1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:11,219 --> 00:00:12,470 [Ricky] Just follow me. 4 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:17,183 [poignant music playing] 5 00:00:22,939 --> 00:00:23,773 [whistle blows] 6 00:00:32,407 --> 00:00:33,867 [sewing machine clacking] 7 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:43,710 Hi. 8 00:00:43,793 --> 00:00:46,087 [poignant music continues] 9 00:00:48,131 --> 00:00:49,257 [whirring] 10 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:55,889 [music fades] 11 00:01:09,611 --> 00:01:11,404 [indistinct guard radio chatter] 12 00:01:19,287 --> 00:01:20,997 [alert bell ringing] 13 00:01:21,956 --> 00:01:23,374 [Chill] 129, please. 14 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:34,427 I've been locked up for eight years, 15 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:39,224 and I have 14 years left for first degree assault. 16 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:48,024 This environment, it's a jungle. 17 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:52,320 So, I got to be a little more rough around the edges. 18 00:01:52,403 --> 00:01:54,656 I'm the big bad wolf down here. 19 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:56,991 But I gotta be, or they eat you alive. 20 00:01:57,075 --> 00:01:59,702 You know, that's just the way it is. We done Level 5. 21 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:02,705 So, down here, I'm all, "Move out of my way." 22 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,791 [poignant, pensive music playing] 23 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:06,709 But it's a front. 24 00:02:07,877 --> 00:02:11,798 Because up here, like, my emotions change when I walk through the door. 25 00:02:12,382 --> 00:02:14,676 What up? Good morning. Morning. 26 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:17,554 -[sewing machines clacking] -[Potter] Put that color thread on it. 27 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:20,390 [inmates chattering indistinctly] 28 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,734 [Ricky] I need to use the cutting table. 29 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:33,736 [Chill] This gonna be my centerpiece. 30 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:37,699 I was thinking a white or gray. The front of the quilt has gray on it. 31 00:02:37,782 --> 00:02:40,910 I might have just gotten a gray in that would work for that. 32 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:42,954 [Ricky] Whenever you get a chance, 33 00:02:44,122 --> 00:02:46,791 Need a name on this so it can go on the quilt machine. 34 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:48,793 -What name would you like? -Here it is. 35 00:02:48,877 --> 00:02:50,962 -[Rod] You want burgundy? -[Ricky] No, red. 36 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:52,630 -[Rod] You want dark red? -[Ricky] Yeah. 37 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,511 [gentle music playing] 38 00:02:58,595 --> 00:02:59,971 [Potter] Okay. 39 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:01,973 [Joe] Up right to here. 40 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,058 Hey, how are you doing? 41 00:03:05,643 --> 00:03:09,189 [Joe] The men in RJO make quilts for local foster kids. 42 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:15,862 They volunteer their time from 7:30 to 3:30, five days a week. 43 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:21,242 They may or may not have a date. They may not be going home. 44 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:26,080 So, uh, this is just their way of giving back. 45 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:31,920 [Jimmy] Five months ago, a list of the foster children came in. 46 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:38,051 And I happened to see a young lady, her birthday… is the same as mine. 47 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:40,094 And it really stuck. 48 00:03:40,178 --> 00:03:42,388 So, I started making the quilt. 49 00:03:42,472 --> 00:03:43,973 [whirring] 50 00:03:46,142 --> 00:03:49,062 A lot of these kids were told they'd never amount to anything. 51 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:50,563 They'd never be any good. 52 00:03:51,439 --> 00:03:54,234 For them, this is my chance to give them something to say, 53 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:56,319 "Hey, we care about you." 54 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:59,280 And I could see a finished product, uh… 55 00:04:06,955 --> 00:04:09,457 [Fred] There's nothing that matches what I've got. 56 00:04:09,540 --> 00:04:12,710 -This didn't come with no instructions. -Oh, no. It was just a picture. 57 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,922 [Chill] This is kinda amazing. This is you. That's beautiful. 58 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:18,216 [Fred] I just like patterns, designs like this. 59 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:19,300 [Chill] That's beautiful. 60 00:04:19,384 --> 00:04:21,219 -Yeah. -[Fred chuckles] Yup. 61 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:22,762 [Chill] Dang. 62 00:04:24,055 --> 00:04:28,935 [Fred] For this quilt, they wanted it '60s and hippie era. 63 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:32,939 Once this square gets completed, 64 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:36,442 this will go on. 65 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:38,319 Oops, wrong side. 66 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:40,280 This will go on this side. 67 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:45,660 And then this one will go along here. 68 00:04:45,743 --> 00:04:47,453 [whimsical, pensive music playing] 69 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:51,666 There are nine, what we call blocks. 