derek] Yeah, I think I\'m
going to come in with you,

00:54:54.491 --> 00:54:55.392
get my coffee.

00:54:55.392 --> 00:54:59.162
\'Cause I know you got
to clock in, don\'t you?

00:54:59.162 --> 00:54:59.996
- [Lydia] Yeah.

00:55:10.340 --> 00:55:11.174
Morning.

00:55:13.276 --> 00:55:14.110
- [Derek] Have a good day.

00:55:14.110 --> 00:55:14.944
- [Lydia] Love you.

00:55:14.944 --> 00:55:15.812
- [Derek] I love you, too.

00:55:15.812 --> 00:55:17.580
- [Lydia] You better.

00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:24.554
- I\'m very proud of her.

00:55:24.554 --> 00:55:27.290
She\'s had a hard fight, and...

00:55:27.290 --> 00:55:30.293
I\'ve supported her the most
that I can possibly support her.

00:55:32.996 --> 00:55:36.800
Opioids is going to be a lifelong battle.

00:55:36.800 --> 00:55:40.036
From what I\'ve seen and
what I\'ve researched...

00:55:42.772 --> 00:55:47.777
Uh, people can go up to 10
years and still relapse.

00:55:50.013 --> 00:55:52.582
(somber music)

00:56:06.429 --> 00:56:08.031
- I told my son when he was four years old

00:56:08.031 --> 00:56:09.499
that I would be home when he was 10,

00:56:09.499 --> 00:56:11.968
because I knew that was when I could file.

00:56:11.968 --> 00:56:13.236
And he\'s 10.

00:56:13.236 --> 00:56:14.504
And he\'s waiting for it.

00:56:15.739 --> 00:56:19.676
What\'s his face going to
look like if I don\'t get it?

00:56:19.676 --> 00:56:21.311
If I tell him that I\'m not coming home

00:56:21.311 --> 00:56:22.512
for another three years?

00:56:42.065 --> 00:56:43.900
- [Bailiff] This Union
County Court of Common Pleas

00:56:43.900 --> 00:56:45.268
is now in session.

00:56:45.268 --> 00:56:48.872
The honorable Don W.
Fraser, judge presiding.

00:56:48.872 --> 00:56:51.441
- Ms. Freed, I want you to know that uh,

00:56:51.441 --> 00:56:53.343
although you can be
brought back by the court,

00:56:53.343 --> 00:56:55.311
the court ultimately can hear everything

00:56:55.311 --> 00:56:56.212
that you have to say here,

00:56:56.212 --> 00:56:57.947
everything that your
supporters have to say,

00:56:57.947 --> 00:56:59.149
and then ultimately make a decision

00:56:59.149 --> 00:57:02.285
that it is not in the best
interest of the public

00:57:02.285 --> 00:57:04.621
for you to be released at this time.

00:57:04.621 --> 00:57:06.956
I don\'t want it to be
seen on the news later,

00:57:06.956 --> 00:57:09.926
having agreed or
consented to your release,

00:57:09.926 --> 00:57:11.361
and then being not only embarrassed,

00:57:11.361 --> 00:57:14.798
but quite frankly, saddened
by any particular things

00:57:14.798 --> 00:57:16.132
that may occur.

00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:20.403
- I met Amanda about six,
six or seven years ago.

00:57:20.403 --> 00:57:22.305
Uh, I was also incarcerated.

00:57:23.206 --> 00:57:24.107
I\'m working with the ladies

00:57:24.107 --> 00:57:25.442
that I used to be locked up with.

00:57:25.442 --> 00:57:28.912
And uh, it was amazing to
see her come out of her shell

00:57:28.912 --> 00:57:32.215
and blossom into somebody
that I\'m proud to say

00:57:32.215 --> 00:57:35.318
that I helped to mentor.

00:57:35.318 --> 00:57:36.453
- [Judge] Thank you so much.

00:57:36.453 --> 00:57:38.588
Let\'s hear from Ms. Freed and then uh,

00:57:38.588 --> 00:57:40.256
Mr. Hamilton will speak.

00:57:40.256 --> 00:57:41.891
- I spent last night in the county jail,

00:57:41.891 --> 00:57:45.361
and I haven\'t been around
people who\'ve been using drugs,

00:57:45.361 --> 00:57:48.465
or been coming off drugs
for almost seven years now.

00:57:48.465 --> 00:57:50.066
And it was...

00:57:50.066 --> 00:57:51.167
more of a humbling experience

00:57:51.167 --> 00:57:53.503
than seven years in prison was.

00:57:53.503 --> 00:57:56.439
Like to see these girls...

00:57:56.439 --> 00:57:57.941
the way that I used to be,

00:57:57.941 --> 00:58:00.810
and it was just eye-opening.

00:58:00.810 --> 00:58:04.314
And it made me more
focused than ever to...

00:58:04.314 --> 00:58:06.082
just go out there and be an adult,

00:58:06.082 --> 00:58:10.420
and you know, take care of my
son, and pay my bills, and...

00:58:10.420 --> 00:58:13.723
I have no desire to want
to use drugs anymore.

