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Has been struggling with high blood sugar for years. >> i went to the doctor they said you know the numbers you have been dealing with since you were 36? you have graduated. you have type ii diabetes, young man. >> hanks appeared slim and fit on the show said he was advised to shed some pounds to control the chronic condition. >> taxpayers across the country now stopped paying for prisoner's healthcare all thanks to obama care. the cost will be shifted from local to county budgets to medicaid and the federal government. >> because of the drug and alcohol problems and mental health conditions t...

William la jeunesse live in los angeles with that story. william? >> reporter: well, jon, you know, because of their drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues, this is a very expensive population to treat. now, in the past states and counties paid the majority of medical bills for inmates, parolees and ex-cons. now, however, they're busy making sure every inmate entering and exiting prison are signed up for obamacare, allowing them to shift those medical expenses to the federal government. >> basically, it means higher costs for taxpayers and higher health care costs for taxpayers spe...

You spent time behind bars myself. >> i'm an example of a person who has been there, done that. you can see the accomplishments that people like us can make. >> he works with charles and randy fisher of the hip hop summit youth counsel. >> it's about coming up with solutions. you have to hire people that are incarcerated and used to carry guns. those are the best people qualified for the job. >> he believes his ex-cons prevented homicides for over a year. and shootings for the past month. this intersection is known as the four cd, the four corners of death because of the episodes that have tak...

You spent time behind bars myself. >> i'm an example of a person who has been there, done that. you can see the accomplishments that people like us can make. >> he works with charles and randy fisher of the hip hop summit youth counsel. >> it's about coming up with solutions. you have to hire people that are incarcerated and used to carry guns. those are the best people qualified for the job. >> he believes his ex-cons prevented homicides for over a year. and shootings for the past month. this intersection is known as the four cd, the four corners of death because of the episodes that have tak...

That's important. >> chief force, how important is it to reach kids when they're young, before they start committing crimes. are you hoping maybe other ex-cons will do the same thing? >> well, far too often, anna. we see young people enter the criminal justice system and that churns away. they're in it, back out oift, in it, back out of it, if they can get that message early on and realize. and what mr. lawton brings to this is true credibility. i can sit and tell a kid how bad prison is going to be until i'm blue in the face. but when mr. lawton tells them, he's been there and knows that and ...