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When their time is up you take them off the shelf and let them go. that was the way things were done. when i came here i wanted to change the culture. we got kind of lucky because we had a lot of people eligible to retire and we hired a lot of new officers and got to train them the way we wanted them to be trained and got them to buy into our philosophy because that's all they know know. >> give them your best, stay sharp, stay focused and learn this opportunity here. >> this officer might look like one of the old school corrections officers but he actually did not become a c.o. until four yea...

We think by having officers that want to work with the youth and give them vocational programs, resume writing, computer graphics training, meditation, believe it or not, these kids go to meditation classes. this is the favorite thing they do, and we are seeing phenomenal results. >> while the program is still too new to measure long term effectiveness corrections staff say they are seeing fewer of the participants return to jail or prison compared to the national average. early on, one of demarco's biggest challenges is finding officers willing to work intimately with inmates. >> a lot of old...

>> how did you fill the day? was there anything you did? any routine you tried to keep in order to make it through and just not completely luds hope? >> no we didn't -- we just -- we had our usual meal times. couple times a day, they would let us out into the yard just to walk around. apart from that, luckily for us, i was in a cell with my friend. so we were able to keep each other entertained, keep our spirits up and stay sharp. >> how were you treated in prison? >> i was treated okay, but really i prefer not to talk about those experiences at this point. i'm just really glad to be back here...

Number one a couple of people out of a profession of a 15,000 does not define an industry and them point out hey, they disagree, some of them, with the transportation secretary saying there's going to be no sleeping on the job. in many countries earn the world it is accepted one air traffic controller may get rest while another takes his position and they both stay sharp. long distance flights you have one set of pilots sleeping and another one that's flying. they change positions during the night. why? so everybody remains on the ball for a critical, critical job. >> and we do want everyone o...