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Certification and it does not print they received this in jail so then they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your ridge, hold your ridge. start to clean out. swing it. that's it. see it closes up the openings? you got it? >> elizabeth valenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that's very important to them. i mean, that they would tell you straight out. they would tell anybody. that's good. to them, it's just very important that they have this class because otherwise they're upstairs for five hours in their cell doing ...

Well, not exactly like yours. it might be a maximum security institution, but the tennessee prison for women realizes that giving their inmates opportunities to feel good about themselves can go a long way. and even help their rehabilitation. >> the things we go through for beauty. a day in the beauty shop. >> every beauty shop has gossips. this is no exception. >> the prison runs a cosmetology program that is both a full service spa and a teaching facility that provides inmates with career skills for life on the outside.

So then they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your ridge, hold your ridge. start to clean out. swing it. that's it. see it closes up the openings? you got it? >> elizabeth valenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that's very important to them. i mean, that they would tell you straight out. they would tell anybody. that's good. to them, it's just very important that they have this class because otherwise they're upstairs for five hours in their cell doing nothing, except perhaps getting in trouble. take the comb out. ...

>> elizabeth valenza is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that's very important to them. i mean, that they would tell you straight out. they would tell anybody. that's good. to them, it's just very important that they have this class because otherwise they're upstairs for five hours in their cell doing nothing, except perhaps getting in trouble. take the comb out. clean it out. clean it out. and swing it back. >> to me, personally, it makes me feel good especially with miss liz because she teaches us a lot not only about cosmetology but also psychology a...

Say the more the merrier. >> betty conley is not part of the cosmetology program, but that hasn't stopped her from turning herself into a virtual spa of her own. >> i'm like dolly. the redder the better. the more the merrier. so that's what i do. >> but conley is known here for more than makeup. >> they call me cornbread here because my husband was eating cornbread when i shot him and nobody wants to come and eat cornbread with me. >> conley is serving a life sentence for murdering her husband. >> we had been together for 20 years. when we got together, he was 42. i was 18. and it was real goo...