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He says his job as a bus driver led him to drug addiction and it was all down here from there. >> it's a lot faster pace on the west coast than it is for a country boy from florida. so, it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple i smoked me a little refer, drank me some wine, didn't make any difference. just did what i wanted to. this time i tried to do it the way it should be done and the staff looks at you a little bit different when you're not an add yot than just all the time getting in trouble. >> m...

Addiction, and it was all downhill from there. >> it's a lot faster pace on that west coast than it is for a little country boy from florida. so it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, i smoked me a little reefer, drank me some wine, didn't care, didn't make a difference. i just did what i wanted to. this time, i tried to do it the way it should be done. the staff looks at you a little different than when you're not an idiot than just all the time getting in trouble. >> mccrory has another reason for...

Downhill from there. >> it's a lot faster pace on that west coast than it is for a little country boy from florida. so it was a little different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, i smoked me a little reefer, drank me some wine, didn't care, didn't make a difference. i just did what i wanted to. this time, i tried to do it the way it should be done. the staff looks at you a little different than when you're not an idiot than just all the time getting in trouble. >> mccrory has another reason for wanting to stay out of tr...

Stick to his old ways or start over. >> when i first got in here, all i would think about was the things that i have done, you know, to her or to my family. that haunted me. it was torture. but as time went on, i got my g.e.d. and completed substance abuse classes and started to feel like -- >> are you all right? i said are you all right? >> okay. >> nowadays, jerome is a model inmate. he has been trusted to mentor offenders in the mental health unit. >> what's going on, man? you doing all right? >> jerome is a good mentor around here. a lot of times they are acting out and all of that. they d...

>> do you have any other questions for us? >> no, no. >> all right. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks. >> the classification bureau will review inmates that don't meet their time criteria, but he's a model inmate here, so we referred him early, and they took into consideration all of our criteria that we recommended him and have decided not to override or consider him for early transfer. >> i'm pissed because i want to go to the farm, but there's nothing i can do about it. they have the ball in their court. i mean, i just can't walk out. so i'll be patient and wait till they let me go. >>...