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Bail bondsman. >> me and my mother, my grandmother, the three of us, there's not much money to go around. so it's like now i'm just sitting here. and i'm going to be sitting here for a while. >> while johnson faces an uncertain future, another group of inmates, due to be released soon, are in a program designed to help them not return. amy bartch is the founder of turning leaf. >> why do you think the rate at which violent crime survivors experience ptsd is much higher? >> it's based on an idea known as restorative justice. >> it's a concept that says punishment alone doesn't get most people t...

>> it's jail, man. it's the hustle. you know what i'm saying? we don't get up for breakfast, you can have the breakfast tray if you want. >> amy boch created a program called turning leaf. >> remember, you are thinking of different ways to apologize involves brainstorming two different ways you can at least apologize to somebody, okay? >> it's geared towards offenders who will soon be released in hopes they won't return or at least not escalate their criminal activity. >> i can go ahead on and tell him to get over it. he's not getting a honey bun. i go ahead and apologize to him now because th...

I want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. oh, did he just blow a kiss at me? >> right. >> behind the walls of the sheriff al cannon detention center. >> a guilt coming out. in the alley, why didn't i take it seriously? >> the turning leaf program attempts to assure that inmates with non-violent crimes don't come back to jail or escalate to more serious crimes.

>> 10-21 before you 10-19. inside the sheriff al cannon detention center in charleston. >> so this is a really good start for the impact that violent crime has an individual. >> the turning leaf program owned by amy barch is in the final weeks of classes. >> at the end of the course, we have a graduation. i always tell the participants that's my day off and it's their opportunity to run the class. they do poems, testimonials. >> amy asked leonard heyward to emcee the ceremony. >> looking forward to it. the pizza party at the end. >> not worried about the pizza, man. worried about getting out...

You didn't give me it. you sold it to somebody else. you've got two items for the price of one. what's up with that? >> it's jail, man. it's the hustle. you know what i'm saying? we don't get up for breakfast, you can have the breakfast tray if you want. >> amy boch created a program called turning leaf. >> remember, you are thinking of different ways to apologize involves brainstorming two different ways you can at least apologize to somebody, okay? >> it's geared towards offenders who will soon be released in hopes they won't return or at least not escalate their criminal activity. >> i can ...