Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100714:18:22:00
$38,000, that's roughly what the state of new jersey pays each year to keep a man in prison. but one program helps ex-cons rebuild their families and make amends for a life of crime and in turn, helps build up america. >> reporter: dawood ward is the first to admit he wasted 30 years of his life on drugs and in jail. >> had nowhere to go, nowhere to turn to. >> reporter: two years ago, he hit bottom. at that moment, if somebody had come to you and leaned over and said, you're going to be a teacher, in a couple of years, you're going to be a teacher, what would you have said at that moment? >> ...
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