00:58:15.158 --> 00:58:17.694
- The calculated risk that
is being undertaken here is,

00:58:17.694 --> 00:58:20.330
can you conform to the rules of society,

00:58:20.330 --> 00:58:22.065
and get along with the rest of us,

00:58:22.065 --> 00:58:24.334
so that we\'re not in fear?

00:58:24.334 --> 00:58:25.735
That we\'re not put in peril?

00:58:26.736 --> 00:58:30.139
The state has examined the 26 classes

00:58:30.139 --> 00:58:32.141
that Ms. Freed has participated in

00:58:32.141 --> 00:58:34.444
and completed successfully.

00:58:34.444 --> 00:58:38.114
The state finds that
the required calculation

00:58:38.948 --> 00:58:42.652
does demonstrate that
Ms. Freed is qualified,

00:58:42.652 --> 00:58:46.623
and the state does not
oppose this judicial release.

00:58:48.224 --> 00:58:49.893
- [Judge] I remember you, uh,

00:58:49.893 --> 00:58:52.395
when you were before me
for your plea of guilty

00:58:52.395 --> 00:58:54.998
and sentencing, and you were
a much different person then,

00:58:54.998 --> 00:58:55.832
than you are now.

00:58:55.832 --> 00:58:57.834
So, you can\'t change the past,

00:58:57.834 --> 00:58:59.669
but you can change the future.

00:58:59.669 --> 00:59:01.170
And I hope that you\'ll do that,

00:59:01.170 --> 00:59:04.807
and never forget where you came from.

00:59:04.807 --> 00:59:08.645
The court really appreciates
uh, your efforts.

00:59:08.645 --> 00:59:11.714
Therefore, further execution
of sentence is suspended.

00:59:12.782 --> 00:59:14.317
You\'re among the few, uh,

00:59:14.317 --> 00:59:17.053
that has been granted
judicial release by this court

00:59:17.053 --> 00:59:19.489
on felonies of the first degree.

00:59:19.489 --> 00:59:21.024
- Thank you.
- Thank you, your honor.

00:59:21.024 --> 00:59:24.260
- [Judge] Thank you, court\'s in recess.

00:59:43.046 --> 00:59:44.180
- Hi, mom.

00:59:44.180 --> 00:59:46.649
I was told I had to write
a three-paragraph note

00:59:46.649 --> 00:59:50.186
explaining my feelings since
you\'ve been in prison, so I am.

00:59:50.186 --> 00:59:51.020
(Amanda laughs)

00:59:51.020 --> 00:59:53.723
When you first went to jail, I was sad,

00:59:53.723 --> 00:59:55.124
because what three or four-year-old

00:59:55.124 --> 00:59:56.793
doesn\'t want to hug their mom?

00:59:56.793 --> 00:59:58.461
And I guess because I was confused,

00:59:58.461 --> 01:00:00.330
and didn\'t know what was going on.

01:00:00.330 --> 01:00:03.733
It was just so overwhelming
for me, being at a young age.

01:00:03.733 --> 01:00:04.867
I guess what I\'m saying is,

01:00:04.867 --> 01:00:06.703
I missed being able to see you.

01:00:06.703 --> 01:00:09.272
When I was eight or
nine, I was pretty mad,

01:00:09.272 --> 01:00:11.040
because I heard what you did.

01:00:11.040 --> 01:00:13.843
And at that age, I could
understand exactly what you did,

01:00:13.843 --> 01:00:15.511
so I just got mad for a while,

01:00:15.511 --> 01:00:16.479
but never told you,

01:00:16.479 --> 01:00:18.715
because I thought you would start crying.

01:00:18.715 --> 01:00:20.817
I was also mad you did drugs.

01:00:20.817 --> 01:00:22.118
But I stopped being angry,

01:00:22.118 --> 01:00:24.687
because I understood you
weren\'t thinking straight.

01:00:25.722 --> 01:00:27.056
This year, I\'m really happy,

01:00:27.056 --> 01:00:28.758
because you got an early release,

01:00:28.758 --> 01:00:31.561
and you\'re almost out of prison,
and that\'s the best part.

01:00:31.561 --> 01:00:33.162
You know what else is good?

01:00:33.162 --> 01:00:34.964
You get to see me play football.

01:00:34.964 --> 01:00:36.666
Well, this is the end of the note,

01:00:36.666 --> 01:00:38.668
so I just want to say, love you.

01:00:39.736 --> 01:00:41.437
♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪

01:00:41.437 --> 01:00:42.605
♪ And don\'t you come back ♪

01:00:42.605 --> 01:00:45.808
♪ No more, no more, no more, no more ♪

01:00:45.808 --> 01:00:47.677
♪ Hit the road, Jack ♪

01:00:47.677 --> 01:00:50.046
♪ And don\'t you come back no more ♪

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(ladies applauding)

01:00:52.682 --> 01:00:53.850
- Oh, my gosh!

01:00:55.451 --> 01:00:56.285
Hi.

01:00:57.687 --> 01:00:58.554
- How are you?

01:00:58.554 --> 01:01:00.890
- Oh, my gosh, I don\'t even know.

01:01:00.890 --> 01:01:01.724
I\'m ready to go.

01:01:01.724 --> 01:01:02.558
- Okay.

