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He says his job as a bus driver led him to drug addiction and it was all down here from there. >> its a lot faster pace on the west coast than it is for a country boy from florida. so, it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple i smoked me a little refer, drank me some wine, didnt make any difference. just did what i wanted to. this time i tried to do it the way it should be done and the staff looks at you...

We get together. have a slam. big nacho slam, make a cake. you know, we say a celebration. i say its basically to realize we just wasted another month in here. its something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> kamikaze, my buddy kamikaze, he makes the cake. >> patrick "kamikaze" gaskill, who is serving 30 years for dealing methamphetamine is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates, hes a culinary genius. turning commissary snack food into something special. but during a prior prison ter...

Addiction, and it was all downhill from there. >> its a lot faster pace on that west coast than it is for a little country boy from florida. so it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, i smoked me a little reefer, drank me some wine, didnt care, didnt make a difference. i just did what i wanted to. this time, i tried to do it the way it should be done. the staff looks at you a little different than when...

We get together. have a slam. big nacho slam, make a cake. you know, we say a celebration. i say its basically to realize we just wasted another month in here. its something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> kamikaze, my buddy kamikaze, he makes the cake. >> patrick "kamikaze" gaskill, who is serving 30 years for dealing methamphetamine is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates, hes a culinary genius. turning commissary snack food into something special. but during a prior prison ter...

Downhill from there. >> its a lot faster pace on that west coast than it is for a little country boy from florida. so it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, i smoked me a little reefer, drank me some wine, didnt care, didnt make a difference. i just did what i wanted to. this time, i tried to do it the way it should be done. the staff looks at you a little different than when youre not an idiot than j...

Show up, they are going to try to put a warrant out for you and all that good stuff. >> just show up then? >> yeah. if you dont show up they are going to try to make it seem like im telling you not to show up. you see what im saying? >> yeah. >> instead of it being your own free will choice they are trying to make it seem -- because im the bad guy. >> its now in gaillards best interests for simora to talk to his prosecutors because she has changed a part of her story. it could be the difference ...

Step out of trouble. do unto others as you would have them do unto youre and youre going to reap what you sow. >> now serving his fourth prison term, alvin mchellon understands the meaning of reap what you sow as well as anyone. he currently has a 12-year sentence for drug possession. even though on most days hes woken up at dawn and shackled at the ankles for his judge on the restricted labor squad. mchellon says its better than the alternative. >> my pop taught me never be a stranger to work. ...

Time has a way of running away from you. one day you start to see a gray hair. whered that come from? then one day you look in the mirror, and youre going twenty years. twenty years. >> you will be rewarded for what you do in life. so when you do something good, something positive, expect to be rewards for that. but if youre doing negative, bad things in life, also its going to be bad things. step out of trouble. do unto others as you would have them do unto you and youre going to reap what you ...

>> no, not a peep. >> well, if i go to trial, they are going to talk, a week before i go. if you dont show up, they are going to try to put a warrant out for you. if you dont show up, they are going to make it seem like im telling you to not show up. you see what im saying? >> yeah. >> instead of being your own free will choice, because im the bad guy. >> its now in gaillards best interests for simora to talk to his prosecutors. because she has changed a part of her story. it could be the differ...

Well continue to monitor these hearings throughout the day. in just a few hours, also, some big news. president obama will hold the final press conference of his term. hes expected to take questions on the decision announced yesterday, just two days before leaving office, commuting the sentences of more than 200 prisoners, including former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning. manning has already served nearly seven years of a 35-year prison sentence for the 2010 leak of hundreds of thousan...