well. i m in max security because i got caught with a bunch of extra stuff that i wasn t supposed to have, including stuff that wasn t supposed to be in the facility and with some frosting. frosting? yeah, from chef bui s class, i had a cup of it. i just wanted to share some frosting with my friends so i brought it back. i got caught with it and they searched my stuff and found money, bobby pins, six blankets. stealing, that s unacceptable. they will lose all privilege and the program if they do that. and most of the ladies respect it but some don t. anderson spent five days in segregation and lost her spot in general population. she s now housed in the more
restrictive maximum security unit. so i got 80 now, right? yeah. anderson is in jail for stealing more than frosting. she is serving six years on four counts of identity theft. i got caught for taking over a company, making it my own. and doing check loans, check deposits, stuff like that. how does one do that? i m not going to tell you. with a computer. anderson s history of taking from others dates back 12 years. she has served numerous stints in both jail and prison for crimes including forgery, burglary, vehicle theft, use of personal identifying information, and receiving stolen property. she says working out has been her chief method of coping with incarceration. but now in maximum security, she has much less time out of her cell than she did in general population. i was like running a workout class.
internet? you gave them something vital, something to feed on. me doing that, now i feel man, it s because of me, that me and all boys are in jail, know what i mean, for making a stupid decision and a dumb move. are they mad at you? im, they not mad, know what i mean, because i didn t tell them to do it in the first place. i was mad. i was mad, i m not going to lie. i was mad at my brother. i was mad because i m in here. i mean things happen. i m not going to just ride his back for it over spilled milk. coming up a waste of life. it s a waste of my life and my kids . yvette anderson gets a second chance to pursue a dream. that spunky little broad, she cracks me up. she s so just sweet. and make sure you cut it evenly and make iter resistible. chef bui s past and how it motivates him today.
at the end of the vietnam war. he has since owned and operated several restaurants and businesses. i have my b.s. in food service management and i have my master s degree in education. i enjoy teaching. i m a teacher, i can help, pay back society as well. hot pan, coming through, ladies. inmate kiana turk says she values the training and feels motivated by chef bui. chef bui is very great. chef. yes? can you come see if i m doing this right? chef bui, he s pretty cool to be around. i don t know, i like him. when you don t know something, instead of him being kind of hard on you, actually he likes to help us a lot. i appreciate him for this program, actually. stay away from the bone. the privilege of working under chef bui can be lost in an instant. as yvette anderson knows all too
i d do it every night around 7:00 for people working in the kitchen. you run here? in place. yeah, no, can t run here. they have like yards out there but it s not the same. it s not the same. it s really little. i like to run miles and miles and miles and just get lost in music and forget where i m at. it s just like a peace for me. get that runner s high, you know. on the outside, anderson says her highs were usually from methamphetamine. she says an old earltive forced her to take the drug at age 12. and that she has only been clean for three years since. i ve always had like a mask ever since i was little. like i started being molested when i was 3. it was just a [ bleep ] childhood, you know. everything that s happened to me, like it s not happening anymore, but it still controls my life. i m still not free mentally. i don t really have a happy ending type life. coming up rap s been having a bad rap for that for a long time. that s because it comes with the thug lif