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Amer-i-can accepts any inmate regardless of their arrest charge and past criminal history. >> it's important because it teaches an individual to take control of their own lives. it gives them life skills, fundamentals, that allows them to understand how to succeed. a lot of people don't receive those from their parents. what you need is conscientious effort placed on education. education of all kinds. an investment in that, a real investment, you're going to always need strong, fair, just law enforcement. so what i'm saying to you is you need a balance. you must put it into education but you a...

Started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to help reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the walls of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people could actually reflect on their problems, get involved in our programs, and leave this jail better than they were when they came in. >> the program is called amer-i-can and it's a 60-hour program that takes 42 days to complete. amer-i-can accepts any inmate regardless of their arrest cha...

Encouraged at l.a. county. elected sheriff lee baca and nfl hall of famer jim brown have started an intensive self-improvement training course for inmates inside the l.a. county jail. the course was originally designed to help reduce the racially motivated violence that was occurring daily within the walls of the jail. >> we needed to take that environment and make it a productive one where people could actually reflect on their problems, get involved in our programs, and leave this jail better than they were when they came in. >> the program is called amer-i-can and it's a 60-hour program tha...

This number. blacks and lahtinos make up 33% of the u.s. population while in prison they make up 58% of the population. hillary shelton is with the naacp washington bureau director and joining me here is pro football hall of famer jim brown, also the president and founder of amer-i-can that focuses on education of at-risk youth. i have to tell you that i told mr. brown last night that he was one of my heroes. i was a tomboy growing up and you're one of my heroes for so many reasons but especially your work with young people. when you look at this number, 58% of the prison population black or l...

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