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Back in the day that i never said anything about. i was raped. and i was able to get up and walk away. i guess you don't get over it, but you just don't think about it. and i think that's why i stayed with drugs. because all of that blocked it all out. but i don't want to do this no more. i don't want to steal no more. >> how are you guys doing? okay? >> brewer acknowledges that in her younger days, she wasn't interested in programs offered by the jail to help inmates stay out. but now at age 62, she wants to take advantage of the ged program and get a certificate of high school equivalency. >...

Minute. i'm going to call you up one by one. when i call you up, bring all your property up here to me. >> i got a whole bunch of mail. i got a whole bunch of old clothes and stuff from the ged program. >> mr. stein, come on up, partner. all right. this stuff -- all right. >> now when you get up there, they're going to go through everything again. >> okay. >> when you get upstairs, let them do their thing. all right? that's their deal up there. hang on to your bag. step up to the window. that's all we're doing down here. >> hang out here. the ride's going to be here in a couple minutes. all ri...

You know, i've set my mind on being a better person. and i don't care what i have to go through to become a better person. >> you can't divide these. >> a step towards that goal for stein has been to volunteer as the tutor for the jail's ged program. >> even though there is a decimal place there you can tell -- >> at first it was something to do and passed the time. but it really helps and makes me feel better at the end of the day they helped someone achieve something. >> hold on. don't say nothing. carry the eight. >> he is benefitting by being here when society says "you are kind of useless...

Louisville metro department of corrections jail inmate thomas "bam bam" lewis has been many things. a tattoo artist. a boxer. an arm wrestler. and a high school dropout. most recently he's shown a talent for disposing of old phone books. one thing he thought he'd never be is a math tutor. >> all right. let's start by finishing up doing -- >> the ones we missed? >> doing the ones you missed. >> lewis says the one thing about jail he's grateful for is the ged program, which he has just completed. and now he wants to pay it forward. >> i'm helping the gentlemen get ready for their ged test. it's ...

Wishers? >> cheyenne wants to sleep. she's not up in going at all. [ inaudible question ] >> why and how did it happen? why? [ inaudible question ] >> well, probably since this was just her fourth day of college, she's probably just trying to figure that out. >> she graduated roseburg high school? >> she completed a ged program. and she passed everything. she was accepted into ucc. in the nursing program. >> did she tell you guys anything about the shooter