75% of the inmates enrolled at the recovery center are not re-arrested for the same crime, according to a recent survey conducted by county officials. going after these guys, right? upon an inmate s completion of either a substance abuse or batterer s program they re given a graduation ceremony and a certificate. in order to break the cycle of violence is extremely difficult because you have to get honest with yourself. and that process will take you through a lot of valleys, places within you that you ve never seen before. and i want to congratulate you gentlemen again on taking that journey. former drug addict and wife batterer james beard is the head counselor for the program. what we do is basically say you put yourself in that chair, you can t blame anybody.
east facility is the oldest operating jail in los angeles. otherwise known as old max, it was built in 1951 to handle overcrowding. the 15 dormitories inside the jail can house approximately 2,000 inmates. with the nation s jail population becoming more middle aged, facilities like l.a. county s east jail are trying to accommodate older inmates and keep them away from more violent younger ones. this is the old man s dorm. it s a privileged dorm. you have to be 45 and older to be in this dorm. if you mess up here, you go back to the regular population. for almost 40 years, 51-year-old inmate will williamson has been committing crimes that land him in jail. it s sickening. it s something, you know, you just have to put up with that, you know, i did it to myself
re-arrested for the same crime, according to a recent survey conducted by county officials. upon an inmate s completion of either the substance abuse or batterer s program they re given a graduation ceremony and a certificate. in order to break the cycle of violence is extremely difficult because you have to get honest with yourself. and that process will take you through a lot of valleys, places within you that you ve never seen before. and i want to congratulate you gentlemen again on taking that journey. former drug addict and wife batterer james beard is the head counselor for the program. what we do is basically say you put yourself in that chair, you can t blame anybody. you can t blame the judge. you can t blame your wife, your mother, your father. ernest lazelle jewitt. [ applause ]
otherwise known as old max, it was built in 1951 to handle overcrowding. the 15 dormitories inside the jail can house approximately 2,000 inmates. with the nation s jail population becoming more middle-aged, facilities like l.a. county s east jail are trying to accommodate older inmates and keep them away from more violent younger ones. well, this is the old man s dorm. which is a privileged dorm. you have to be 45 and older to be in this dorm. and if you mess up in this dorm, you go back to regular population. for almost 40 years, 51-year-old inmate will williamson has been committing crimes that land him in jail. yeah. it s sickening. it s something, you know, you just have to put up with that. you know, i did it to myself again. i said i wasn t coming back. here i am. same people, same everything. just like i ve seen people come
do the ends justify the means? no. 75% of the inmates enrolled at the recovery center are not re-arrested for the same crime, according to a recent survey conducted by county officials. upon an inmate s completion of either the substance abuse or batterer s program they re given a graduation ceremony and a certificate. in order to break the cycle of violence is extremely difficult because you have to get honest with yourself. and that process will take you through a lot of valleys, places within you that you ve never seen before. and i want to congratulate you gentlemen again on taking that journey. former drug addict and wife batterer james beard is the head