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Than dwell on the past. she enrolled in the jails ged program to give her high school equivalency degree and will soon take her certification test. >> it means i can get a legitimate job. someone can hire me because they have an education. they see i dont have a high school diploma, i dont have a ged and that shakes them. >> if you know what the prefix and the suffix means you can take the words. >> shes helped me a lot. i like to quit and say im done and move the book to the side and start dood...

>> i do think theres something out here that god wants me to do and thats to publish that book. because theres some stuff in that book that will make the world cry that happened to me 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. ...

For. go get me a girl, put on a skirt and go shoplifting. thats my routine of getting out of prison to do. and i dont want to go back to that. >> but the odds are stacked against her. brewer recently dropped out of the jails ged program. and she says she will soon enter a guilty plea on all the current charges. she could face up to six years in prison. and brewer says, in her case, thats not all bad. >> when im in prison i make a killing. always getting something. when i come -- like when i come...

Thats my routine of getting out of prison to do. and i dont want to go back to that. >> but the odds are stacked against her. brewer recently dropped out of the jails ged program. and she says she will soon enter a guilty plea on all the current charges. she could face up to six years in prison. and brewer says, in her case, thats not all bad. >> when im in prison i make a killing. always getting something. when i come -- like when i come back this time, they say [ bleep ]. brendas back so we go...

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 ...

>> a lot of people will come out of the prison a worse person. and some people can come out a better person. 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 ma...

Because you will be coming out to real life one day. >> a lot of people will come out of the prison a worse person. and some people can come out a better person. 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 ...

And some people can come out a better person. 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 ac...

I do think its going to happen at some point. >> 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? that...

Happen when you get there? >> probably. i do think its going to happen at some point. >> 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, ...