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Event Date(s): 08/30/1988 | Event Location(s): Danville, Illinois; Chicago, Illinois | Description: NBC NEWS SPECIAL: SUMMER SHOWCASE: FIGHTING THE ODDS (PART III OF IV) PANNING EXTERIOR SHOT OF ENTRANCE GATE & BUILDINGS OF DWIGHT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE IN DWIGHT, ILL SEEN. BLACK & WHITE FEMALE PRISONERS EXITING BUILDING, PRISONERS SHOVING ONE ANOTHER, POLICE OFFICER ESCORTING HANDCUFFED PRISONER FROM SHERIFFS VEHICLE, INMATES PLAYING SOFTBALL OUTDOORS, PRISON GUARD LOOKING OVER DOCUMENT WHILE CONFERRING WITH INMATE, GUARD CLOSING GATE INSIDE PRISON, PANNING OVERHEAD SHOT OF PRISONERS SITTING AT TABLES, CLOSEUP OF BLACK INMATE & MOTHER OF EIGHT, JONES, PLAYING CARDS WITH OTHERS, & JONES CLOSING GARBAGE BAG FILLED WITH BELONGINGS SEEN. IN INTERVIEW JONES SAYS SHE IS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON TODAY& ADDS FELLOW PRISONERS HAVE BECOME LIKE A FAMILY. VARIOUS SHOTS OF JONES BIDDING CRYING INMATE FAREWELL, & EMBRACING & KISSING OTHERS SEEN. JONES BOARDING GREYHOUND BUS & BUS MOVING DOWN STREET SEEN. IN OUTDOOR INTERVIEW IN DANVILLE JONES SAYS THE DAILY ROUTINE AROUND HERE INVOLVES HANGING OUT & DRINKING. JONES WALKS DOWN STREET WITH OTHERS & ENTERS BAR. BLACKS HANG OUT ON RUNDOWN STREET. CHILDREN UNDER FOUNTAIN IN PLAYGROUND & BLACK MAN IN DOORWAY SEEN. IN INTERVIEWS BLACK WOMEN STATE THEY BEGAN DRINKING AT FIVE AM. JONES SAYS IT’S EASY TO BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC BY HANGING AROUND BARS. JONES & ANOTHER WOMAN WALK IN HOUSING PROJECT APARTMENT. DIRTY DISHES SEEN IN KITCHEN SINK. CAR OUTSIDE IN PARKING LOT SEEN THROUGH WINDOW. JONES & WOMAN YELLING TO MEN OUTSIDE WINDOW SEEN. WOMAN SAYS EVERYTHING GOES ON DOWN THERE. JONES SAYS SHE LIKES DANVILLE. JONES AUNT TYRENE (PH) (ADOPTED THREE OF JONES CHILDREN) CLIMBS STEPS OF HOUSE, RETRIEVES MAIL FROM MAILBOX, & ENTERS HOME. IN INTERVIEW TYRENE SAYS SHE WANTS HER NIECE TO KNOW HER CHILDREN ADDING SHE KNOWS FOUR OF HER EIGHT CHILDREN. EXTERIORS OF HOUSING PROJECT SEEN. JONES SAYS HER CHILDREN ARE HOSTILE & TYRENE SAYS JONES WAS IN PRISON 18 TIMES & CHOSE THE STREET LIFE. TYRENE WORKING IN KITCHEN & BLACK MAN WIPING JONES HEAD SEEN. JONES SAYS IT'S BAD THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HER KIDS & EMOTIONALLY STATES SHE HAS NONE OF HER KIDS BECAUSE OF HER PRISON LIFE. BLACK INMATE & DRUG ABUSER MAXWELL WALKS WITH SHRIVER OUTSIDE PRISON. IN INTERVIEW SHE SAYS DOPE WAS HER WHOLE LIFE, SAYS SHE WAS ARRESTED 64 TIMES, HAS NO CHANCES LEFT, & ATTENDS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS ON WEEKENDS. CARS MOVE PAST OFFICE BUILDINGS ON CHICAGO STREET. IN INTERVIEW BAKER FOUNDATION (PH) DRUG COUNSELOR HARVEY SAYS MAXWELL COMPLETED 90-DAY DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM WHILE ON PAROLE ADDING TO DAY WAS THE FIRST MEETING SHE MISSED. CLOSEUPS OF PACE INSTITUTE COUNSELORS ABBAR (PH) & BURKHALTER (PH) DRIVING IN AUTO, AUTO MOVING DOWN STREET (SEEN FROM REAR), & BLACK TEENS HANGING OUT ON STREET CORNER SEEN. IN INTERVIEW WITH SHRIVER FROM INSIDE MOVING CAR, ABBAR SAYS THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE MAXWELL COULD BE FOUND ON THE STREET BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE REVERT TO THEIR OLD WAYS. ROLLING SHOT OF BLACKS HANGING OUT ON RUN DOWN STREET, ROLLING SHOT OF STREET, & BOARDED UP APARTMENT SEEN. BURKHALTER PULLS UP TO MAN WHO DENIES HE KNOWS MAXWELL. ABBAR SAYS MANY REHABILITATING DRUG ABUSERS TURN BACK TO DRUGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SOCIAL ABILITY TO DEFEAT THEIR ADDICTION. VARIOUS SHOTS OF SHRIVER QUESTIONING BLACKS ON STREET WHO STATE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE MAXWELL IS SEEN. EXTERIORS OF LAKESIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SEEN. IN INTERVIEW MAXWELL SAYS SHE CHECKED INTO HOSPITAL AFTER 36 HOURS OF HEROIN WITHDRAWAL. MAXWELL WALKS IN PARK & SAYS SHE MESSED UP HER PLANNED RETURN TO SCHOOL ADDING SHE MUST NOW CLEAN UP HER LIFE. VARIOUS SHOTS OF STUDENTS WALKING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS SEEN. INMATES ON BALCONY INSIDE PRISON, PANNING SHOT OF PRISON BUILDINGS, PERIMETER FENCE, GUARD TOWER, & CLOSEUPS OF RAZOR WIRE SEEN. UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL IDS, DATES, & EXACT LOCATIONS Producers: NBC