PRISON WALLS.
>> PRESTON TUCKER.
>> HOPE BEHIND PRISON WALLS.
IN THE DARKEST PLACES OF
RESTRICTED HOUSING.
COMES INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF
THE MOST NOTORIOUS INMATES.
>> I HAVE BEEN LABELED A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> TODD COOK IS SERVING A LIFE
SENTENCE FOR KILLING A
CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK IN 1995.
HE’S ONE OF EIGHT INMATES NOW
RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST OF THE
BEST.
>> THE FIRST NEBRASKA PRISONERS
TO EARN INTERNATIONAL
CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE
INTENTIONAL PEERS SUPPORT
PROGRAM.
>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
PARTNERED WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH
ASSOCIATIONS OF NEBRASKA.
CHRIS MASTERS WAS SENTENCED TO
LIFE OR IN 1994 MURDER IN OMAHA
USES HIS EXPERIENCE TO HELP
OTHER INMATES.
>> I DON’T GO DOWN THERE TO TALK
TO SOMEONE OR TO GIVE THEM
ADVICE.
I GO DOWN THERE TO LISTEN, TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION STOP >> WHAT
MAKES THIS PROGRAM UNIQUE IS IT
IS THE FIRST OF THIS COUNTRY TO
ALLOW PEERS SUCH AS TUCKER TO
HELP INMATES LOCK IN
SEGREGATION.
>> WE COULD BE THERE FOR TWO OR
THREE WEEKS WITH NOBODY TO TALK
TO.
>> IS AN OFFICIAL SAY THEY ARE
ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
>> IT HAS MORE OF AN IMPACT
COMING FROM THEIR PEERS FROM
PEOPLE THAT THEY TRUST AND HAVE
KNOWN FOR YEARS.
>> SHE HAS BEEN IN PRISON SINCE
1996 SERVING JULY SENTENCES.
HIS HOPE IS TO SPREAD HOPE TO
SOMEBODY HOPING TO RETURN TO THE
COMMUNITY, TO BE A BETTER FATHER
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> MAYBE THEY CAN LIVE THE LIFE
THAT I COULDN’T.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT ON THIS
INMATE’S FACE.
>> IT IS RECOGNITION THAT I HAVE
DONE SOMETHING POSITIVE.
FOR THE STATE PENITENTIARY,
AN
