also involuntary. i ve been hanging with gang members since i was a kid, so it really wasn t news when i came to prison. i already knew what i was going to be, a northerner. now i ve got to take an individual called me on some names, and i took off on him, and he called me a punk or a [ bleep ], i m going to take off on you, especially in prison. but we cannot fight against each other, so for that, we were both removed. being removed means that the inmates are now considered enemies of their former gang. he got a slash, right here and i just got a little mark. they trying to get me in my sleep, at 5:00 in the morning, and i was drinking coffee most of that night, trying to stay up, but you can only stay up for so long. and they tried to get me in my
and look up to that. i ve had months to think about that, months for thinking about a better life for my family. in an effort to fill his remaining days in prison more productively, daniel is applying for a job. but it s not up to him. you ve got to talk to your counselor first, and let your counselor know that you want a job, a committee, and they put you in a job, and you have to be patient. it s part of the process to better myself. hopefully it works. still ahead. i enjoy hurting people. this inmate s temper has earned him a permanent position in the shu. put my foot on the back of his head and just started sawing away. n t really talk about your insurance unless you re complaining about it. you go on about how. .it s so confusing it hurts my brain. ya i hear ya. or say you can t believe. .how much of a hassle it is!
i could have very well just beat the guy up and forced him that way to move that way. i chose to kill him. i enjoy hurting people. robert s violent choices sealed his fate in prison. but for other inmates inside corcoran, even a life sentence isn t reason to give up. back on the sny yard, bryan attends a program for inmates serving life sentences called dare to hope. i would like to bring on randy. originally a lot of us went out of curiosity and none of us knew what to expect. we didn t know if it was going to be a continual program or one-time shot or whatever, but we are always looking for a little bit of hope. how are you guys doing? good. all right. it s really an honor and pleasure for me to be here today. how many of you guys are lifers? you re all lifers? everybody in this room?
i didn t know how my mom was going to act. and i was just scared. did it make you change, being cuffed up? no? it didn t make you change? what about you, dog? did it make you change? it, like, taught me, i don t want to go to prison. and dude, i never want to go there, ever. not even not ever again. right now, you all have a goal to become something in life. it s your opportunity to try to figure out what you want to be in life. listen to your teachers. they re not going to school you wrong. i think i got a message to say to the kids. i think i got a pretty strong message to try to change their opinion in life. they pretty much got a lot of future ahead of them. they are our future. it s no limit of what you are capable of doing. if you are out there doing it wrong, you will end up where i am at. larry s freedom is as short-lived as the day day comes to a close. but his work continues in
we re here to tell you how to stay out of prison, if you want to hear it. we all know there s crime out here in these streets. we all know there s gangs out here. but how do we stop it? that s why i m here. all right? mr. sanders. good morning, everybody. good morning. my name is sanders, my number is do 9582. i ve been doing time since the early 80s. every morning you wake up, get up at 5:30, you go eat chow, you go to your job assignment, whatever. it s no fun. you know what i mean? how many people in here have family in prison? yeah, family or friends. i have. how many have brothers and sisters and family and cousins that say it s cool up in there? oh, they say it s cool up in there, huh? come join us. i feel sorry for you if you do join them. right now, you re in junior high. you have so many doors open for you right now, but you can voluntarily give up your freedom. some of you, at the age of 14, can end up in prison already. so that s what we re here to