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But now i learned my lesson, aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crimes to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i...

Street, i started smoking that stuff. and it didnt help me. it didnt get me anywhere. get me into trouble. it got me in here. but now i learned my lesson. i aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crime until the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery, whatever -- all the excuses you could think of, until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott r...

The street, i started smoking that stuff. it didnt help me. didnt get me anywhere. it got me into trouble. got me in here. but i learned myles lesson. i aint touching it no more. >> i thought i was going to commit crime until the day i die. all the excuses you can think of until i just started to take accountability for my own actions and responsible for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another reiche e rikers inmate. >> just spiraled out of control as far as criminality goes. i...

Im glad. because when i was on the street, i started smoking that stuff. it didnt help me, didnt get me anywhere. got me into trouble. got me in here. now i learned my lesson, i aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt i was going to commit crimes to the day i die, i hate the government, society, america, slavery, all the excuses you can think of until i started taking accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had dodge to my life. >> scott randolph...

But now i learned my lesson, aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crime to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i ...

Aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crimes to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i just spiraled out of control...

Didnt get me anywhere. got me into trouble. it got me in here. but now i learned my lesson, aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crimes to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he ...

Aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crimes to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i just spiraled out of control...

Trying to make money hustling in the street. >> but randolph took advantage of the jails writing program and had hopes of becoming a journalist. >> we publish the "rikers review" which is published by inmates for inmates. it was extremely helpful. it gave me a lot of computer skills, marketable skills. so im looking forward to trying to utilize that when i get down. >> the prison journal included one of his poems. >> can we read a little bit of your poem? >> all right. this someone called hold t...

Stuff and it didnt help me. didnt get me anywhere. got me into trouble. it got me in here. but now i learned my lesson, aint touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crimes to the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery. whatever. all the excuses you could think of until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipa...