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Here to tell his story is the star of "law and order-organized crime" christopher meloni. [ applause ] >> good evening. we are not our worst mistakes. let me say that again. we are not our worst mistakes. we all make them. because we're all human. hector guadalupe is no different. he lost both parents by the time he was 15. at 23, he was sentenced to ten years to life for distributing cocaine. when he spent 31 months in solitary confinement surrounded by darkness and cement walls, he decided to rebuild his life. he got fit in mind and body, found focus in the prison gym, and became a certified...

Less than 1% have re-offended. here to tell his story is the star of "law & order: organized crime," christopher meloni. ♪ >> good evening. we are not our worst mistakes. let me say that again. we are not our worst mistakes. we all make 'em because we're all human. hector guadalupe is no different. he lost both parents by the time he was 15. at 23, he was sentenced to ten years to life for distributing cocaine. when he spent 31 months in solitary confinement surrounded by darkness and cement walls, he decided to rebuild his life. he got fit in mind and body, found focus in the prison gym,

>> basically, he had to learn that he was just a number. and that was really difficult for him. former associates tell me he went into a state of depression almost immediately after he landed in prison. he basically kept to himself. he gained weight. he was out of shape. he was in a really bad state and it was really hard for him those first months. >> i think what noorpd o.j. is something clicked, and it became clear that his goal was to get out of prison. and that became his kind of motivating factor. >> retired corrections officer jeffrey felix is a long time o.j. simpson fan for whom the c...

Prison gym, also some of their families and 30 correctional officers. the pontiff saying i know this moment is painful for you and your family. he said, everyone has something to be cleaned up. he shook their hands, even hugged some, and blessed their rosaries. >> translator: this time in your life can have but one purposor, to give you a helping hand to get back on the right path. to give you a hand to help you rejoin society. >> reporter: meanwhile, here at the benjamin franklin parkway in the heart of philadelphia, you can see the mass which is about to start at 4:00 p.m., people taking the...

Don't know, it just hit me that maybe it won't happen. and i got mad, and that turned into anger. >> reporter: and then his father committed another crime that ensured he would never be coming home. he bludgeoned jeffrey dahmer and another inmate to death in the prison gym. >> do you ever think about if -- because there's still a question as to whether guards may have set up your father because he should not have been left alone with the other two men in prison. >> no. i think about that all the time. it makes me wonder if he even did it. >> reporter: chris understands, however, his father ple...