be there for them. i'm telling you, [ bleep ] get hard, man. gets hard when people don't get no letters, people can't call their family. it gets hard. so all y'all listening [ bleep ], watching, remember your loved ones, man. >> while a lengthy prison sentence can represent a black hole that consumes years of life, some inmates insist the experience motivates them to become better people. >> that's my ultimate goal. i want to be a better man. i have the opportunity where i can be a better criminal, but that's not me. i want to be a better man. a better father. i want to be a better son. i want to be a productive member of society, you know? >> paul bennett had just arrived at the santa rosa correctional institution from another florida prison. he did so in a wheelchair and with a bullet still lodged in his head, along with other health problems. >> i'm epileptic, you know, which i have grand mal seizures.