bars. >> my addictions and everything that i've gone through, i think it starts from a really, really young age of when my mom passed away. lack of having my mother and being around gang members most of my life led me to the criminal lifestyle. >> counseling sessions like this are a new effort by the jail to keep inmates from coming back. >> how many times have you been incarcerated? >> about nine times. >> nine times as well. >> 18. >> 18 times? >> from beginning until now, about 20 times. i've been in prison three times. >> i have six prison terms and like 13 or four booking numbers in l.a. county alone. >> why have you kept coming back? >> when you go home, the first people that greet you are the people you were partying with before you left. it kind of just sucks you back in. >> do you think you've become institutionalized? >> definitely. >> definitely. >> i choose to keep coming back to jail. but this is the last time.