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To declassify a variety of government documents now underway. that is huge news. we need transparency. joining us more is investigative journalist of the hill. john, this is like an office of transparency. >> yes, it is. it could be announced as early as next week. it gives the president an opportunity to no longer rely on all the people who haven't given us transparency. tonight, my sources tell me there are three explosive documents in the obama era that could be at the top of the list on this classification process, that could give us an entirely new story about what went on. one of these a...

>> some inmates struggle with how to serve time, a problem steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, that's what keeps me stable. this is all paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. that's how i do it. i don't try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prison's more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> ready to go? >> after completing the cla...

>> go ahead and step in there. they'll come and talk to you in a few minutes. >> thank you, guys. >> yep. >> the inmates are given a temporary housing location until they talk to classification officers. through the classification process is you know how we find out if people need to be separated from the general population, if they have any gang issues, if they have any enemies or if they have any psychiatric issues and they house them appropriately after that. for inmates sobel and potter, it doesn't seem like they have any housing restrictions or have anything that's going to keep them sepa...

It's a gradual thing. >> yeah, but i don't think they're any smaller. >> today some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community program is very strict. you can't have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while you're in here. >> the program's director heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cindy archer i've known since 1991 when i first started. she's been in and out. she was in here with her mother in '91. we're almost working together, which is kind of scary. >> can we have a cigarette together?...

Escalade. this is serious art here. how much time do i have? >> some inmates struggle with how to serve time, a problem steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, that's what keeps me stable. this is oil paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. at least, that's how i do it. i don't try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prison's more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon di...