01:01:05.628 --> 01:01:08.331
- Okay. Oh, wow.

01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:12.135
Oh.

01:01:13.036 --> 01:01:14.337
- Are you okay?

01:01:14.337 --> 01:01:15.371
You excited?
- Yeah, I\'m okay,

01:01:15.371 --> 01:01:17.206
I\'m so excited right now.

01:01:17.206 --> 01:01:19.642
I can\'t believe I\'m getting out of prison!

01:01:19.642 --> 01:01:21.110
(Amanda laughs)

01:01:21.110 --> 01:01:23.046
Oh, my gosh.

01:01:23.046 --> 01:01:24.614
Holy crap.

01:01:24.614 --> 01:01:27.617
(soft violin music)

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Let\'s try these on.

01:01:33.156 --> 01:01:34.157
(Amanda laughs)

01:01:34.157 --> 01:01:34.991
- You got to try them on.

01:01:34.991 --> 01:01:36.125
- Ooh, curvy.

01:01:37.026 --> 01:01:38.828
That ain\'t me, but let\'s try them.

01:01:38.828 --> 01:01:39.929
(Amanda laughs)

01:01:39.929 --> 01:01:41.364
Oh, that\'s real cute.

01:01:41.364 --> 01:01:43.433
Oh, I\'m going to feel like a lady.

01:01:45.201 --> 01:01:46.335
- How are they fitting?

01:01:49.439 --> 01:01:50.573
- What do you think?

01:01:50.573 --> 01:01:51.441
- [Malika] Nice.

01:01:51.441 --> 01:01:52.275
- Cute, huh?

01:01:53.342 --> 01:01:54.243
Thank you so much.

01:01:55.745 --> 01:01:59.148
- I want you to know that you
have somebody to help you.

01:01:59.148 --> 01:02:01.017
You know, my family came and helped me,

01:02:01.017 --> 01:02:02.985
and I want to be considered
your family, too.

01:02:02.985 --> 01:02:03.820
No matter what.

01:02:16.833 --> 01:02:19.602
(fire crackling)

01:02:38.421 --> 01:02:39.655
God, that felt good.

01:02:47.430 --> 01:02:50.533
Oh, I can\'t wait to embarrass
you all of your years.

01:02:52.068 --> 01:02:54.704
I\'ve missed so many
years of it, I have to.

01:02:56.939 --> 01:02:57.907
Yes, I do.

01:02:59.642 --> 01:03:01.511
I\'m going to take you into
your new school and be like,

01:03:01.511 --> 01:03:03.546
\"This is my baby.

01:03:03.546 --> 01:03:06.849
If anybody messes with him,
(laughs) I\'ll kill you.\"

01:03:06.849 --> 01:03:09.519
(Amanda laughs)

01:03:12.622 --> 01:03:14.090
I love you so much.

01:03:15.625 --> 01:03:16.826
Have a good night, baby.

01:03:26.736 --> 01:03:28.070
(sirens blaring)

01:03:28.070 --> 01:03:30.039
- This week has been...

01:03:30.039 --> 01:03:31.174
crazy.

01:03:33.676 --> 01:03:36.279
And Amanda is my go-to person.

01:03:37.847 --> 01:03:39.782
I really wish that I could talk to her.

01:03:43.085 --> 01:03:48.090
I woke up and found my, uh,
neighbor had committed suicide.

01:03:51.394 --> 01:03:55.665
Something just told me just
to open the shower door.

01:03:57.500 --> 01:03:59.802
And then, that\'s when I
saw her hanging there.

01:04:05.341 --> 01:04:07.777
I just, I\'m just ready to go.

01:04:09.812 --> 01:04:12.915
People are hurting, on the inside.

01:04:15.718 --> 01:04:17.753
We\'re all going through the same thing.

01:04:19.655 --> 01:04:20.990
We all want to go home,

01:04:20.990 --> 01:04:23.526
we all miss our families.

01:04:23.526 --> 01:04:25.795
We all are struggling.

01:04:28.030 --> 01:04:30.967
I don\'t even know how
to dream big no more.

01:04:32.034 --> 01:04:34.770
Which is different, \'cause
I\'m always thinking big,

01:04:34.770 --> 01:04:36.939
dreaming big, you know.

01:04:36.939 --> 01:04:38.307
I\'ve never been regular.

01:04:38.307 --> 01:04:39.742
I\'ve always been driven,

01:04:39.742 --> 01:04:42.378
I\'ve always wanted so much more.

01:04:42.378 --> 01:04:43.813
And I want that back.

01:04:49.252 --> 01:04:52.455
I just want to pave the way for Bailee.

01:04:52.455 --> 01:04:54.757
And then for her to give
her kids a good life.

01:05:02.265 --> 01:05:04.267
So, you ready to go back to school?

01:05:04.267 --> 01:05:06.035
- [Bailee] Kind of. No, not really.

01:05:06.936 --> 01:05:09.105
- [Tomika] Did you do
your school shopping yet?

01:05:09.105 --> 01:05:11.307
- [Bailee] Mm-mm.

01:05:11.307 --> 01:05:12.208
- [Tomika] Oh.

