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Abandoned prison auditorium. >> the musical program was a great award winning thing because, in fact, we would have competition against other penitentiaries. and stateville was always number one. in here its like a cage of awaiting execution because theres nothing for a man to do and no programs or nothing. youre just sitting here like a commodity. you know, a price tag on your forehead with nothing to do. >> rehabilitation, whats that? whats that? they erased that out of the dictionary here. th...

>> gregory macon is serving 40 years for murder. hes been at stateville since 1985. he remembers when the prison had regular programs including theatrical and musical performances that used to take place here in the now long abandoned prison auditorium. >> the musical program was a great award winning thing because, in fact, we would have competition against other penitentiaries. and stateville was always number one. in here its like a cage of awaiting execution because theres nothing for a man ...

>> remember, i said i want my complete sentences. you know ill be watching. >> i know you do. >> okay. as they get old and as they get locked up and find out they are at a dead end, they do have a tendency to want to get an education because they feel that is an escape. >> are you ready for book two? >> yes. >> its a brief escape. 90 days of classes passes quickly. for those inmates whove been here long enough to remember when things were different, the time feels especially hard. >> we had prog...

They may leave the program after 90 days even if they continue to fail the test. >> remember, i said i want my complete sentences. you know ill be watching. >> i know you do. >> okay. as they get old and as they get locked up and find out they are at a dead end, they do have a tendency to want to get an education because they feel that is an escape. >> are you ready for book two? >> yes. >> its a brief escape. 90 days of classes passes quickly. for those inmates whove been here long enough to re...

>> remember, i said i want my complete sentences. you know ill be watching. >> i know you do. >> okay. as they get old and as they get locked up and find out they are at a dead end, they do have a tendency to want to get an education because they feel that is an escape. >> are you ready for book two? >> yes. >> its a brief escape. 90 days of classes passes quickly. for those inmates whove been here long enough to remember when things were different, the time feels especially hard. >> we had prog...

We had activities. we had musical programs. >> gregory macon is serving 40 years for murder. hes been at stateville since 1985. he remembers when the prison had regular programs including theatrical and musical performances that used to take place here in the now long abandoned prison auditorium. >> the musical program was a great thing because of the fact we would have competition against other penitentiaries. and stateville was always number one. in here its like a cage of awaiting execution b...

Continue to fail the test. >> remember, i said i want my complete sentences. you know ill be watching. >> i know you do. >> okay. as they get old and as they get locked up and find out they are at a dead end, they do have a tendency to want to get an education because they feel that is an escape. >> are you ready for book two? >> yes. >> its a brief escape. 90 days of classes passes quickly. for those inmates whove been here long enough to remember when things were different, the time feels espe...

Abandoned prison auditorium. >> the musical program was a great thing because of the fact we would have competition against other penitentiaries. and stateville was always number one. in here its like a cage of awaiting execution because theres nothing for a man to do and no programs or nothing. youre just sitting here like a commodity. you know, a price tag on your forehead with nothing to do. >> rehabilitation, whats that? they erased that south of the dictionary here. theres no such thing as ...

They may leave the program after 90 days even if they continue to fail the test. >> remember, i said i want my complete sentences. you know ill be watching. >> i know you do. >> okay. as they get old and as they get locked up and find out they are at a dead end, they do have a tendency to want to get an education because they feel that is an escape. >> are you ready for book two? >> yes. >> its a brief escape. 90 days of classes passes quickly. for those inmates whove been here long enough to re...

Abandoned prison auditorium. >> the musical program was a great thing because of the fact we would have competition against other penitentiaries. and stateville was always number one. in here its like a cage of awaiting execution because theres nothing for a man to do and no programs or nothing. youre just sitting here like a commodity. you know, a price tag on your forehead with nothing to do. >> rehabilitation, whats that? they erased that out of the dictionary here. theres no such thing as re...