70 00:04:51,749 --> 00:04:55,878 They have 81 pieces in each one of them. 71 00:04:55,962 --> 00:05:02,260 Twelve rectangular blocks, 99 pieces in each one of those. 72 00:05:02,343 --> 00:05:06,931 And then there are four large, just blocks of the whole quilt. 73 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:10,101 And they're 99 pieces a unit. 74 00:05:10,852 --> 00:05:14,856 This turned out to be over 3,500 pieces, just for the front side. 75 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:19,986 It's March now, and I got to have it done by May 1st. 76 00:05:20,069 --> 00:05:22,697 So… [laughs] I'm hoping. 77 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:29,620 [whimsical music playing] 78 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:31,456 We teach how to cut the squares out. 79 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:33,583 See, the first basic thing we do, 80 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,460 we'll grid a quilt out. 81 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:39,047 It's key to do that before anything else. 82 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:41,215 [Jimmy] Well, for me, when I start, 83 00:05:41,299 --> 00:05:43,426 I'll see it in my head, but I can't grid things out. 84 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:44,510 Hmm. 85 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:48,222 A lot of times, and Ricky'll shoot me for this, 86 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:49,891 but I'll start cutting. 87 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:51,517 And then… 88 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:52,643 [music stops] 89 00:05:54,228 --> 00:05:56,356 …wake up in the middle of the night. 90 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:57,982 That's when the gridding starts. 91 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,275 [whimsical music resumes] 92 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,445 I don't go by patterns. I don't like copying. 93 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:05,698 I base mine off the color next to the color. 94 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:10,328 I like doing it that way. So, I claim it. It belongs to me. 95 00:06:10,411 --> 00:06:11,621 So, what I do is, 96 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:15,083 I cut out what Imma do for my middle first. 97 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:19,754 My middle usually be about 50 by 30. 98 00:06:19,837 --> 00:06:25,885 Once I get my 50/30, then I know that I need 30 more going up and down 99 00:06:25,968 --> 00:06:27,595 to add to the 50, 100 00:06:27,678 --> 00:06:29,013 and that's my 80. 101 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:33,643 Um, I don't, uh, actually know a whole lot myself 102 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:34,852 'cause I'm still kinda new. 103 00:06:34,936 --> 00:06:36,562 [Ricky] So, which one you gonna do next? 104 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:37,688 Finish these two rows, 105 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:40,733 and then this is the next row that gets right below this one. 106 00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:43,486 This piece, it's hard to tell which way it goes. 107 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:47,615 [Ricky] You're doing good. You see how none of your corners are pulling apart? 108 00:06:47,698 --> 00:06:49,700 -[whimsical music continues] -[inmates chattering] 109 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:52,912 [Jimmy] Organized chaos is the easiest way to describe that room. 110 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:55,873 -[Ricky] Who's got my cutter? -[Potter] Yeah, bring that up here. 111 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:59,419 It's kind of like the little cartoon character 112 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:04,173 you see come in with a bunch of scissors and papers flying all over the place. 113 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:05,758 Something's totally off. 114 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:08,261 -I'm not liking this. -[Ricky] How the hell did you do that? 115 00:07:08,344 --> 00:07:12,515 It's a process between cut, sew, iron, 116 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:14,976 cut, sew, iron, and you keep going in circles. 117 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:18,312 [Chill] Then on to the next step. Gonna make the backing to it. 118 00:07:18,396 --> 00:07:21,524 [Potter] This'll be the whole backing for the, uh, butterfly quilt. 119 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:23,609 [Chill] They gonna take it down to the quilt room, 120 00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:25,528 and he gonna do his job. 121 00:07:27,405 --> 00:07:29,824 [Ricky] Get ready to see a finished quilt. 122 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:31,784 All right, let's see. 123 00:07:33,703 --> 00:07:35,079 -It's looking good. -[Potter] Yo. 124 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:36,289 [Fred] Hey, hey, hey. 125 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,292 [Ricky] There you go. Roll it on up. 126 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:40,751 [music stops] 127 00:07:40,835 --> 00:07:42,837 [wind blowing] 128 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,344 [Jimmy] In here, we're a little community within a big community. 129 00:07:52,346 --> 00:07:53,473 [Chill] This looks real good. 130 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:55,808 [Fred] These are bigger. Getting ahead of myself. 