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But with institutional reforms came a redirection of time, energy and money. one by one, the trade programs fell by the wayside until today one last program remains. the stateville industries program produces office furniture, including desks, bookcases and tables. the only men who work here are long-time model prisoners. one of those men is william earl basset. basset has been incarcerated since 1963 and in stateville since 1966. originally he was serving a maximum of ten years for burglary and forgery at another illinois penitentiary called menard. >> i had a short parole coming but a guy wa...

This here is not no joke. period. it's not no joke. you got guys up in here 17 years old with natural life. 17 years with -- i'm talking 17 years old with natural life for what, for nothing. just because somebody looked at him hard or something like that? it's not worth it at all. >> way off in the far southwest corner of stateville is an almost completely abandoned area. years ago, apprentice programs flourished here. inmates learned a trade in haircutting, foundry work or tailoring. but with institutional reforms came a redirection of time, energy and money. one by one, the trade programs fe...

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Where i sit. >> but some in the vernacular are even saying china is actually undercutting the u.s. government by taking this approach. >> yeah. well, we're undercutting some of our national agendas. had a vigorous discussion in washington about tariffs, about retaliatory measures against some of china's trade programs, but when it comes to that, they say we will do anything to get you here rps we will fight to have you here, give incentives to chinese businesses, and china hears both of these. it's not an accident that they're going to the biggest most friendly constituent for the united state...