01:05:12.208 --> 01:05:14.243
- [Automated Voice]
This call is originating

01:05:14.243 --> 01:05:16.445
from an Ohio correctional facility,

01:05:16.445 --> 01:05:18.915
and may be recorded and monitored.

01:05:18.915 --> 01:05:20.082
- [Tomika] I love you.

01:05:20.082 --> 01:05:21.484
- I love you, mommy.

01:05:22.418 --> 01:05:23.619
- [Tomika] All right, I\'ll call you later.

01:05:23.619 --> 01:05:24.820
Bye, bye, bye, bye.

01:05:24.820 --> 01:05:26.389
(Bailee laughs)

01:05:26.389 --> 01:05:28.691
(Tomika laughs)

01:05:28.691 --> 01:05:30.559
All right, I love you.

01:05:30.559 --> 01:05:31.494
- I love you.

01:05:33.763 --> 01:05:36.332
(pan sizzling)

01:05:40.136 --> 01:05:42.138
- You can\'t force anybody to forgive you.

01:05:42.138 --> 01:05:44.340
It literally takes time,

01:05:44.340 --> 01:05:47.176
and all you can do is do the
right thing in the meantime.

01:05:48.144 --> 01:05:49.812
Prove yourself.

01:05:49.812 --> 01:05:52.214
(soft music)

01:06:00.623 --> 01:06:02.758
Good morning, you had
the large black coffee?

01:06:10.433 --> 01:06:14.437
- \'Cause there\'s a little
bit of room, there--

01:06:21.811 --> 01:06:22.912
- This is Liner, I\'m home from work.

01:06:22.912 --> 01:06:27.183
- Got you. Thank you.
- Thank you.

01:06:27.183 --> 01:06:29.952
(Lydia sighs)

01:06:29.952 --> 01:06:32.254
- You haven\'t had any violations
or anything like that.

01:06:32.254 --> 01:06:35.157
You\'ve been doing very well
on electronic monitoring.

01:06:35.157 --> 01:06:38.160
(soft violin music)

01:06:42.365 --> 01:06:43.332
- [Lydia] I\'m done.

01:06:43.332 --> 01:06:45.267
(crowd applauds)

01:06:45.267 --> 01:06:46.969
Yes! I\'m free.

01:06:46.969 --> 01:06:47.803
- You\'re a free woman.

01:06:47.803 --> 01:06:52.408
- Freedom. (laughs)

01:06:57.913 --> 01:06:58.748
- [Malika] Hi.

01:06:58.748 --> 01:06:59.949
- [Lydia] (laughs) I miss you guys.

01:06:59.949 --> 01:07:01.517
- You do? Aww.

01:07:01.517 --> 01:07:02.351
- I wanted to tell you,

01:07:02.351 --> 01:07:05.554
I am now the general manager
of the Tim Horton\'s out here.

01:07:05.554 --> 01:07:07.823
- High-five!
- High-five!

01:07:07.823 --> 01:07:11.160
And I got a chance to hire
somebody else that was in prison,

01:07:11.160 --> 01:07:12.661
so that\'s really awesome.

01:07:12.661 --> 01:07:15.164
If you have anybody out there at all

01:07:15.164 --> 01:07:17.466
that is coming back to
Toledo, and they need a job,

01:07:17.466 --> 01:07:19.135
tell them to come find me at Tim Horton\'s,

01:07:19.135 --> 01:07:20.669
because I will have a job for them.

01:07:20.669 --> 01:07:22.104
- [Malika] I sure will.

01:07:22.104 --> 01:07:22.938
(Lydia laughs)

01:07:22.938 --> 01:07:23.773
How\'s the kids?

01:07:23.773 --> 01:07:24.907
- The kids are really good.

01:07:24.907 --> 01:07:26.742
I\'m still working on Ashton.

01:07:26.742 --> 01:07:29.345
He\'s still a little
standoffish here and there.

01:07:29.345 --> 01:07:30.546
But it\'s all right,

01:07:31.614 --> 01:07:32.815
it\'s okay.

01:07:32.815 --> 01:07:34.250
We\'re going to get through it.

01:07:47.930 --> 01:07:49.265
- I\'ve never been somewhere

01:07:49.265 --> 01:07:52.034
where I\'ve lived right as an adult.

01:07:55.071 --> 01:07:57.173
I have like a really
strong sense of anxiety

01:07:57.173 --> 01:07:59.308
in the mornings.

01:07:59.308 --> 01:08:01.310
Like I\'m not supposed to leave my house.

01:08:03.012 --> 01:08:06.782
I think I was just so used
to being told what to do

01:08:06.782 --> 01:08:10.052
and not do, that me
making my own decisions

01:08:10.052 --> 01:08:12.088
about it kind of gets my anxiety going.

01:08:17.893 --> 01:08:21.063
But then, I remember all this time

01:08:21.063 --> 01:08:22.731
that I\'ve spent away from my son.

01:08:23.699 --> 01:08:26.702
(soft somber music)

01:08:38.681 --> 01:08:39.815
- [Man] Hi, how we doing today?

01:08:39.815 --> 01:08:42.451
- Good. I saw you sitting
out there when I pulled up.

01:08:43.419 --> 01:08:44.620
That\'s the way to do it.

