how do you feel, man? about you know, this experience, man? i feel terrible. [ bleep ] i mean, i made a mistake. i got to correct it now. i ain t going to cry, none of that. when i seen him roll up on the bus, i was very shocked. i can t say i m mad or upset, it s a decision he made for himself. you know, he makes his own decisions. it s kind of sad to say, but in the streets, we hit the streets early. you re still young. so it s not a way of life to you yet. it s a projected persona that you re portraying right now. you see it. it s a fad. it s what everybody around you is doing. that s what you re accustomed to doing. going to your counselor today, you know what that means, right? yeah. i m getting counseling. based on what the counselor says, the recommendation that the counselor it got a lot to do with it. you got to prepare yourself, you know. yeah. so last night i hope you had your mind focused on the things
hymes has a new life ahead of him on the outside. bye, california correctional center! later we ll see where he is two months after release. officer brucell, also known as red bull, works in south block. my job is third watch. south block rotunda officer. my main job is to control the flow of traffic during chow and also during the course of the inmates returning back to the units because of medical or dental appointments or mental health appointments they have. go back. get an escort. you ve got to be escorted. you ve got to be escorted this time of day. welcome to my world. i m the eyes and ears of this south block rotunda. here, everybody is looking at me as the point man, hey, which way we got to go? that s it. that is the completion.
you back already? i got all that to do. dee dee has spent her life in and out of prison. but this is t.j. mcdaniel s first time inside and possibly his last chance to escape a similar fate. the judge told me he wanted me to get a feel how prison is. he said my life is like this. right now. if he send me to prison, he said for a sentence and he feel my life is going to be over with. he said if he give me a chance to demonstrate that i m going to be all right and i can succeed and be successful in the community, then i m going to be able to get out. now that i m here, i have got to follow all instructions, do my program and stay out of trouble. four fingers. so you nervous coming today? no, not really. why? it s prison. why wouldn t you be nervous? killers in here. thugs.
to be living their life being entertained in a prison. he s no stranger to lock up. our pruoduders first met him years ago in pelican bay. hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. turn around. turn around. nope. you all use that force on me. officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on videotape. while most inmates try to deal with prison life the best they can, hymes has fought the system all the way. ha, ha, ha. going to be like starting a whole new life. i can go anywhere. i can get a passport. i can do anything, you know, if
door and walk down the street to the store. the little things that i do out here mean so much to me. you can t do it in prison. i gotcha! you want to go back home? you want to go back home? i m more of a mellow type out here. people don t realize i m more mellow out here, you know, than the things i was doing in there, once considered one of california s most problematic inmates, scanvinski has found that the simplest things in life can be the most enjoyable. take her on that one. this beat anything, you know? this is what life is about, enjoying being around the kids, you know, watching them grow up. that s what i m trying to see. you know? this is my youngest goddaughter right here. i m trying to watch her grow up. to me, prison is a breeding ground for more criminal activity. you know? i mean, it s not a place you go to, as far as what i ve seen, to be really rehabilitated. i think the thing with rehabilitation, you have to rehabilitate yourself. let s go get ice cream. come on.