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Away. can i have my name back? >> and i'm sitting there shaking inside. because i've been waiting on that. >> i think i'm going to have to do two suitcases, because that dress, i don't want to smash it. >> the wrinkles won't stand a chance, baby. i'm sure your curves will get it right. >> but before takita and jerome can take the next step, they have to meet the prison's guidelines. >> choosing to make that person your number one is different than getting wrapped up in the emotion of the love. >> at pendleton, inmates hoping to wed must take four marriage counseling class, led by chaplain matt...

Can i go -- she's like, oh, yeah, bring him here. >> so she was pulling the race card and was wanting her to -- he wanted attention right then and there and she wasn't able to give him that right then and there so he was wanting to act out. >> so we're hungry and we're feeling some racial tension. >> racism. >> okay, racism and the teacher won't let you get educated. >> yeah. >> but what was the first established point of interest here? >> i asked. >> you told me you're the biggest threat to this facility. >> i am! >> he was kicking on this door, asking for the c.a.r.e. team and also asking fo...

Future. rather than throwing all of these resources into the facility and throwing him back into the same environment, the idea is when they complete the future soldier program, we can release them directly into one of the military branchs. leave here and go directly into boot camp. >> housed in pendleton's echo 15 unit, 24 carefully screened offenders make up the future soldiers program. but getting their prison walking papers and marching straight to boot camp isn't so simple. there's still red tape. military requirements demand offenders be out of pendleton 30 days after their release befor...

Break down in tears because, you know, you know they're gone for a while. >> 35. one en route to visitation and ç one enroute to the dining hall from the 11. >> we've got a lot of challenges ahead of us, john. me and you. you know that? coming into a new situation, okay? i love you very much. i am so proud of you. >> thank you. >> welcome to pendleton correctional facility graduation day. i had the opportunity to work with all of these guys. i would like to point out, john madden, he has really had a lot of achievements since he's been here and i'm just glad to see this day happen. [ applause...

It's either that or go back and there's not a whole lot there for me. a lot of people might not appreciate i'm trying to do something for myself, and i don't like i need to go back to that, because i don't feel like i'm going to have a whole lot of support. >> with his release day just weeks away and military recruiters in town, superintendent dempsey nervously tries to find a solution to bridge the 30-day probation period that would require madden to return to his old haunts. >> he's come a long way. he's really taken that program to heart. >> one unit! >> if we can make this happen for him s...