131 00:07:56,809 --> 00:08:00,855 [Chill] Outside of RJO, you're amongst all the other guys. 132 00:08:00,938 --> 00:08:04,817 But they don't even have a clue about how we feel up here. 133 00:08:04,901 --> 00:08:09,071 Everybody don't grab it, but we-- we grab it. 134 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:11,157 [gentle, pensive music playing] 135 00:08:13,284 --> 00:08:14,702 [Chill] These guys in here, 136 00:08:14,785 --> 00:08:17,455 I love it being around every last one of them. 137 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:22,251 We got the same vibe, and we work off of each other. 138 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:24,128 Then we all got different flavors. 139 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:26,631 Fred like them colors. 140 00:08:26,714 --> 00:08:27,840 [Fred] This one goes… 141 00:08:27,924 --> 00:08:29,675 [Chill] Jimmy's got the stars. 142 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,010 They just beautiful. 143 00:08:31,719 --> 00:08:33,888 Rod, he the material picker. 144 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,602 For me, this is my flavor. Butterflies. 145 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:43,397 If possible, can I show you this one I made right here? 146 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:46,234 I made this one just last week 147 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,611 for a girl. 148 00:08:50,446 --> 00:08:51,447 I made this one. 149 00:08:54,617 --> 00:08:57,495 If you're going seven-and-a-half, you just take, 150 00:08:58,329 --> 00:09:02,875 like, an eighth off this side, eighth off this side, or a quarter… 151 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:05,545 -And it'll be right? -It'll be perfect. 152 00:09:05,628 --> 00:09:08,506 -I ain't know that. I got it now, though. -Long, long time. Yep. 153 00:09:08,589 --> 00:09:10,591 Ricky is a good teacher. 154 00:09:10,675 --> 00:09:12,176 I mean, in a week, 155 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:15,596 you'll be making some of the best quilts that you thought you could never make. 156 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,473 If you need help on something, 157 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:20,560 or learn how to do something, Ricky's the main go-to. 158 00:09:20,643 --> 00:09:24,313 [Ricky] He's never sewn before. He's gonna want to know how to do this. 159 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:25,565 [whirs] 160 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,734 You actually did pretty good on these. 161 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:32,780 It's scrap from his quilt, other quilts. 162 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:37,577 And I take 'em, then I slice 'em and dice 'em and sew them back together. 163 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,121 [Chill] This is the master. 164 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,749 We learn from sensei. [laughs] 165 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:47,587 [Ricky] You know, most of the people that's in here messed up bad, you know? 166 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:50,631 They're looking for, how would you say? 167 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:52,383 A purpose. 168 00:09:53,050 --> 00:09:55,678 You put a little bit, now loosen it up. Turn it. 169 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,267 That is what you call, "complete." 170 00:10:01,892 --> 00:10:03,811 [Chill] I mean, I love what I'm doing. 171 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:07,565 I love taking care of the foster kids. That's what I love the most. 172 00:10:07,648 --> 00:10:12,236 When I think about girls, I think about pinks, purple, green. 173 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:18,034 And then, when I think about the guys, I think about the blacks, yellows, blues. 174 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:19,744 [sewing machines whirring] 175 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:21,871 I zone out, and I just sew. 176 00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:25,541 This my out. 177 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:28,961 This my out, here. This what puts me on the outside. 178 00:10:29,045 --> 00:10:31,297 When I do this here, I don't even be in here. 179 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,883 -[whistle blows] -[inmates chattering softly] 180 00:10:57,114 --> 00:10:58,324 [keys jingle] 181 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:00,409 [indistinct guard radio chatter] 182 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:09,919 [Joe] Not everyone can work here. 183 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:13,255 They must have no violations or write-ups. 184 00:11:13,756 --> 00:11:15,132 [pensive music playing] 185 00:11:15,216 --> 00:11:18,260 I try not to think of what they did to get in here. 186 00:11:19,261 --> 00:11:22,515 I treat them as a human because that's what they are. 187 00:11:34,652 --> 00:11:36,654 [projector clicking] 188 00:11:50,084 --> 00:11:52,086 [sewing machines whirring] 189 00:11:53,754 --> 00:11:55,756 [pensive music continues] 190 00:12:26,036 --> 00:12:31,041 [Ricky] My mother was my biggest thing that makes me do this. 191 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,756 You know, her mother, my grandma, 192 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:41,469 she made all their clothes and quilts out of patches. 193 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:44,805 And so, this is what my childhood brings to me. 194 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:49,602 You know, I was kind of young when I got locked up. 195 00:12:49,685 --> 00:12:53,773 Put your finger right there. Hold that. Right in the corner. Now… 196 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:56,317 I'm 64 years old, now. 197 00:12:57,151 --> 00:12:59,612 I got locked up when I was 20. 