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Plenty of others who choose a very different path. they use their time in prison to do something constructive. for many, that means turning to art. paul majors had been in and out of prison for most of the last 23 years when we met him at the riverbend maximum security institution in tennessee. >> well, it's therapeutic for me because it gives me a chance to escape and release a lot of tension. i can look at the situation in the world today and what i can't say verbally, i can say in a picture because they say a picture paints a thousand words or can say a thousand words, so i guess this is my...

They use their time in prison to do something constructive. for many, that means turning to art. paul majors had been in and out of prison for most of the last 23 years when we met him at the riverbend maximum security institution in tennessee. >> it's therapeutic for me because it gives me a chance to escape and release a lot of tension. i can look at the situation in the world today and what i can't say verbally, i can say in a picture because they say a picture paints a thousand words. and i guess this is my way of saying a thousand words. i use acrylics, water colors, chalk pastels, pen an...

I use acrylics, water colors, chalk pastels, pen and ink, if they gave me a stick in mud, i would use that. anything i get my hands on, i can use. >> some prison artists, especially those confined to high security cell nearly have to go to such lengths to create art. >> i got different techniques. but sometimes i just take the color off an m & m. the color come off. i can use that color. >> because of his high security level as a confirmed gang member, we could only shoot david's art outside his cell. a corrections officer offered to hold it in place for our camera. but at another california p...

A tow sand words. and some artists, especially those confined to high security cells, have to go to such lengths to create art. >> i'll just take the colors off of him. like a piece of paper. i use it as color. >> because of his high security level as a confirmed gang member, we could only shoot his art outside his cell at pel can bay. at another california prison, one inmate's artwork is either

I use acrylics, water colors, chalk pastels, pen and ink, if they gave me a stick in mud, i would use that. anything i get my hands on, i can use. >> some prison artists, especially those confined to high security cells nearly have to go to such lengths to create art. >> i got different techniques. but sometimes i just take the color off an m & m. lick a piece of paper, fold it, and touch it and the color comes off. i use that as color. >> because of his high security level as a confirmed gang member, we could only shoot david's art outside his cell. a corrections officer offered to hold it in...