difference. i was a big problem in these neighborhoods. i was involved in everything drugs, gang banging, all the above. i was a very harsh guy until i had an epiphany. reporter: some time in prison helped sanundre burns realize he wanted to become part of the solution. it brings trust to the people that we re meeting out there, because once they find out where we come from and that we connect on a whole other level. reporter: yulonda royster grew up around crime. she hopes she can teach youth there is another option. you sit down and talk to them, a lot of times, i mean, their stories will just break your heart. again, some of them have just felt they had no choice. they didn t grow up in households, you know, full of love. reporter: the violence interrupters program is a part of reimagining public safety by taking a public health approach following the police killing of george floyd. we would be absolutely remiss not to look at new strategies, ways to innovate in the m
over with. usually i d probably be the last person that you would see, you know. i was the nuclear option. power power wonder working power in the world at the end of the day, life is about choices. all of this stuff is an illusion, the life i led on the streets, the dope dealing, the gang banging, the getting drunk and getting high. if you want to keep it real make better choices than the ones we made. because that life will lead you down one of three paths. death, a life in prison, or empty existence on the streets. wasn t that bad for our first go-round. while stroud uses music to escape the restraints of prison many others turn to drugs.
he defended them. a young man cut my hair three years ago, that was what i wanted. i was tire of gang banging and now i am a changed young man trying to see bigger and better dreams. i want to know that. what is your take on this. before i get your take. give me your take on this. thank you for having me this morning, joy. so, the club from what i have been able to gather may be doing some good. that s possible. there is a great deal of cultural insensitivity, tweeting of all lives matter. as if he had something to do with or wave a magic wand and do something about it. you go back to chicago. we always hear that. trump comes in and she asked him to come in and say chicago with
i just grew up, like, angry. you know, so it wasn t cool showing your emotions and crying. i channeled all that hurt into anger. i started gang-banging. you know? and i said, if i m going to cry, then i m going to let their blood be my tears, you know? what did you do to gain notoriety? point of word, blasting fools, you know? did you kill anybody? i mean, you know, i ve been i ve been it s been alleged, you know. through his years of coming in and out of custody, he has elevated his status within both the inmate population and the gang population to be considered a very violent inmate. all the things that i ve been through, it s like i ve been walking through hell wearing gasoline shoes.
it s the most common route for contraband to enter the prison. there s going to be a visitor bringing contraband on a noncontact visit. an anonymous tip has internal affairs on high alert. if a pass takes place, we re going to stop the contraband. if it is felony contraband, we may look at doing an arrest today on a visitor. i m known for gang-banging and calling shots and assaults and drugs and trafficking. that s been my whole makeup my whole life. i m a criminal. i m on idu which is the intensive detention unit. it s segregation. due to the fact that i m on idu, i ve got to have noncontact visits. i don t get to touch my loved