198 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:06,285 You know, I was just an asshole, and I messed up bad. 199 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:11,123 But I never had a bad background, had a good mother and father. 200 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:13,209 I had a good… good thing. 201 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:17,963 You just get mixed with the wrong people, and you, you know, make that mistake. 202 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:20,049 [pensive music continues] 203 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:23,719 But we're away from that now. 204 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,888 -[music fades] -[sewing machines whirring] 205 00:13:32,937 --> 00:13:37,566 [Ricky] Now, this is Jeremiah's first time ever making a quilt. 206 00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:41,403 And you look at these points, 207 00:13:41,946 --> 00:13:43,823 everything's on the money. 208 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:45,324 [Jeremiah] My first quilt. 209 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:48,202 So, that means I did my job. 210 00:13:48,786 --> 00:13:51,664 -[Jeremiah] Mom, she'd be proud of that. -[Ricky] Yeah. 211 00:13:51,747 --> 00:13:53,749 [Jeremiah] Oops, wrong side. 212 00:13:54,291 --> 00:13:56,585 Spread that all the way over to there. 213 00:13:57,336 --> 00:14:00,172 I've been down almost 38 years, right? 214 00:14:01,131 --> 00:14:05,886 After a while, you get thinking about your family, you know? 215 00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:10,391 And then when you get thinking about them, then the truth really comes out, you know? 216 00:14:10,474 --> 00:14:12,852 Wow. All the stuff I did. 217 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:14,603 I was a drug addict. 218 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,023 -Alcohol for me, you know? -[sniffles] 219 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:21,026 My downfall came when I got about in my twenties. 220 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:25,364 And that's when I caught a… I caught a murder case. 221 00:14:26,448 --> 00:14:29,451 I… Hey, I'm-- I'm guilty for what I did. 222 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:31,537 -Absolutely. -So… 223 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,164 -Taking responsibility, you know? -Yeah. 224 00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:38,419 It's a shame that we didn't feel that and show that, you know, 225 00:14:38,502 --> 00:14:40,421 prior to being in here. 226 00:14:40,504 --> 00:14:43,632 And that-- And that is the hard pill to swallow. 227 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:46,260 True regret, you know. 228 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:49,430 I mean, after 30 years, you… 229 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:51,515 You know, it's just… 230 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,435 Yeah. [softly] I don't know. 231 00:14:55,227 --> 00:14:58,230 Because, see, my mother means a lot to me, you know? 232 00:14:58,314 --> 00:14:59,565 [exhales] 233 00:14:59,648 --> 00:15:01,275 [voice breaks] It's hard. 234 00:15:02,818 --> 00:15:04,904 It's just hard to talk about. 235 00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:09,950 [wind blowing] 236 00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:15,039 [Joe] All right, guys, we got a package in. 237 00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:17,416 [Ricky] Okay, what's in the box? 238 00:15:18,125 --> 00:15:20,920 [Chill] That's the way he said it, "Hey, we got a package." 239 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:23,422 [Rod] Everything we have in here is donated. 240 00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:27,927 If it wasn't for people with big hearts donating to us, 241 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:30,262 we wouldn't be able to do this. Uh… 242 00:15:31,138 --> 00:15:34,433 This shelf here, this is mainly just kid stuff. 243 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:37,811 We got some cartoonish donuts. 244 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:40,564 Music, a piece with pianos on it. 245 00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:45,069 Some more food. We got peanuts. We got bacon too. Yeah. 246 00:15:45,152 --> 00:15:47,613 This is our filler that we make for the weighted blankets 247 00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:49,657 and the weighted vests for the autistic children. 248 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:55,287 Guys ain't supposed to come past this door because right here, we have tools. 249 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:59,750 We have scissors, we have rotary cutters. 250 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:01,418 As they call 'em, sharps. 251 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:04,254 Anything that has a sharp point to it, you know? 252 00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:08,550 'Cause, they don't want anybody just running around with these, you know? 253 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:12,054 When they come in in the morning, they sign the tool log. 254 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:15,432 Potter, that's standing right there, it's his tool bag. 255 00:16:15,516 --> 00:16:16,892 This is assigned to him. 256 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,187 We've got a master inventory right here, it tells you what's in this bag too, 257 00:16:20,270 --> 00:16:23,107 so when he's out there, just in case his bag turns up missing, 258 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:24,566 which he's responsible. 