01:08:46.188 --> 01:08:48.691
I\'m trying to be a better
person, you know, every day,

01:08:48.691 --> 01:08:51.026
which, in turn, makes me a better mother.

01:08:53.796 --> 01:08:55.064
Have a great day.

01:08:56.098 --> 01:08:57.032
Tell your friends,

01:08:57.032 --> 01:08:58.901
so they can come in and get 10% off

01:08:58.901 --> 01:09:00.603
until the first of the year, okay?

01:09:02.905 --> 01:09:07.510
I should be like, \"Oh, I can
do this, I\'m kind of awesome.\"

01:09:07.510 --> 01:09:08.978
But I still have a lot to do.

01:09:16.452 --> 01:09:19.155
Any prior evictions
and/or criminal history

01:09:19.155 --> 01:09:20.589
will not be accepted.

01:09:21.657 --> 01:09:23.359
I want somebody to meet me and see

01:09:23.359 --> 01:09:25.628
that I\'m not this violent thug, right?

01:09:25.628 --> 01:09:28.964
Which is what it\'s gonna look
like on an online application.

01:09:33.702 --> 01:09:36.272
I\'d go see the apartment,
fill out the application.

01:09:36.272 --> 01:09:37.973
$25 here,

01:09:37.973 --> 01:09:39.508
$41 here.

01:09:42.344 --> 01:09:45.014
I spent well over $150.

01:09:45.014 --> 01:09:49.185
They\'d do a background
check on me, and deny me.

01:09:49.185 --> 01:09:50.986
After they took my money, of course.

01:09:54.123 --> 01:09:56.125
I just want to live with my kid,

01:09:56.125 --> 01:09:58.394
I just want to do what\'s right for him,

01:09:58.394 --> 01:10:02.198
and I want him to be proud
of me when he sees me.

01:10:15.544 --> 01:10:16.645
- The prison called,

01:10:16.645 --> 01:10:19.014
and they said my baby
was coming home today.

01:10:20.049 --> 01:10:22.551
I was like, get the...

01:10:22.551 --> 01:10:23.385
out of here.

01:10:23.385 --> 01:10:26.088
It\'s really happening today, like...

01:10:27.423 --> 01:10:28.257
just uh...

01:10:29.992 --> 01:10:31.894
This is just going to be
just a great day for Bailee

01:10:31.894 --> 01:10:33.495
and for Tomika.

01:10:35.864 --> 01:10:39.001
Bailee doesn\'t know that
the real plan for today is,

01:10:39.001 --> 01:10:40.569
we\'re picking her mom up.

01:10:40.569 --> 01:10:43.239
She thinks we\'re going
to have a special dinner.

01:10:43.239 --> 01:10:45.674
(Ria laughs)

01:10:47.710 --> 01:10:51.213
(Tomika sighs and laughs)

01:10:53.949 --> 01:10:55.851
- Say cheese.
- Cheese.

01:11:01.090 --> 01:11:02.424
- It\'s going to be so nice.

01:11:07.263 --> 01:11:09.932
(Tomika laughs)

01:11:34.623 --> 01:11:35.591
Bailee!

01:11:35.591 --> 01:11:37.126
(Tomika laughs)

01:11:37.126 --> 01:11:38.160
- [Officer] You want to
take her home with you?

01:11:38.160 --> 01:11:38.961
- Yeah.

01:11:38.961 --> 01:11:39.795
- [Officer] Take her home with you.

01:11:39.795 --> 01:11:41.130
- She\'s coming home?

01:11:41.130 --> 01:11:42.197
- [Officer] She\'s coming home.

01:11:42.197 --> 01:11:43.065
(Tomika laughs)

01:11:43.065 --> 01:11:43.866
- [Bailee] You\'re coming home?

01:11:43.866 --> 01:11:44.733
- Yeah, girl.

01:11:44.733 --> 01:11:47.303
(all laughing)

01:11:52.508 --> 01:11:54.043
I thought you would have figured it out.

01:11:54.043 --> 01:11:55.477
- No.
- No.

01:11:56.779 --> 01:11:58.080
Are you happy?

01:11:58.080 --> 01:11:58.914
Yeah?

01:11:58.914 --> 01:12:01.083
(Tomika laughs)

01:12:01.083 --> 01:12:01.917
Hey.

01:12:06.622 --> 01:12:07.790
Come here, cryin\'.

01:12:08.691 --> 01:12:10.092
- [Amanda] I\'m so happy for you.

01:12:10.092 --> 01:12:15.097
- [Tomika] Thank you. (laughs)

01:12:15.431 --> 01:12:16.365
You happy?

01:12:16.365 --> 01:12:17.199
- So happy.

01:12:17.199 --> 01:12:18.300
- I am so happy.

01:12:18.300 --> 01:12:19.935
I\'m sleeping with you tonight.

01:12:23.272 --> 01:12:24.473
I feel good, papa!

01:12:25.507 --> 01:12:26.375
Love you.
- Hey Bailee.

01:12:26.375 --> 01:12:27.209
- Hm?

01:12:27.209 --> 01:12:29.044
- [Ria] Let your momma
sleep with you tonight.

01:12:29.044 --> 01:12:29.878
- Okay.

