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>> you guys, listen up for one minute. im going to call you up one by one. when i call you up, bring all your property up here to me. >> i got a whole bunch of mail. i got a whole bunch of old clothes and stuff from the ged program. >> mr. stein, come on up, partner. all right. this stuff -- all right. >> now when you get up there, theyre going to go through everything again. >> okay. >> when you get upstairs, let them do their thing. all right? thats their deal up there. hang on to your bag. st...

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently hes shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought hed never be is a math tutor. >> all right. lets start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail hes grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and ...

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently hes shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought hed never be is a math tutor. >> all right. lets start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail hes grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and ...

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently hes shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought hed never be is a math tutor. >> all right. lets start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail hes grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and ...

Having completed a short sentence for drug possession. before she left, monahan was subjected to a urine test. after brewer told staff shed been trading commissary snacks for prescription drugs. while monahan passed the test and was exonerated, brewer admits to having dealt her own medication in the past. >> it all depends on the type of medicine they give me and if it make me high, i go out there and i see a white girl would like to get high and i sell my medicine to her. uh-huh. >> supporting ...

Back in the day that i never said anything about. i was raped. and i was able to get up and walk away. i guess you dont get over it, but you just dont think about it. and i think thats why i stayed with drugs. because all of that blocked it all out. but i dont want to do this no more. i dont want to steal no more. >> how are you guys doing? okay? >> brewer acknowledges that in her younger days, she wasnt interested in programs offered by the jail to help inmates stay out. but now at age 62, she ...

Minute. im going to call you up one by one. when i call you up, bring all your property up here to me. >> i got a whole bunch of mail. i got a whole bunch of old clothes and stuff from the ged program. >> mr. stein, come on up, partner. all right. this stuff -- all right. >> now when you get up there, theyre going to go through everything again. >> okay. >> when you get upstairs, let them do their thing. all right? thats their deal up there. hang on to your bag. step up to the window. thats all ...

You know, ive set my mind on being a better person. and i dont care what i have to go through to become a better person. >> you cant divide these. >> a step towards that goal for stein has been to volunteer as the tutor for the jails ged program. >> even though there is a decimal place there you can tell -- >> at first it was something to do and passed the time. but it really helps and makes me feel better at the end of the day they helped someone achieve something. >> hold on. dont say nothing....

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently hes shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought hed never be is a math tutor. >> all right. lets start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail hes grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and ...

Wishers? >> cheyenne wants to sleep. shes not up in going at all. [ inaudible question ] >> why and how did it happen? why? [ inaudible question ] >> well, probably since this was just her fourth day of college, shes probably just trying to figure that out. >> she graduated roseburg high school? >> she completed a ged program. and she passed everything. she was accepted into ucc. in the nursing program. >> did she tell you guys anything about the shooter