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Gilbert realizes he has a lot to learn when he meets a man who changes his outlook on the world. As he struggles to stay close to his young daughter in prison visiting rooms, he also discovers he has a gift for working with "at-risk" kids. Soon he and a handful of incarcerated men are starting to c…
Gilbert's younger brother Manny, who is also in prison, isn't doing well. He's deeply involved in prison gang "politics" and has spent years in the SHU — full-time solitary confinement. It's taking a severe toll on Manny's mental health. Saddened but knowing how dangerous isolation can be, Gilbert …
It's the late 1990s. Although no one was injured in the shoot-out he took part in, Gilbert is sentenced to 24 years to life in prison under California's strict gang sentencing laws. While he technically has a shot at parole, almost no one with "life" in their sentence goes home, and he expects to d…
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