01:12:31.146 --> 01:12:34.149
(soft violin music)

01:12:45.094 --> 01:12:47.329
- My goal is, keep moving forward, right.

01:12:47.329 --> 01:12:50.065
Don\'t be anything like
the person you used to be.

01:12:51.867 --> 01:12:53.335
Started school.

01:12:53.335 --> 01:12:55.371
Finished the first semester.

01:12:55.371 --> 01:12:57.339
Got a promotion at my job.

01:12:58.507 --> 01:12:59.608
Got an apartment.

01:13:02.745 --> 01:13:06.014
Man, that\'s a lot, when I
check off a list like that.

01:13:06.982 --> 01:13:08.984
Time did not move this fast in prison.

01:13:08.984 --> 01:13:09.885
(Amanda laughs)

01:13:09.885 --> 01:13:11.086
I\'ll tell you that.

01:13:11.086 --> 01:13:13.689
(upbeat music)

01:13:17.025 --> 01:13:18.360
- I got the 100!

01:13:32.875 --> 01:13:34.877
- [Amanda] Oh, wow, thank you.

01:13:35.911 --> 01:13:37.212
- [Server] Let me know if
you need anything else.

01:13:37.212 --> 01:13:38.013
- Okay.

01:13:40.149 --> 01:13:41.483
Oh, my gosh, this is...

01:13:41.483 --> 01:13:43.118
Baby, rip me off one of those ribs.

01:13:43.118 --> 01:13:43.952
I want to try it.

01:13:51.727 --> 01:13:52.561
I love you.

01:13:53.662 --> 01:13:55.898
I\'ll see you, uh, in a couple of weeks.

01:13:55.898 --> 01:13:56.832
- [Tyler] Okay.

01:13:56.832 --> 01:13:59.768
- Okay? Have fun. Okay.

01:14:02.738 --> 01:14:03.572
- [Tyler] Love you.

01:14:03.572 --> 01:14:04.406
- Love you.

01:14:19.621 --> 01:14:21.857
Tyler decided not to come live with me.

01:14:23.058 --> 01:14:26.528
He loves his Nanny, he loves his school,

01:14:26.528 --> 01:14:28.063
his sports teams.

01:14:28.063 --> 01:14:30.666
And he comes up here, and he
has none of that, you know.

01:14:30.666 --> 01:14:32.000
He\'s got me, and that\'s it.

01:14:32.000 --> 01:14:34.169
And that should be enough.

01:14:34.169 --> 01:14:36.872
But to a kid who\'s never had me...

01:14:36.872 --> 01:14:38.006
it\'s not enough.

01:14:44.379 --> 01:14:47.916
Every day, I hope he changes his mind.

01:15:14.343 --> 01:15:15.477
- When I came home,

01:15:15.477 --> 01:15:18.814
I thought that everything
was gonna be hard.

01:15:23.051 --> 01:15:25.120
But that everything was going to be okay.

01:15:26.588 --> 01:15:28.590
And over the summer...

01:15:28.590 --> 01:15:31.360
Derek was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma.

01:15:33.061 --> 01:15:37.566
That\'s in his liver and
his lungs, and his brain.

01:15:39.201 --> 01:15:41.803
(Lydia crying)

01:15:46.842 --> 01:15:49.478
The fact that I was gone in prison,

01:15:49.478 --> 01:15:53.148
and lost all that time angers me.

01:15:57.119 --> 01:15:59.788
And I can\'t get it back.

01:16:09.331 --> 01:16:12.334
So, I\'ve had to become the strong one.

01:16:13.535 --> 01:16:14.369
Can you put your head down?

01:16:14.369 --> 01:16:17.272
(clippers humming)

01:16:18.674 --> 01:16:20.509
Oop sorry, did I get you?

01:16:20.509 --> 01:16:21.610
- No, it just lifted up my hair.

01:16:21.610 --> 01:16:22.778
- It tickled?

01:16:22.778 --> 01:16:25.981
- Yeah.
- Sorry. I thought I...

01:16:25.981 --> 01:16:29.418
Ashton\'s had to see that
I\'m not going anywhere.

01:16:30.352 --> 01:16:32.454
I had to earn that back.

01:16:32.454 --> 01:16:34.623
And it took over a year.

01:16:36.725 --> 01:16:37.926
Beautiful.

01:16:39.094 --> 01:16:41.930
Him and I are actually very close today.

01:16:41.930 --> 01:16:44.066
It\'s like having my little boy back.

01:16:44.066 --> 01:16:48.170
Just in an almost
full-grown man sized body.

01:16:52.174 --> 01:16:54.710
We\'re gonna pour a little
olive oil in the bowl,

01:16:54.710 --> 01:16:57.613
and then put some garlic
salt and seasoning salt.

01:16:58.614 --> 01:16:59.781
Very nice steak fries.

01:17:00.649 --> 01:17:02.284
- [Ashton] Yeah.

01:17:02.284 --> 01:17:05.087
- They are. Nice.

01:17:05.087 --> 01:17:07.122
I would like to say he trusts me again.

