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Bad family, you know. father was alcoholic. used to beat my mom. he ran out on us. i grew up around a lot of gangs. and it was just a 15-year-old kid trying to find an identity. didn't have one. i got caught up doing that stuff. skipping school. hanging out. doing stuff like that that gang members do, thugs do, whatever you want to call it. and i ended up killing somebody. i was at some girl's house, and i seen somebody walking by. we had a confrontation. and it resulted in me shooting him. i was 15 when i committed the crime. at 16 i pled guilty to second-degree murder for 15 to life plea bar...

Albeit more expensive option in cell cooking. >> i am making roast beef and corned beef tacos and in here, in prison, we have to cook in bags. we just get this off the canned goods, take the top off, flatten it so you can cut. other than that you don't have much to cut with. it's a whole lot harder than having a knife. as long as you ain't using it as a knife, the officers ain't -- they understand that you have to cut your meat. i haven't eaten anything in the chow hall in a really long time. i'd say a good year or so. yeah, i can cook pretty good. it tastes very well. i can definitely hide th...

Kids that i talked to, troubled youth. bad family, you know. father was alcoholic. used to beat my mom. he ran out on us. i grew up around a lot of gangs. and it was just a 15-year-old kid trying to find an identity. didn't have one. i got caught up doing that stuff. skipping school. hanging out. doing stuff like that that gang members do, thugs do, whatever you want to call it. and i ended up killing somebody. i was at some girl's house, and i seen somebody walking by. we had a confrontation. and it resulted in me shooting him. i was 15 when i committed the crime. at 16 i pled guilty to secon...

Cell cooking. >> i am making roast beef and corned beef tacos and in here, in prison, we have to cook in bags. we just get this off the canned goods, take the top off, flatten it so you can cut. other than that you don't have much to cut with. it's a whole lot harder than having a knife. as long as you ain't using it as a knife, the officers ain't -- they understand that you have to cut your meat. i haven't eaten anything in the chow hall in a really long time. i'd say a good year or so. yeah, i can cook pretty good. it tastes very well. i can definitely hide the fact that it's coming from an ...

Trays? go ahead. bring it here. >> inmates like david monroe have found a more creative albeit more expensive option in cell cooking. >> i am making roast beef and corned beef tacos and in here, in prison, we have to cook in bags. we just get this off the canned goods, take the top off, flatten it so you can cut. other than that you don't have much to cut with. it's a whole lot harder than having a knife. as long as you ain't using it as a knife, the officers ain't -- they understand that you have to cut your meat. i haven't eaten anything in the chow hall in a really long time. i'd say a good...