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By Baylee Lowery, Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Today’s world is not the beautiful earth we have all known and loved. Today’s world has affected us all in new and unprecedented ways.  In previous years, we all said, “2020 the year of tomorrow! I bet we will have flying cars then! Maybe even a portable telephone!” It was the year to look forward to and the year of new beginnings.  We, as a whole, have let down everyone before us. We are the future in their eyes and have been too focu...

>> sure and ive read jack dorseys testimony and he says hes trying to get in front of this. he says conservative voices have a strong presence on twitter. he goes on to say we dont shadow ban people based on political ideology. theyre under fire because people dont understand how twitter works and twitter hasnt made it clear how twlt works and what type of content they take down, what they moderate.itter and what type of content they take down, what they moderate. its time to give a more clear a...

>> the one consistent thing in our lives that has given him purpose is painting. >> marcus thomas did not plan on being a painter. but at age 26 the avid outdoorsman hit a tree while skiing. >> the right people, right place saved my life, resuscitated me three times on the way to the hospit hospital. >> marcus was paralyzed from the waist down. a gift from his wife ann helped him picture what could be possible. >> i bought him the water colors and that was it. he was hooked. >> i never painted. ...

That is considered a high priority. administrative segregation. ad seg is where disruptive or violent inmates are housed in highly restrictive cells, usually for 23 hours a day with virtually no privileges. its also where some of our most dramatic stories are found and the holman correctional facility in alabama proved to be no exception. thats where we met marcus thomas who prefers to be called holly berry. >> i know that i was born a male. i know that. that i do know. thats just reality, but i...

That is considered a high priority. administrative segregation. ad seg is where disruptive or violent inmates are housed in highly restrictive cells, usually for 23 hours a day with virtually no privileges. its also where some of our most dramatic stories are found and the holman correctional facility in alabama proved to be no exception. thats where we met marcus thomas who prefers to be called holly berry. >> i know that i was born a male. i know that. that i do know. thats just reality, but i...

When our crews arrive at any new prison, theres one location that is considered a high priority. administrative segregation. ad seg is where disruptive or violent inmates are housed in highly restrictive cells, usually for 23 hours a day with virtually no privileges. its also where some of our most dramatic stories are found and the holman correctional facility in alabama proved to be no exception. thats where we met marcus thomas who prefers to be called holly berry. >> i know that i was born a...

>> for yesterday. >> okay. do it. >> i apologize. for the way i behaved yesterday. >> youre ready. well just have to wait and see. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. coming up, desperate to get out of ad seg, marcus thomas becomes bold. >> life is so hard on me because im a homosexual. the only way youre going to know whos telling the truth, me or you, is youre going to have to let me out and let me show you. for the first time american kids are slated to live a shorter life span than th...

>> they want to do an interview with me. and -- >> you dont want to be interviewed? >> thats the question. >> what question have they asked you? >> have i seen [ bleep ]. >> that caused you to cry? >> because it hurt me! >> because they asked you if you had seen [ bleep ], it hurt you. [ bleep ]. >> it hurts. i swear. it hurts. >> marcus. marcus. marcus. you are not going to win any academy award. [ bleep ]. quit that crying. i dont want to hear you crying. im just going to go on back. i didnt w...

At least he tell me he will take it into consideration. he didnt just say no. hed have said no, id probably have broke down, come on, take me back. i dont want to talk to you anymore. im ready to get to my husband. well, back to my hot little cell. >> clean that pigsty up. >> you leave my house alone. >> while marcus thomas may find her tenacity could reward her terrence mosley is about to be rewarded for his good behavior over the past two weeks. >> today im going to call your mom. that was par...

And -- handcuffed me. ive been locked up ever since. >> once locked up, marcus was quick to develop prison romances and is currently on her third prison marriage. >> i see him as a man, a straight man, thats how i see it. you know? he is a man. hes my husband. i am a woman, i am his wife. >> let me wrap my hair down. we exchanged vows, you know. he opened his heart to me. i opened my heart to him. we vowed to be best friends. for life. >> marcus husband is new to prison relationships and asked t...