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No! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. 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 wi...

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 forç 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 g...

Vocational programs. >> women's detention center the most effective vocational program we have here is cosmetology. because they have the opportunity to receive a certification and does not print that they received this in jail. so they can present that to a possible employer when they get out. >> hold your rinl, start to clean out swing it, closes up the opening, you got it? >> elizabeth is the head instructor for the cosmetology program. >> i'm here for them and that is very important to them. that they would tell you straight out. they would tell anybody. >> comb it through. >> to them it's...

I've been into makeup since i was a little bitty girl, and i 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. w...

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. >> well, i'll start you a little bit bigger and i'll work down. >> works for me. >> you tell me how close you want to take it. >> claudia rourke, a civilian employee, runs the program, which requires students to complete at least 200 hours of training. >> the rest of the prison has different colors of paint on the wall. my favorite colors are pink and p...