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Finding treatment for a drug addiction nursed while incarcerat incarcerated. "life on parole" a new pbs documentary is a collaboration by front line and "the new york times" and it follows four recently released connecticut prisoners as they navigate their new lives on the outside. joining me now is the director of "life on parole," emmy award winning document aryan matt mcneal. tell us about the documentary and why -- and why you did it and what you hope people will get from it. >> well, we have had a lot of conversations and you talk on your show all the time about the huge population that's...

Inside vegas walker has just been sentenced to 68 months in prison for stabbing a man. she is now escorted with other inmates appearing in court through the long underground corridor that connects the courts building to jail. prior to court, walker was convinced that the judge would empathize with her difficult up bringing and her claim that she stabbed the man in self-defense and release her on probation. >> i'm pissed. i should have got the chance to go home. everybody knew i was going to prison but me. >> as a result of what jail officials identified as a suicide attempt, walker is still on...

You were obviously transient, essentially homeless as you stated today, using very serious drugs and certainly those did not benefit you in this situation. and while your attorney can argue today that your family is now ready to assist you, we really don't know much about that and whether it would be available regularly in the future is unknown. so, those all work against you being successful on probation. now, ms. walker, the second thing that i consider most today, and i do with any case that is before me, is your criminal history. you're 21 barely, and you have as massed a fairly significan...

I try to help family to get out of the situation and then, of course, they went back and then at that point you realize that it's better just to let it take its course and hope eventually that things will workout. >> coming up. jason galliard's reaction to judy sa mora's change of heart. and. >> and the two options here obviously prison or probation. >> the judge hands down his sentence on vegas walker. imist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory ...

Going to perjure yourself on the stand? >> no. >> because they will ask you about your statement. >> uh-huh. >> i'm just curious if you would put yourself in that kind of predicament. >> yeah. >> you'll tell the truth? >> uh-huh. >> does he know that? >> i have to. huh-uh, i don't think so. yeah. >> the next time we saw galliard, he refused to speak to us on camera. we also checked in with samora. she said she had spoken to galliard and had shared details with him about her interview with us. galliard's case will be resolved in the nearby court building, the same one vegas walker is in today t...