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Investments in education or clean energy or research and technology. we cant afford to roll back regulations on wall street. or on big oil companies or insurance companies. we cannot afford to double down on the same top-down economic policies that got nus this mess. thats not a plan to create jobs. that is not a plan to grow the economy. thats not change. thats a relapse. we dont want to go back there. we tried it. it didnt work. we are not going back. we are going forward. now ive got a differ...

You know, were pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this is there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is the vehicle that ive been waiting for. i think that im ready for it because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to tackle right at this moment. >> remember, youre trying to change your past. youve been going down a certain road for many years and youre trying to walk a different road. do your time a little differently than you have ...

And so he talked with me when he was up on the segregation unit and said i really want a chance at the rtu unit. i want to start making changes in my life. you know, were pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this is there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is the vehicle that ive been waiting for. i think that im ready for it because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to tackle right at this moment. >> remember, youre trying to chang...

>> you will relapse. its inevitable. its inevitable. >> if you had slapped him in the head. even if you had punched him in the face or kicked him. >> what about me getting punched? what about me? what about [ bleep ] >> this is something completely different. >> this is extreme. >> this is extreme. >> its like a blindside shot. how do you think i feel? how do you think i [ bleep ] feel? think in terms of me for a [ bleep ] minute and quit being so selfish. how do you think i feel? how do you thi...

It doesnt fit right now. >> am i allowed a moment of relapse? >> oh, a moment, yeah. >> how can anyone make a stabilized transition without some form of relapse? >> oh, absolutely, right. >> you will relapse. its inevitable. its inevitable. >> if you had slapped him in the head. even if you had punched him in the face or kicked him. >> what about me getting punched? >> this is something completely different. >> this is extreme. >> this is extreme. >> its like a blindside shot. how do you think i...

Killed him." "you nearly killed him." who is saying i killed him? who is saying i nearly killed him? >> i think i just did. >> you know what? its like this -- i dont even remember half the [ bleep ] that happened that day. because when i came back, i got knocked out, too. he wasnt the only one that got knocked out. i got knocked out -- im more blacked out than knocked out, okay? all i remember is coming back and saying, what the [ bleep ] is going on around here, man? guys is everywhere. and im ...

Knows how to do, and hes going to end up using, hell probably end up back here before i leave. >> you never know what youre going to, if youre going out there to relapse in a few days and be back here in a few months. its the unknown, you know what i mean? the probability of me going, returning to society, doing the same thing ive already, always done is high, you know what i mean? the chips are definitely stacked against me. i want to change, i want to do something different. sometimes its just...

You never know what -- going out there to relapse in a few days and be back here within a few months? its the unknown. you know what i mean? the probability of me going and returning to society doing the same thing ive always done is high, you know what i mean? the chips are definitely stacked against me. i want to change. i want to do something different. sometimes its just tough. you know? >> a few hours later bubanas would have his chance for a fresh start. his charges were dismissed in court...

Theres no ifs, ands or buts. but if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they ge...

But if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they get out. >> with ten months lef...