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Now he's pursuing a literary career working on his autobiography. >> yeah. it's "the bank robber blues, the tales of the mummy bandit." it's pretty good. i've got a couple guys here. i let them read it, and they are kind of my critics, and they say it's a page-turner. it keeps the reader interested. it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to write when you lay it down. if they can do it, i can do it. i'm working on it. i'm just getting warmed up. i have a lot more to go. i'm like in 1985 right now. >> but for now torres puts his book aside to help out his cellmate ryan abbey. >> basically w...

>> torres' cellmate ryan abbey also got good news at a recent court hearing. he was accepted into a rehab program, and a few weeks into it has written to torres about life outside the orange county jail. >> i received two letters from ryan since he's been gone. he goes, hey, jimmy, what's up, buddy? did some research -- did some research on the mummy bandit thing for me, and he says there's mummy bandits all over the place. it's like a mummy nation. he mentions that sobriety is great. people are good at the house, and he mentioned also that he's going to help me with this project we've got goi...

Every day of day room and then three times a week they get an hour in the facility. unless they have outdoor rec time, they are in their cell for 22 hours. >> still, some of the inmates are being pulled out of their cells for a surprise shakedown. >> we search cells to find contraband, weapons, drugs. >> let's go, guys. >> let's go. >> go out to reck and enjoy your time out there, and we'll call you back in. >> a lot of times they will keep fruit and turn that into a jailhouse alcohol called pruno. they will save bread and save all that. the yeast in the bread to ferment. the sugary juice, it ...

Unfortunately, they're a captured audience. >> torres used to sing in a band on the outside, but he's probably better known for being a prolific bank robber. now he's pursuing a literary career working on his autobiography. >> yeah. it's "the bank robber blues, the tales of the mummy bandit." it's pretty good. i've got a couple guys here. i let them read it, and they are kind of my critics, and they say it's a page-turner. it keeps the reader interested. it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to write when you lay it down. if they can do it, i can do it. i'm working on it. i'm just getting...

I was america's most wanted man. thanks. that's the crowd. unfortunately, they're a captured audience. >> torres used to sing in a band on the outside, but he's probably better known for being a prolific bank robber. now he's pursuing a literary career working on his autobiography. >> yeah. it's "the bank robber blues, the tales of the mummy bandit." it's pretty good. i've got a couple guys here. i let them read it, and they are kind of my critics, and they say it's a page-turner. it keeps the reader interested. it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to write when you lay it down. if they ...