reform school. there were many places where he could have gotten the help that might have changed his life for the better. but until he was accused of committing murder, nobody really cared. >> over the next 20 years, charles manson bounces in and out of reform schools and jails, committing dozens of crimes, including car theft and pimping. by the age of 32, he was paroling from his sixth prison. >> when he got out in march of 1967, he was 32 years of age. 17 out of those 32 years had been spent in jails, reformatories and prisons. so he was totally institutionalized. and he told me in one of our conversations that he did not want to be set free in march of 1967. he said, this is my home, the only home i ever had. i don't want to be set free. but they let him go and as many as 35 people might be in their graves today because of it.