259 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:27,194 Thankfully, we've never had any turn up missing. 260 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:36,537 -[sewing machine whirring] -[Chill humming poignant melody] 261 00:16:38,747 --> 00:16:39,999 [Chill] When I was younger, 262 00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:43,168 I had learned how to sew, but I was doing upholstery. 263 00:16:45,462 --> 00:16:47,631 I had opened up my own upholstery shop. 264 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:53,595 I never did this kind of sewing. Mine was always with leather and vinyl. 265 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:59,309 With that vinyl and that leather, you've got to pull and tug. 266 00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:00,894 And this is more soft. 267 00:17:05,649 --> 00:17:07,568 Oops. I made a little boo-boo. 268 00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:11,321 An oopsie. [chuckling] 269 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:14,742 It took me about a week and a half 270 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:18,495 to kinda have my hands to mess with something lighter. 271 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:22,332 Yup, Imma go iron this. 272 00:17:22,916 --> 00:17:24,918 [poignant, pensive music playing] 273 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,553 I had made this other butterfly quilt, 274 00:17:34,636 --> 00:17:37,973 and this one was so beautiful. 275 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:41,935 We called it Firefly with some other colors that were in. 276 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:43,270 It was so beautiful. 277 00:17:45,814 --> 00:17:47,566 My mother loved butterflies. 278 00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:51,320 It just so happen. So that's why I love butterflies. 279 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:54,364 Every time I do butterflies, I straight think of her. 280 00:17:55,949 --> 00:17:58,243 The most thing she asked me to do is, 281 00:17:58,327 --> 00:18:01,455 don't go back to the person that I used to be. 282 00:18:01,538 --> 00:18:04,792 Don't have that anger. Be more patient, 283 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:08,295 and be more understanding and compassionate. 284 00:18:08,378 --> 00:18:11,215 And just because somebody do something bad to you, 285 00:18:11,298 --> 00:18:13,675 don't mean that you need to do it right back to them. 286 00:18:15,135 --> 00:18:17,638 It's going to sound a little weird saying, 287 00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:21,517 but when I call home, my people, they hear it in my voice. 288 00:18:22,017 --> 00:18:24,770 And just the conversations that we have, they're like, 289 00:18:24,853 --> 00:18:26,688 "You done changed. You made it." 290 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:28,816 I'm like, "Yeah, I done made it." 291 00:18:31,318 --> 00:18:34,279 -All butterflies. [laughs] -[music fades] 292 00:18:45,707 --> 00:18:48,502 -[Ricky] He's got that down now, you see. -[Jimmy] Mm-hmm. 293 00:18:48,585 --> 00:18:50,462 [Ricky] 'Cause he's going just to the triangles. 294 00:18:50,546 --> 00:18:52,548 [mouse clicking] 295 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:00,305 [emotional music playing] 296 00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:29,209 [Fred] I've got a headache. You got a bottle of Tylenol? 297 00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:30,127 [laughs] 298 00:19:30,210 --> 00:19:31,628 I need the whole bottle. 299 00:19:34,631 --> 00:19:38,302 I'm just bouncing from colors and patterns, and… [sighs] 300 00:19:39,219 --> 00:19:41,513 I do not know what I'm doing today. 301 00:19:41,597 --> 00:19:42,431 I'm… 302 00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:44,558 When… 303 00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:48,854 I'm old, and I've got to get myself straightened out. [chuckles] 304 00:19:48,937 --> 00:19:53,692 I got 17 more massive blocks like that I gotta make. 305 00:19:54,568 --> 00:19:58,197 And I spent all night doing my little sketches. 306 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,743 When things bother me in my head, I sit up and do that. 307 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:10,751 The deadline's in two weeks, and I am sweating every minute. 308 00:20:12,169 --> 00:20:13,003 Ah. 309 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,380 [groans] 310 00:20:15,964 --> 00:20:17,966 Like, shit! 311 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:19,718 I screwed up. 312 00:20:19,801 --> 00:20:22,971 Every row was sewn together the wrong direction. 313 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,307 I have to take all the rows apart, 314 00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:30,395 flip them the other way, and then sew them back together. 315 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:35,400 So I got to pull two of these large squares all apart, 316 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:37,945 flip them, and resew them. 317 00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:40,364 This was not in today's… 318 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:44,868 [Ricky] Well, he gets a little frustrated at times. 319 00:20:45,452 --> 00:20:46,745 Kinda tough for you, huh? 320 00:20:46,828 --> 00:20:49,831 -Actually, they need to be ironed first. -I can do that real quick. 321 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,625 -Okay. -Or however long it takes. 