you to build up some discipline knowing that you re going to do certain things every day. so you re building a foundation that s going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. me personally, i think the program s helped. every time i ve come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. i ve seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does work and my belief is that if it helps 1 or 2 out of 100, then that s still helping society. because that one or two gonna help somebody else that s gonna help somebody else. next on lockup fix it in the tray. rehabilitation through shock incarceration. ready, ready, ready? eat. in florida we had more suntans. in alabama we had more beautiful blooms. in mississippi we had more good times. in louisiana we had more fun on the water.
rikers island. they hold fast to the optimistic belief that education, hard work and second chances are the stuff of america. and that they have a right to take part in the dream. of the graduation, corrections department commissioner said we are about rebuilding the past and building futures. so on the 4th of july, i m going to think of the rikers island graduates, and i m going to wave a flag without hesitation, not because i ve forgotten my nation s many wrongs, because i remember them. and i am nonetheless proud of my country, not because of perfection, because the alt alternative is too graeme. all deserve freedom, and all have the right to pursue happiness. that is a dream worth celebrating, with fireworks and that s our show for today. thank you to karen finney, katina vanden heuvel and igor
doing time in boston s suffolk county jail is a world away from the colleges or ivy league university located just miles away. but once a week those two worlds intersect when students from harvard university and boston college come to the jail to help inmates earn their geds. for them to come in and do it for us as little convicts, i should say, that s a good thing. looking out for us. showing us, you know, there is a world out there. there is help out there. people want to help you. girard cohen has been teamed with alexander, a harvard sophomore. it s one of these things, you can do the answers in your head probably, just to be sure, because we all make mistakes and try do it in our head, just write it out. it will take five extra seconds, but it s totally worth it. if you re taking a test, each
this is the opportunity for you to build up some discipline knowing that you re going to do certain things every day. so you re building a foundation that s going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. me personally, i think the program s helped. every time i ve come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. i ve seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does work and my belief is that if it helps 1 or 2 out of 100, then that s still helping society. because that one or two gonna help somebody else that s gonna help somebody else. next on lockup fix it in the tray. rehabilitation through shock incarceration. ready, ready, ready? eat. d
absolutely. this is the opportunity for you to build up some discipline knowing that you re going to do certain things every day. so you re building a foundation that s going to allow you to make the right decisions when you get out of here. me personally, i think the program s helped. every time i ve come here, the program has helped me. i have seen brothers graduate and get geds here. i ve seen brothers go to task programs and work release programs and stay out of trouble. it works. it works. it may not work for everybody, but it does work and my belief is that if it helps 1 or 2 out of 100, then that s still helping society. because that one or two gonna help somebody else that s gonna help somebody else. next on lockup fix it in the tray.