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But prison didn't stop his taste for alcohol. he used to make hooch, or illegal inmate-made wine from a mixture of rotting fruit, sugar and bread. >> i used to get drunk. and i used to start fights. and one day they sent me to confinement to the hole for extortion. a guy said -- he owed me money for wine he bought. and i jumped on him. and when i was in confinement, like, my high power, we call god, revealed itself to me and said it's time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started...

Like, my high power, we call god, revealed itself to me and said it's time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start in life. they help you stay straight, ...

God, revealed itself to me and said it's time to get your life right. i stayed in that confinement cell for 90 days. then they transferred me to another prison. when i got to the other prison, i started making aa and m.a. meetings. i started going to church. i started reading the bible more, studying. >> jones served 18 years of a 25-year sentence at a florida state prison before he was released on parole. he moved into the noah house, a residential substance abuse program, in tampa. >> they help ex-offenders get a fresh start in life. they help you stay straight, you know. i wanted to stay st...

I think. stronger anyway. >> anytime you endure adversity it either make you or break you. you know, and you learn from you know, the situations that you go through. i believe that we all are going to be better men in here if we just take the chance to, you know, hey, don't make the same mistakes that we made the first time. >> back in his cell, trotter writes poetry to something else he missed out on. >> after ten years of isolation, i'm meeting you for the first time. >> the night sky. his confinement cell had no window. >> and your beauty is blissful. you never say a word and i find the sil...

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