incarcerated, give them an opportunity to work here? >> yes. if you want to work hard, if you want to change your life, here's the job for you. >> reporter: 36-year-old danny doesn't look like your typical-department lead. >> on the streets, pretty rough lifestyle. first time i went to juvenile hall, i was 11. we were hungry, so we stole some food and they ended up catching us. juvenile hall to county jail and then to prison. >> what's the longest you've spent in prison? >> at one time, probably four years. >> reporter: prison had a revolving door and danny would enter it again and again. >> get out for like a month or two weeks, and then right back. >> reporter: danny has three kids he never saw. he realized if he wanted to have a life with them, he needed