322 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:53,710 Yup. It shouldn't take too long. 323 00:20:54,836 --> 00:21:00,968 When my time on this '60s quilt started drifting away on me… 324 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:02,052 [pensive music playing] 325 00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:03,929 …Potter stepped up. 326 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:06,056 You're doing great. 327 00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:08,141 Look at that. Every one of them's spot on. 328 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:09,935 He gets it done, quickly. 329 00:21:10,018 --> 00:21:11,395 He shocks you. 330 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:14,439 You did your first two, set them over on the side. 331 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:16,400 -Okay, just do two at a time? -Exactly. 332 00:21:16,483 --> 00:21:18,902 -Okay. Okay. -You got it. 333 00:21:18,986 --> 00:21:20,028 I'm ready. 334 00:21:20,737 --> 00:21:23,282 [Fred] If I were to look at my younger self, 335 00:21:23,365 --> 00:21:29,913 I would say that we should be more focused on being here to help others. 336 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:31,707 And… 337 00:21:32,749 --> 00:21:36,336 it was losing my son in 2000 that brought that about. 338 00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:40,215 My son passed away at 15. 339 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:42,134 [somber music playing] 340 00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:44,511 Needed a heart and lung transplant. 341 00:21:44,594 --> 00:21:48,015 And here I was at the age of 40, in prison. 342 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:54,771 I had nothing but the remorse of guilt. 343 00:21:57,399 --> 00:22:00,068 Being here and what we do, 344 00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:03,822 helps keep me focused. 345 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:07,284 And when I'm focused, you don't think about those things. 346 00:22:07,367 --> 00:22:09,369 [sewing machines whirring] 347 00:22:12,289 --> 00:22:13,540 [music fades] 348 00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:18,670 [Ricky] Hey, I need you to sharpen my scissors. 349 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,255 They're just getting old, getting worn. 350 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:26,345 Yeah, felt like it had chunks missing out of it. 351 00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,139 [chuckling] 352 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:31,975 -[Rod] Don't you dare. -[man] He almost got had, baby. 353 00:22:32,059 --> 00:22:33,810 [Rod chuckles] Oh, shit. 354 00:22:33,894 --> 00:22:37,272 -[man] Cut you a hole in your arm. -[Rod] Ricky fixing to get dommed. 355 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:38,899 -Oh! -[Rod chuckles] 356 00:22:38,982 --> 00:22:41,068 -[man] Yeah. -[Rod] We'll have Ricky put the vest on. 357 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:45,238 -Maybe it'll give him a calming effect. -[man] Anything to slow him down. 358 00:22:46,239 --> 00:22:48,408 -[Rod] Looks good on you, Ricky. -Thank you, Rod. 359 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:49,785 One minute. 360 00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:52,829 -[man chuckles] -[Rod] Oh, you make a good mannequin. 361 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,917 This one's a six-pounder. Good for up to a 60-pound kid. 362 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,461 They're going to an autistic school. 363 00:23:00,003 --> 00:23:00,921 Here's the, uh… 364 00:23:02,923 --> 00:23:07,260 Here's one of the responses we had from one that we had sent for these kids. 365 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:10,389 Says, uh, "Hello. I'm one of the workers in a home, 366 00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:12,682 and I see the boys a lot who receive the gifts." 367 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:15,685 "The oldest reported it being the best Christmas he ever had, 368 00:23:16,353 --> 00:23:17,437 and was very happy." 369 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:18,563 "The youngest, 370 00:23:18,647 --> 00:23:21,483 who is severely autistic, loves his, 371 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:24,986 and has currently taken over the living room as his own playroom." 372 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:28,448 "She thanks you very much, and she appreciated it greatly." 373 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:31,118 "She reported never seeing them so happy." [voice breaks] 374 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:33,412 [laughs softly] 375 00:23:33,495 --> 00:23:34,454 [clicks tongue] 376 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:35,997 That gets me. [chuckles] 377 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,169 [whirring] 378 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,337 [Fred] Mr. Potter. 379 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,798 -[Potter] Yes. -[Fred] You wanna come with me? 380 00:23:44,881 --> 00:23:47,551 [Potter] Yes. I will follow you, Fred. 381 00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:48,510 [Fred chuckles] 382 00:23:50,053 --> 00:23:52,806 -I've got this laid out. -Nice. 383 00:23:52,889 --> 00:23:57,686 And right… there, 384 00:23:58,812 --> 00:23:59,646 and… 385 00:24:00,730 --> 00:24:02,399 -That's wild. -[Potter] Yeah. 386 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:05,819 Looks like it. Like this piece comes right here and back around. 387 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:08,363 -[Fred] Yeah. -[Potter] It's coming along. 388 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:11,199 I think accidentally, this is gonna come out pretty cool. 389 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,160 -[laughs] -Yeah, I think so. 390 00:24:16,788 --> 00:24:18,623 -[Ricky] Whenever you ready. -All right. 