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Inspire and help heal through art. >> after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. >> we have probably 25% of the wall covered. >> suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. >> inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county's budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don't come back. we reduce the jail population and don't have to build more jails. we don't have to feed as many i...

We think by having officers that want to work with the youth and give them vocational programs, resume writing, computer graphics training, meditation, believe it or not, these kids go to meditation classes. this is the favorite thing they do, and we are seeing phenomenal results. >> while the program is still too new to measure long term effectiveness corrections staff say they are seeing fewer of the participants return to jail or prison compared to the national average. early on, one of demarco's biggest challenges is finding officers willing to work intimately with inmates. >> a lot of old...

Productivity from the companies. >> did you notice any trends of which employees are going to do this kind of thing, perks to attract good workers? >> we looked this year about the overall culture which is something hard to put your finger on and hard to -- you can't really touch it or feel it. but goldman sachs, we went through all of the employee comments for a big story we did about their workplace and everybody said over and over and over again, we really feel like this is team-liken vi environme. we feel that there's a culture of consensus. and they have talked about how people work toget...

I kind of do odds and end things for her. but i run a small, organic cleaning business. and in addition to that, i went to school and i became a physical therapy technician. in addition to all those jobs i am also doing reflexology, though i only see about two to five clients a week. that would be a good week for me. i teach meditation classes, along with yoga classes. wow. yeah, according to courtney, she has a hundred different jobs, but it depends on how closely you stick to that 'job' definition. that's something where you show up on a regular basis and people compensate you for doing that...