>> i'm just taking my stuffed animals and my letters. everything else i'm going to leave here with all my friends. >> i don't know what to say. i'm just happy for her. she's going home. she deserves it. >> this whole quad stuck by me when i lost my mom. it was like a family in here. >> although jessica's sentence was relatively short, she believes the experience has been life-changing. >> when i got here, i grew up here in prison. i was still a kid myself. i hadn't went through school. i read third grade level. it's took me eight months to get my g.e.d. normally it takes somebody a month. but i got it. it's good knowing it's going to be the last time i'm going to be locked up. but it's sad knowing i was ever in it. >> like jessica, some of the women at this north carolina prison feel a sense of shame and regret for the crimes they committed and the time they've