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How they think of prisoners and what this whole community is like and it's just not true. if you work with someone consistently for a while, you really get to know them. that's one of the interesting parts of being here. you're very confident. >> i sure am. i know this stuff. >> all right. i'm going to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on paper. >> smart. goes to harvard. he's extra smart. >> so what is that? >> people can let their defenses down in the classroom. they can admit i can't read, i can't do math. whereas, in the units, that's a lot to do. you have to protect those kind...

Score. people have a wall about what how they think of prisoners and what this whole community is like and it's just not true. if you work with someone consistently for a while, you really get to know them. that's one of the interesting parts of being here. you're very confident. >> i sure am. i know this stuff. >> all right. i'm going to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on paper. >> smart. goes to harvard. he's extra smart. >> so what is that? >> people can let their defenses down in the classroom. they can admit i can't read, i can't do math. whereas, in the units, that's a lot ...

Women also working on mind, body, and soul. but in a most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had been transformed into a yoga studio. they had pushed the chairs and tables back against the walls and set up their yoga mats against the great large window and really created a peaceful environment. >> now, use your breath. >> ...

Rise against these walls and these bars. >> definitely. got to do something with your time. >> always working out. always working on my mind, my body, my soul. >> that's pretty much it. >> in another section of the jail, we discovered a group of women also working on mind, body, and soul. but in the most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal class...

She's rude, that she's disruptive or anything else but you have to look at the fact that she's a child. who initiated the physical contact? the officer initiated it. second of all, we're going to start criminalizing students because they are on cell phones in a classroom setting and classroom environment? should we not be concerned about criminal records moving forward even if you could potentially seal it because she's a juvenile? is it enough for youth getting i head and going to school? we have to think about that. what she needs at this point is love, support, potentially counseling and ne...