01:17:07.956 --> 01:17:10.626
But I still feel like there\'s that doubt

01:17:10.626 --> 01:17:12.361
in the back of his mind,

01:17:12.361 --> 01:17:13.629
just in case.

01:17:15.597 --> 01:17:18.834
Using hasn\'t been a thought in years.

01:17:18.834 --> 01:17:21.403
But I also haven\'t put myself
in any type of situation

01:17:21.403 --> 01:17:26.375
to be around any type of pain
medication to even be tempted.

01:17:27.409 --> 01:17:28.477
(Lydia sighs)

01:17:28.477 --> 01:17:30.612
All right, anybody need anything to drink?

01:17:30.612 --> 01:17:32.114
- Nope.

01:17:32.114 --> 01:17:33.548
- I\'m all right.

01:17:33.548 --> 01:17:35.050
- I think I kind of do.

01:17:35.050 --> 01:17:36.585
He went to the meeting.

01:17:36.585 --> 01:17:38.854
- Like 20 kids showed up.

01:17:38.854 --> 01:17:40.522
- [Lydia] Yeah, he could
end up on the varsity team.

01:17:40.522 --> 01:17:42.324
- Yeah, and varsity goes to uh...

01:17:42.324 --> 01:17:45.060
Tennessee and North
Carolina for tournaments.

01:17:45.060 --> 01:17:46.495
- But I asked what you\'d rather play,

01:17:46.495 --> 01:17:48.096
soccer or baseball?

01:17:49.331 --> 01:17:50.565
- I mean, I need to start getting better,

01:17:50.565 --> 01:17:52.668
so I can get out there and watch you guys.

01:17:55.771 --> 01:17:57.005
- I\'m gonna kiss you on the cheek,

01:17:57.005 --> 01:17:58.707
so I don\'t get you a cold.

01:17:58.707 --> 01:17:59.875
- All right.

01:17:59.875 --> 01:18:02.210
- Love you.
- Love you, too.

01:18:04.446 --> 01:18:07.282
- Let me ride on the handles.

01:18:07.282 --> 01:18:09.685
- He won\'t be able to
balance your tall butt.

01:18:09.685 --> 01:18:11.353
- He probably could.

01:18:13.689 --> 01:18:15.791
- Oh, yeah, look at you,
trying to do tricks.

01:18:15.791 --> 01:18:17.092
Ah!

01:18:17.092 --> 01:18:17.926
Ah!

01:18:21.196 --> 01:18:22.664
Ashton!

01:18:22.664 --> 01:18:26.334
I\'ve lost way too much
with Derek and the boys.

01:18:27.703 --> 01:18:31.873
And I\'m definitely not willing
to risk losing any more time.

01:18:34.476 --> 01:18:36.778
Family is...

01:18:36.778 --> 01:18:37.679
everything.

01:18:45.654 --> 01:18:46.621
- [Automated Voice] In one mile,

01:18:46.621 --> 01:18:48.623
take exit on the left onto Grand Street.

01:18:49.725 --> 01:18:53.795
- Down here is where
my old restaurant was.

01:18:53.795 --> 01:18:56.031
Inside of this nightclub.

01:18:57.032 --> 01:19:00.035
When I finally do get my
restaurant up and running,

01:19:00.035 --> 01:19:01.737
I\'m a name it Bailee\'s.

01:19:01.737 --> 01:19:03.972
(Tomika laughs)

01:19:04.906 --> 01:19:07.442
Tablecloths, valet, liquor license.

01:19:08.977 --> 01:19:10.779
Just something really nice.

01:19:12.414 --> 01:19:14.082
But I got to do this until I could...

01:19:14.082 --> 01:19:15.851
accumulate some money.

01:19:17.018 --> 01:19:19.221
- [Automated Voice] Turn
left onto Haymaker Road.

01:19:21.957 --> 01:19:24.526
- Hey, I\'m here with your DoorDash order.

01:19:26.528 --> 01:19:27.362
Mm-hmm.

01:19:29.498 --> 01:19:30.332
- [Man] All right, thank you very much.

01:19:30.332 --> 01:19:31.433
- [Tomika] All right,
you have a good evening.

01:19:31.433 --> 01:19:32.567
You, too. Thanks.

01:19:35.370 --> 01:19:37.839
$4. All that for $4.

01:19:39.975 --> 01:19:42.444
- [Automated Voice] Head west
on Pennsylvania 130 West.

01:19:42.444 --> 01:19:45.447
(soft violin music)

01:19:49.885 --> 01:19:51.219
- You Grizzly?

01:19:51.219 --> 01:19:53.655
Okay, here, I\'m here with your order.

01:19:53.655 --> 01:19:54.756
- [Automated Voice] In one mile,

01:19:54.756 --> 01:19:57.359
turn left onto Mosside Boulevard.

01:19:57.359 --> 01:19:59.361
- It\'s rough, starting over.

01:20:03.131 --> 01:20:04.099
Here you go.

01:20:04.099 --> 01:20:08.603
One score could make all
these ideas come to light.

01:20:10.806 --> 01:20:12.674
But no, I would just be without

01:20:12.674 --> 01:20:15.911
before I ever went back
into that lifestyle.

01:20:17.846 --> 01:20:18.980
It\'s just not worth it.

