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Can i ask, how long are you in for and whats your sentence? >> im currently incarcerated right now under the three strike law. i committed a nonviolent, non weapons involved, no physical injury, second-degree robbery. and you know the crazy thing? i got almost as much time as him, 30 years to life. >> can i ask you what the crime was, sir? >> first-degree murder. >> okay. >> i got a possession of a firearm and im doing almost life and they turned me into a career criminal where ive never been a ...

>> out of the 35 state prisons in california, this by far is the best as far as educational self-help development programs, whereas at these other prisons, the resources arent available. the programs arent there. we worked our way down from those higher-level security institutions by obeying the rules, staying out of trouble, programming, doing what is necessary to get out of those places. >> but recognition about change, it seems like thats a hard thing for people to swallow because they dont t...

>> so thats why this game is so complicated because it takes time. can i ask, how long are you in for, and whats your sentence? >> im currently incarcerated right now under the three-strike law. i committed a nonviolent, non weapons involved, no physical injury, second-degree robbery. and you know the crazy thing? i got almost as much time as him, 30 years to life. >> can i ask you what the crime was, sir? >> first-degree murder. >> okay. >> i got a possession of a firearm, and im doing double l...