391 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:22,127 -[Ricky] Okay, we got to get these ready. -[Chill] Yeah. 392 00:24:22,210 --> 00:24:24,212 [sewing machines whirring] 393 00:24:25,338 --> 00:24:26,465 [Ricky] Okay. 394 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,554 You took that one right on down. 395 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:33,638 [Chill chuckles] 396 00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:36,850 [inmates chattering indistinctly] 397 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:37,934 [Ricky] Okay. 398 00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:42,522 -[man 1] You got a key now? -[man 2] You want me to rat on him? 399 00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:44,608 [inmates chattering and laughing] 400 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,651 [Ricky] They'll like them. 401 00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:56,453 [engine rumbling] 402 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:01,166 [poignant music playing] 403 00:25:05,795 --> 00:25:06,922 [Ricky] Fred's gone. 404 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:11,426 The other day, Fred got a write-up, 405 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,887 and they had to put him out. 406 00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:16,848 He used to work on stuff in the cell. 407 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:19,392 He got caught with a little razor blade, 408 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:21,186 cutting clothes and fixing them. 409 00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:22,646 And it's kind of hard. 410 00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:24,940 If you don't keep your mind in here 411 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:28,109 and try to keep this… you'll fall like he did. 412 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:31,363 I mean, he was a dang good worker. 413 00:25:31,446 --> 00:25:36,785 You know, it's just that sometimes you get away, you get rolled up. 414 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:41,289 And around here, anybody can get rolled up and get put down there. 415 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:42,874 And then you can't come up here. 416 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,376 [clacking and whirring] 417 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:47,337 [Potter] Without Fred, I think it's gonna be different. 418 00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:53,885 Don't forget where we at, you know? We all ain't perfect, but we trying. 419 00:25:54,427 --> 00:25:56,137 We just trying to do better. 420 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:59,182 Maybe he needed a couple more steps to do better. 421 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:01,101 That's all, you know. 422 00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:07,941 [Potter] Hey, Paul. Dropping off the '60s quilt. 423 00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:10,485 [whirring] 424 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:21,913 -[Ricky] Hold up. -[pensive music playing] 425 00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:23,248 [Paul] The heck. 426 00:26:23,331 --> 00:26:24,708 [Ricky] It's fucking messed up. 427 00:26:25,208 --> 00:26:27,252 -[Paul sighs] -We gotta stop. 428 00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:31,256 All right, let's get this off here. We gotta take it back down and get it off. 429 00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:34,593 Ah, we got a problem. 430 00:26:37,470 --> 00:26:38,305 [Ricky sighs] 431 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:41,516 We gotta get it done before the end of the week. 432 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,809 Look at this. 433 00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:46,521 The material wasn't stretched out all the way. 434 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,733 And when it's not, it'll leave little buckles. 435 00:26:49,816 --> 00:26:52,360 And something like that, I can't pass. 436 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,947 'Cause this is-- Somebody's going to keep for a long time. 437 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,491 We gotta take the whole thing off. 438 00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:02,787 [groans] Boy, this one is pinched bad. 439 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:05,790 Oh, Fred. Holy shit. 440 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,419 Grab that. Bring this over. 441 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:12,088 There's so many squares. 442 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,424 You got some of that? Just a little bitty square. 443 00:27:14,507 --> 00:27:15,884 The same kind of material. 444 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,178 -[Potter] Those green pieces? -No. It can't be green. 