01:20:20.615 --> 01:20:21.449
Don\'t you want to look--

01:20:21.449 --> 01:20:22.918
- You\'re gelling my whole head up.

01:20:22.918 --> 01:20:25.220
- I\'m not gelling your whole head up.

01:20:25.220 --> 01:20:26.188
- It\'s going to reach my,

01:20:26.188 --> 01:20:28.590
it\'s going to reach my bones.

01:20:28.590 --> 01:20:29.424
- You know what?

01:20:29.424 --> 01:20:31.159
I hope it reach your mouth,

01:20:31.159 --> 01:20:34.663
so you can keep it closed some.

01:20:34.663 --> 01:20:36.331
Well, you don\'t have a scarf?

01:20:36.331 --> 01:20:38.567
- Nope. I don\'t have any scarves.

01:20:38.567 --> 01:20:40.268
- I\'m a buy you one today. Don\'t worry.

01:20:40.268 --> 01:20:42.504
- No, I use bonnets.

01:20:42.504 --> 01:20:43.638
- A bonnet?

01:20:43.638 --> 01:20:46.074
(both laughing)

01:20:46.074 --> 01:20:49.244
You going to need something
to hold this hair down.

01:20:51.413 --> 01:20:52.814
- I hope it looks fine.

01:20:53.682 --> 01:20:55.550
- Girl...

01:20:55.550 --> 01:20:57.452
what you mean, you hope it looks fine?

01:20:58.520 --> 01:21:00.422
You think I don\'t know how to do this?

01:21:06.494 --> 01:21:08.129
- I love you.
- I love you.

01:21:08.129 --> 01:21:09.631
- Have a good day.

01:21:12.200 --> 01:21:13.335
- I just can\'t let you go.

01:21:13.335 --> 01:21:16.071
I want to hold your hands and hug you.

01:21:16.071 --> 01:21:17.439
Don\'t be acting like that.

01:21:17.439 --> 01:21:19.507
(Tomika laughs)

01:21:19.507 --> 01:21:20.342
- No.

01:21:20.342 --> 01:21:22.444
- Bailee, don\'t act like that. I love you.

01:21:22.444 --> 01:21:23.278
- Stop it.

01:21:24.713 --> 01:21:26.014
Before I left prison,

01:21:26.014 --> 01:21:28.617
I thought that our
relationship would be better

01:21:28.617 --> 01:21:30.585
than what it actually is.

01:21:30.585 --> 01:21:31.653
But...

01:21:31.653 --> 01:21:34.956
I missed out on 8 1/2 years of her life.

01:21:37.559 --> 01:21:38.627
Be good.

01:21:40.629 --> 01:21:42.030
See you after school.

01:21:44.733 --> 01:21:45.967
Bye, Bailee.

01:21:54.943 --> 01:21:57.812
I already know it\'s gonna be a struggle.

01:21:59.481 --> 01:22:01.716
But I\'m ready.

01:22:05.720 --> 01:22:08.189
- [Cheryl] So, hello ladies.

01:22:08.189 --> 01:22:10.425
How\'s everybody today?

01:22:10.425 --> 01:22:11.259
(indistinct chatter)

01:22:11.259 --> 01:22:12.694
Of course, you know why we\'re here.

01:22:12.694 --> 01:22:16.798
This is parenting plus
relationship restoration.

01:22:19.701 --> 01:22:22.237
It\'s our hope that we
all develop the courage

01:22:22.237 --> 01:22:26.141
to embrace a relationship,
restorative, and healing process

01:22:26.141 --> 01:22:27.976
for yourselves and for your families.

01:22:28.977 --> 01:22:32.647
This is a process, ladies,
for the rest of our lives.

01:22:32.647 --> 01:22:35.984
Because life is going
to continue to happen.

01:22:35.984 --> 01:22:38.987
(soft somber music)

01:22:43.591 --> 01:22:45.794
The system is designed to be punitive.

01:22:45.794 --> 01:22:49.698
But to me, it\'s about
getting our lives restored.

01:22:49.698 --> 01:22:51.967
And we need support to do that.

01:22:52.834 --> 01:22:56.671
Remember, ladies: every human soul

01:22:56.671 --> 01:22:59.674
needs help at some point or another.

01:23:08.383 --> 01:23:10.752
No matter what, our children,

01:23:10.752 --> 01:23:14.255
and those other important
people in our lives,

01:23:14.255 --> 01:23:17.058
they love us and want
a relationship with us.

01:23:17.058 --> 01:23:19.527
And so, if we are the example

01:23:19.527 --> 01:23:22.163
that we need to be in their eyes,

01:23:22.163 --> 01:23:24.399
there\'s more chance that
they\'re going to forgive

01:23:24.399 --> 01:23:27.369
and work with us in the
restoration process.

01:23:29.871 --> 01:23:31.606
There will be challenges,

01:23:31.606 --> 01:23:34.542
there will be some good days,
there will be some bad days.

01:23:34.542 --> 01:23:38.413
You have to keep fighting.

01:23:38.413 --> 01:23:40.215
(soft somber music)

01:24:21.689 --> 01:24:24.926
(soft orchestra music)

01:26:01.122 --> 01:26:04.025
(electronic music)