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>> the jail had to make numerous adjustments to go from being a short-term facility for pretrial detainees to lousing long-term felons, many of whom were seasoned prison inmates. since these state prison inmates will now be released directly into their communities the law came with an important provision. funding for a variety of re-entry programs, some of which provide real-world job skills. one program for female inmates is a culinary arts course run by a professional chef, trun buey. >> the training das signed for two months so the lady can go out and get a job in albertson's, food mart, ev...

First arrived. >> when i first came here, i couldn't eat, i thought the food of the nasty. but i got used to the programming in here, and learned how to do what i need to survive. i eat everything every day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> tastes better? >> yeah, it tastes better now. >> what i see from greggs, he's optimistic. he went to four classes here and parenting classes and got his certificate and everything like that, and based on that he's going to be successful. i wish it were that easy. >> inmates who go through the re-entry programs can still reach out to case workers for questio...

His short sentence. though he's used his time here to develop a new interest. >> they all call me spiderman, spider.çó >> this say wolf spider, he hasn't eaten for a day or two. guaranteed he'd attack. >> he's best known for a different kind of spider. >> these are toilet paper spiders. i use thread, toilet paper, and hairnet and some people like them colored. some people like them ñi real-looking. prefer, i guess color. it's a little more exotic, iñi would say. >> these do look real. you wake up, somebody new come in, put it on their bed, they wake up to it. it's a riot. that's for the ne...

Get to know you as a person, instead of oh, that's just a convict. >> so if you don't have the mind-set to plan for sobriety e then you don't know where you're going. >> greggs said there's been another development since he first arrived. >> when i first came here,ñ)hr couldn't eat, i thought the food of the nasty. but i got used to the programming in here, and learned how to do what i need to survive. i eat everything every day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> tastes better? >> yeah, it tastes better now. >> what i see from greggs, he's optimistic. he went to four classes here and parenting...

In just a couple of hours, president obama will be traveling to newark, new jersey as part of a push for reforming the criminal justice system. the president will focus on former inmates trying to find housing and work. let's get more from msnbc chief legal correspondent ari member. good morning. what specifically is the president going to be calling for? >> the big developing news this morning, he is calling for banning the box. that is the idea that basically employers should delay the inquiries into criminal records at least until they meet a candidate. banning the box delays that and the p...