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Were when they came in. >> the program is called ameri-i-can. it is a 60-hour program that takes 42 days to complete. ameri-i-can accepts any inmate regardless of their arrest charge and past criminal history. >> it's important because it teaches an individual to take control of their own lives. it gives them life skills, fundamentals, that allows them to understand how to succeed. a lot of people don't receive those from their parents. what you need is conscientious effort placed on education. education of all kinds. an investment in that, a real investment, you're going to always need strong...

>> getting a job outside of jail is only half the battle against recidivism. which is why new programs for inmates are encouraged at l.a. county. elected sheriff lee baca and l.a. hall of famer jim brown have started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the walls of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people can reflect on the problems and get involved in our programs and leave this jail bet...

>> getting a job outside of jail is only half the battle against recidivism, which is why new programs for inmates are encouraged at l.a. county. elected sheriff lee baca and nfl hall of famer jim brown have started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to help reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the walls of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people could actually reflect on their problems, get involved in our programs, and leav...

Program that takes 42 days to complete. amer-i-can accepts any inmate regardless of their arrest charge and past criminal history. >> it teaches an individual to take control of their own lives. it gives them life skills ab fundamentals that allows them to take control of their own life. you need an investment in education. a real investment in it. you'll need strong, fair, just law enforcement. what i'm saying here is you need a balance. you must put it into the education but you also must deal with the situations. that's a fair way of putting it. >> the rate of racially based disturbances li...

Decision that they made. >> getting a job outside of jail is only half the battle against recidivism, which is why new programs for inmates are encouraged at l.a. county. elected sheriff lee baca and nfl hall of famer jim brown have started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to help reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the walls of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people could actually reflect on their problems, get involved ...