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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"
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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"

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"When you don’t want to be somewhere, you embrace that, so you don’t go back there."
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"When you don’t want to be somewhere, you embrace that, so you don’t go back there."

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"Why are you asking these questions?"
2:44

"Why are you asking these questions?"

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“What were the first few days like in jail?”
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“What were the first few days like in jail?”

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"I live paycheck to paycheck. And if I don’t pay my fines, then I go to jail."
2:21

"I live paycheck to paycheck. And if I don’t pay my fines, then I go to jail."

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"I was looking in the mirror and couldn’t see the pupils in my eyes."
2:32

"I was looking in the mirror and couldn’t see the pupils in my eyes."

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"Have you ever been called the n-word?"
2:49

"Have you ever been called the n-word?"

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"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."
1:47

"That kindness in such young people changed me forever."

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"Not a lot of people become a mom at 28 to teenage daughters."
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"Not a lot of people become a mom at 28 to teenage daughters."

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"The sewing machine and the needle and the thimble, that's it for me, you know."
2:22

"The sewing machine and the needle and the thimble, that's it for me, you know."

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"She was sweet and loving to me — but she had this really tough streak."
2:11

"She was sweet and loving to me — but she had this really tough streak."

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"I never planned on being a leprechaun."
3:13

"I never planned on being a leprechaun."

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"I really truly believed that Grandpa was bulletproof."
3:01

"I really truly believed that Grandpa was bulletproof."

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"I was worried that you liked me as a girl."
2:25

"I was worried that you liked me as a girl."

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"I have your name so I have to set a good example."
2:20

"I have your name so I have to set a good example."

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"I felt we were guilty of something, but what I didn't know."
2:50

"I felt we were guilty of something, but what I didn't know."

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"If you live to be 100, I’d like to be 100 less one day."
2:37

"If you live to be 100, I’d like to be 100 less one day."

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"You know where I been. You know where I hurt."
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"You know where I been. You know where I hurt."

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"As a garbage man, I probably know more about people on my route than their pastor does."
2:36

"As a garbage man, I probably know more about people on my route than their pastor does."

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"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"
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"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"