mitchell was in a relatively good mood as he arrived at the prison. all mitchell said was, it is nice to be back in alabama. he is assured of staying in alabama at least 20 months. that's how long it will be before he's eligible for parole from his sentence of two and a half two eight years. during the time he is here in this minimum security prison, officials say mitchell will be treated the same as any other prisoner. so john mitchell, former u.s. attorney general, is wearing prison clothes now. >> the reckoning and the accountability didn't stop there. across the nation from letters to congress and the media and every day citizens, the civic spirit of the time was that what happened in the nixon presidency was so horrifying and aberrant, it must be a symptom of a broken system and it had to be reformed and fixed lest it happen again. so an incredible wave again. there was the church committee led by senator frank church of