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Them outside the jail to perform public service, such as painting and landscaping. >> you get out of jail for the day. you go and work a real job. you only get $3 a day, but its worth it to me because it helps me get through the day when it gets me back into the real world. you know what i mean? >> almost like a stepping stone, to get out of the door. theyre working, seeing people, going to work, children with families. different than being in a house with 30 females. theyre actually in populati...

Want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prisons more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> ready to go? >> after completing the classification process, its time for knights transfer to general population. >> got everything? >> im going to "d." i wanted to get out of there, intake as soon as possible. be able to get some air now. im a little ner...

How to serve time, a problem steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, thats what keeps me stable. this is all paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. thats how i do it. i dont try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prisons more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discove...

Steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, thats what keeps me stable. this is oil paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. thats how i do it. i dont try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prisons more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> rea...

>> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. >> you cant have escape charges or parole violations. fighting while you are in here. >> the programs director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer ive known since 1991 when i first started. she was in here with her mother in 91. were almost working together, which is kind of scary. >> can we have a cigarette together? >> no, we cannot. >> oh, please. >> im kidding. >> its not worth it. >> i kno...

Intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate on arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. we dont know who weve got, what they are capable of, whether ...

Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jail soon after sentencing. >> we might have a problem. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate on arrival. >> when we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. we...

I dont try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prisons more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> ready to go? >> after completing the classification process, its time for knights transfer to general population. >> got everything? >> im going to "d." i wanted to get out of there, intake as...

Our friends at politico put together a terrific montage on just that issue. >> ive not been a lawyer. im not a lawyer. im not a smoker. im not scottish law. im not a climate scientist. im not an active participant. im not a law enforcement official. i think that was as i said, i -- i dont -- im not a chinese historian. im not an editorial meetings. im not an expert in the classification process. im not a scientist on this. im not a spokesperson for bp. im not a lawyer. beside not being a classif...

When you dont know something, thats the -- heres politicos collection of his statements to that effect. >> not a chinese historian. not in editorial meetings at cnn. not an expert in the classification process. not a scientist on this. not a spokesperson for bp. im not a lawyer. >> not so good at math. >> im not good at math. thats why im here. >> im like the department of gnat. >> not a journalist and i play the spokesman on tv. >> that goes on for a long time, the short version, leaves...