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Court and theyre telling me im not going to be tried as a juvenile, theyre going to sentence me to life in prison, when the man told me that, he said are you a cold-blooded murderer and we want you to rot in prison. im sentencing to you life in prison and he slammed down his little hammer and my mom screamed. how would your mom feel? >> this is what it took to get them to us. it took me to come to prison. it took shahib to realize theres more value in society and life than committing crime. >> w...

I was so young, i just felt like you know what, my life is over. ive got a life sentence. its over. i came to prison and started into the same behavior. i was like for the first nine years, i was using whatever i could, drugs, prison alcohol. just trying to do anything that i could to escape the reality of my situation and what i had done. you know. and that -- just self-medicating, again, the same way i was on the street. all the pain, everything that came up for me, that was my solution, to se...

>> every saturday, we bring in groups of kids from san francisco, oakland, richmond, all over. youre not going to scare them with the little story that im a murderer and im in prison doing life. that doesnt scare anybody anymore. >> what you want to know, that this is your life, man. you have an opportunity to leave out of this place and never come back. >> we try to show them this is what could happen if you keep doing what youre doing. >> all right, you guys. where you guys is at right now, yo...

Reeboks. thats your fubu. this is your michael jordan gear. this is your polo. this is your nice 501 jeans, you guys. this is what you guys sell yourself for. who speaks spanish here? can you read that? [ speaking spanish ] >> what does that mean? >> something about sexual assault. >> sexual assault. they warning you about sexual assault in prison, how to protect yourself against it. >> the inmates are in essence the deterrent that will guide these youth back to a life of contributing to society...

15-year-old boy to juvenile hall ♪ ♪ give him 15 to life for taking another life ♪ ♪ but never consider the fact that he wasnt right ♪ ♪ a cold-blooded murderer that only think of himself ♪ snoelt -- ♪ but couldnt that be a sign of a cry for help ♪ ♪ dont know nothing else and all he seeing is death and killing ♪ ♪ so what the hell all he seeing was kicking my ♪ ♪ until one day i got so tired i stab my new dad ♪ ♪ my new father wasnt right he used to do the same t...

These are your nikes. these are your filas and your reeboks. thats your fubu. this is your michael jordan gear. this is your polo. this is your nice 501 jeans, you guys. this is what you guys sell yourself for. who speaks spanish here? can you read that? [ speaking spanish ] >> what does that mean? >> something about sexual assault. >> sexual assault. they warning you about sexual assault in prison, how to protect yourself against it. >> the inmates are in essence the deterrent that will guide t...

Youre at a place no kid should ever want to be in. you should be out playing somewhere in a park. but youre here because of something you did. >> every saturday, we bring in groups of kids from san francisco, oakland, richmond, all over. youre not going to scare them with the little story that im a murderer and im in prison doing life. that doesnt scare anybody anymore. >> what you want to know, that this is your life, man. you have an opportunity to leave out of this place and never come back. ...

Youths to see all of the potential consequences of their actions. when i am going to juvenile court and theyre telling me im not going to be tried as a juvenile, theyre going to sentence me to life in prison, when the man told me that, he specifically said, mr. monroe, you are a cold-blooded murderer, and we want you to rot in prison. im sentencing to you life in prison. and he slammed down his little hammer and my mom screamed. imagine how that felt. how would your mom feel? >> this is what it ...