19-year-old inmates. i m letting you know you have skills. even if you didn t know it. that s an important thing. i never ever joke about art. that s good progress, man. you went from not painting to being a painter. larson has been teaching the current crop of youth tier inmates to draw, paint and express themselves through art. he is with a nonprofit called splashes of hope. their goal is to uplift and inspire and help heal through art. after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. we have probably 25% of the wall covered. suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county s budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don t come back. we reduce the jail population
pretty. that s what they call me. and why is that? i make an ugly situation look pretty. in some instances minors usually those with violent charges, are also held at the riverhead jail. cox is currently housed next to a 16-year-old who jail officials say is also a crip. i m telling you man, they can t do nothing to me. he can t do nothing to me [ bleep ]. he is like a friend of mine. i like him. he is young. he looks up to me. i be kind of schooling him. they join the gang, why because they re looking for protects, they re looking to belong to something. it is mostly prevalent in the youth, 16, 17, 18 year olds here for the first time, scared. looking for safety and security and want to belong to something. battling gang influence is just one goal at the jail s youth tier initiative. this is going to connect to this but we need darker paint. professional artist kirk larson represents one of the more than 30 outside organizations that team up with the jail to reha
19-year-old inmates. i m letting you know you have skills. even if you didn t know it. that s an important thing. i never ever joke about art. that s good progress, man. you went from not painting to being a painter. larson has been teaching the current crop of youth tier inmates to draw, paint and express themselves through art. he is with a nonprofit called splashes of hope. their goal is to uplift and inspire and help heal through art. after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. we have probably 25% of the wall covered. suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county s budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don t come back. we reduce the jail population and don t have to build more
that s an important thing. i never ever joke about art. that s good progress, man. you went from not painting to being a painter. larson has been teaching the current crop of youth tier inmates to draw, paint and express themselves through art. he is with a nonprofit called splashes of hope. their goal is to uplift and inspire and help heal through art. after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. we have probably 25% of the wall covered. suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county s budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don t come back. we reduce the jail population and don t have to build more jails. we don t have to feed as many
ride it at universal studios hollywood. there we go. only six weeks after artist kirk larson first introduced paint and brushes to the 18 and 19-year-old inmates in the suffolk county youth tier initiative program, the group has completed work on the 78 foot long mural. environment is everything. where you are, what you re looking at, can have a real effect on your life. so for people in here there is an opportunity to lighten the intensity of that environment a little bit. this is like the walkway to your way out to start a new life. to discharge. actually, it s kind of a good yeah. that s amazing. it s nice. i m out of here. your boy out of here, you heard? not every inmate in the