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Robbery in florida. he says his job as a band tour bus driver led him to drug addiction, and it was all downhill from there. >> it's a lot faster pace on that west coast than for a country boy from florida, so it was a different world out thereç >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, smoked 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 are not an idiot, just all the time ge...

Bus driver led him to drug addiction, and it was all downhill from there. >> it's a lot faster pace on that west coast than for a country boy from florida, so it was a different world out there. >> during his first prison term, mccrory was less than a model inmate. >> the first couple, smoked 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 are not an idiot, just all the time getting in trouble. >> mccrory has another reason for ...

>> stick your arm out. how come it looks like you've been scratching it? >> i haven't been scratching it. my whole arm is dry. i just don't got no -- just don't got no lotion. look. i'm telling you. >> any considerations? >> consider -- what do you mean? >> any considerations -- considerations would be if i were to find you guilty, you'd want me to take something into consideration that you had clear conduct or you're a model inmate. >> i don't know about being a model inmate, but if you look, in eight years, i've never had a major report except for one. i don't have an extensive disciplinary ...

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. >> but rather than give up ...

A lapse of judgment. a crime is committed. it can result in years behind bars, and regaining freedom can seem impossible. >> we have a lot of freedom out here, you know. we have everything that a person would have at home. >> golden barnett, and nine fellow inmates share creature comforts that don't exist inside the castle. they've become minimum-security inmates who live in a house on the prison grounds. >> trust is what i lost to society. to trust me in society. so this is a start, and it's a great start. >> for eight years, barnett has been a model inmate. now he works as a custodian as he ...