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About the border, we can see a pretty bipartisan move overnight when the senate passed this pretty big criminal justice reform bill, backed by the white house, expanding early release programs, modifies sentencing laws, gives judges more discretion over sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and more for rehab programs for former prisoners. are you going to support this bill? are you surprised, anything you want to say about actual bipartisan on the hill? >> sure, chris, its a much better produ...

Are on the lower end of the economic socio economic scale and in some cases have no assets whatsoever kids can access and unfortunately its overwhelm the rest other aspects of the system and shelter in particular and rapid rate housing in november of two thousand and sixteen l.a. residents voted to raise property taxes with proceeds going to help the city create more affordable housing. the goal is to build about ten thousand residential units over the next decade. but there are almost six times...

Are on the lower end of the economic socio economic scale and in some cases have no assets whatsoever can and can access and unfortunately its overwhelmed the rest other aspects of the system and shelter in particular and rapid rate housing in november of two thousand and sixteen l.a. residents voted to raise property taxes with proceeds going to help the city create more affordable housing. the goal is to build about ten thousand residential units over the next decade. but there are almost six ...

Opportunity to practice leadership, teamwork, confidence, hard work, dedication, and i think streets treated me wrong, but baseball always treated me right. >> wow. >> as we watch the team practice, i got curious. why would rashawn work so hard at a rehab program when he knows he has almost no chance of ever getting out of prison? why do you want to be a journalist? what does this do for you? >> it does a lot. first of all, my voice is the only thing thats still free. >> okay. >> and having so m...

Yeah, not really looking to get lost in here. >> stan robinson. >> kamau bell. >> nice to meet you. >> i hear they call you the mayor of san quentin. >> well they call me a lot of things but officially im the public officers of san quentin. >> thanks for bringing me in here. >> im glad you guys could come in and experience this world. now i know when you step into prison it is a different feeling than on the other side of the walls. >> this feels like a community college. >> it does. this is the...

Meaningful t do. >> finding a purpose in life is not exactly what we generally think of when we picture what inmates are doing in prison. you know what you think of, fighting in the shower, racially rioting. well, check this out. yoga is another one of the rehab programs here, and phun singh, a practitioner and a writer for the news is letting me sit in on the story. >> inhale and extend. >> why do you think its important to do yoga? >> helps me to relax and do whatever energy i accumulate throu...

Has the highest number of rehab programs by far, and its also a level 2 prison. see, prison security levels range from level 1, think like martha stewart prison, to level 4, like a really froggy episode of "oz." while san quentin used to be a level 4, in 1999, it was changed to a level 2. >> our inmate population is down below there. >> its not what i was expecting. i thought we would turn this corner and there would be several gates and i would be strip-searched. you know what i mean? >> why wo...

Pretty hard hit and promises were made on this turf. i dont think were seeing much. or if something is happening were not aware of it yet. >> this week governor chris sinunu announced $100,000 in new funding for local rehab programs acknowledging the severeimity of the issue. >> a bunch of bureau krats and the government arent going to solve it. folks in recovery, telling their stories and giving examples of what works and doesnt work, thats how you make a difference. >> dennis is a prime exampl...

Somebody that loves the game with a passion. >> what does the baseball program do for you? >> the baseball gives me the opportunity to practice leadership, teamwork, confidence, hard work, dedication, and i think streets treated me wrong, but baseball always treated me right. >> wow. >> as we watch the team practice, i got curious. why would rashawn work so hard at a rehab program when he knows he has almost no chance of ever getting out of prison? why do you want to be a journalist? what does t...

>> well they call me a lot of things but officially im the public information officer of san quentin. >> thanks for bringing me in here. >> im glad you guys could come in and experience this world. now i know when you step into prison, it is a different feeling than on the other side of the walls. >> this feels like a community college. >> it does. this is the adjustment center. this is where we say we house the worst of the worst in the state of california. >> this is the worst inmates in the s...