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It's a gradual thing. >> i don't think they have any smaller. >> today, some female inmates are headed to a public library to shovel snow. >> the classification process to get into the community works program is very strict. you can't have escape charges, parole violations, you know, fighting while you're in here. >> the program's director, assistant deputy superintendent heather mcneil has known archer for years. >> cynthia archer, i've known probably 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 o...

>> 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? >> no, we cannot. >> oh, please. i'm kidding. i'm kidding. >> it's no...

Brushy mountain correctional complex serves as the initial intake center for new and returning prisoners throughout eastern tennessee. as many as 150 inmates per month arrive from county jails soon after sentencing. >> do you have a medical problem? all right. discard that, too. >> whether they will stay at brushy mountain or be transferred to another state prison depends on the results of a classification process required of each inmate upon arrival. >> whether we receive people from the county jail, we generally receive no records. we don't know who we've got, what they're capable of, whethe...

>> after completing the classification process, it's time for knight's transfer to general population. >> got everything? >> i'm going to "d." i wanted to get out of there, intake as soon as possible. be able to get some air now. i'm a little nervous. but other than that, it's more excitement than anything. more relief. i'm glad to be out of just that room all day. >> there you go. right there. they'll get you hooked up with your property and a mattress and see if we can get you some stuff to clean in there. >> okay. >> all right?

But this is not no 15-minute escalade. this is serious art here. how much time do i have? >> some inmates struggle with how to serve time, a problem steve 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 k...