445 00:27:18,261 --> 00:27:20,639 -Okay. -[Ricky] Yeah, that's it. Okay. 446 00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,682 [pensive music continues] 447 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:23,600 [sighs] 448 00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:31,816 [clicks] 449 00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:34,944 [whirring] 450 00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:39,616 [Chill] Fred get a chance to see it? 451 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,369 -[Ricky] Uh-uh. -He ain't get a chance to see it yet. 452 00:27:42,452 --> 00:27:43,620 [sewing machine whirring] 453 00:27:43,703 --> 00:27:46,122 [Ricky] All right, we need to put this back on. 454 00:27:50,377 --> 00:27:52,379 [pensive music continues] 455 00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:54,297 [whirring] 456 00:27:56,716 --> 00:27:58,009 See, it's gone. 457 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,265 It's all gone. See how easy that is? No big deal. 458 00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:07,435 [music fades] 459 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:12,190 Well, it's up! 460 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:14,567 High as I'm going to get it. 461 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:16,027 [camera clicks] 462 00:28:17,028 --> 00:28:18,405 All right, let's show the back. 463 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,157 -We had a little setback. -[camera shutter clicks] 464 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:22,784 All right. Now we're back. 465 00:28:25,578 --> 00:28:27,330 [sewing machines clacking and whirring] 466 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:32,752 [Rod] Ricky's gonna be lost. He's gonna be heartbroken when I leave. 467 00:28:33,628 --> 00:28:35,505 -Yeah. -[Rod] I'll be going to a lower level. 468 00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:38,800 And hopefully in five years, I'll be home. Or less. 469 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:40,844 We've been around for many years. 470 00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:44,180 [Rod] We've been doing time for almost 25 years together. 471 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,891 -[Ricky] We're not gonna be-- -We'll never lose touch. 472 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:50,520 It's hard when somebody you like leaves, you know? 473 00:28:50,603 --> 00:28:54,607 After many years, like I said, I watch people leave like I told you, 474 00:28:54,691 --> 00:28:57,444 for almost going on 40 years. 475 00:28:57,527 --> 00:28:59,863 -You know? And it's hard. -[Rod] Mm-hmm. 476 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:02,949 [Ricky] Who knows? One day, they might send me out of here. 477 00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:04,117 [Rod] Hopefully. 478 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,286 But then, like, say, do you deserve-- 479 00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:09,205 I did what I did. And I tell everybody that. 480 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:13,084 And I can't imagine how the family feels. 481 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:14,252 Oh, I can't. 482 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,589 But, you know, it's just something you just gotta… 483 00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:21,259 hope they can forgive, like I forgive myself, you know? 484 00:29:21,342 --> 00:29:23,094 So, it's mostly… 485 00:29:23,636 --> 00:29:27,432 Most guys can't forgive themselves. That's why they can't change. 486 00:29:27,515 --> 00:29:29,392 Because that demon's still in 'em. 487 00:29:29,476 --> 00:29:32,562 You gotta be able to forgive yourself before you can forgive anybody else. 488 00:29:32,645 --> 00:29:34,314 Just like you gotta be able to love yourself 489 00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:35,565 before you love anybody. 490 00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:38,151 -You know? -You have to be able to do that. 491 00:29:38,234 --> 00:29:42,113 Because I can stand up and testify 492 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:45,575 that I let my demon out a few times in prison. 493 00:29:45,658 --> 00:29:48,161 And I'm not proud of it, you know? 494 00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:50,955 But you just gotta… 495 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:55,627 You gotta let it go, you know? If you don't, it'll eat you up. 496 00:30:16,439 --> 00:30:17,440 [Joe] Hey, White. 497 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:24,531 Yeah. Dang! 498 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:26,991 Golly. 499 00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:29,744 They got them. 500 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,788 -[tender music playing] -[Chill chuckles] 501 00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:34,415 Wow. 502 00:30:35,124 --> 00:30:39,254 "…express my appreciation to Mr. White, 'Chill,' 503 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:41,881 and other men who are sewing quilts." 504 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:43,842 Golly! 505 00:30:45,718 --> 00:30:47,971 -Hey, that's good. -[Chill] Ain't it? 506 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:50,056 [tender music continues] 507 00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:52,559 [Ricky sniffles, then exhales] 508 00:30:54,894 --> 00:30:56,396 [Jeremiah] That's really nice. 509 00:30:57,897 --> 00:30:59,899 [inaudible] 510 00:31:04,737 --> 00:31:05,572 Awesome. 511 00:31:06,447 --> 00:31:09,492 [Ricky] Now I'll get the stapler and put it up on the board. 512 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,085 See, these are-- these were precut. 513 00:31:19,168 --> 00:31:20,712 -They're not straight… -[Jimmy] 72,16. 514 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:22,672 [Ricky] No, they're not supposed to be… 515 00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:26,342 [Rod] I'll go ahead and trim this off, and put the other one on top of that… 516 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,137 [Ricky] Here's jet black. 517 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,389 [poignant music playing] 518 00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:33,141 [Potter] I like the design of it, though. 519 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:34,809 Really neat. 520 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:38,146 [poignant music continues]