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a young woman is arrested for a crime reminiscent of the grinch. >> i took kids' christmas presents, that's what i did. i make out like a bandit. >> and -- >> i was a very proactive deputy. i was also a very sincere deputy. >> staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad. >> there's a learned etiquette of how things are done in jail. we call it jailing. ♪ >> grand rapids is located almost equal distances between chicago and detroit. while it is a fraction of the size of either, many who live here say it has all the benefits of a big city with few of the problems.

just outside downtown is a place where problems are an all too common part of life. the kent county jail houses about 1,000 men and women. some of them have been convicted but most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial with the resolution of their cases. >> any problem? >> no problem, sir. >> captain randy demery has been confronting problems for 25 years he worked at the jail. >> good friend of mine said the thing that makes corrections so easy is that all you have to do is get voluntary compliance out of a bunch of people who have already proven that they will not voluntarily comply with the rules of society. so, it's a piece of cake. and we're in a position where we can get to a very large degree voluntary compliance out of that group of people, so actually the challenge of that is rewarding and fun. >> some challenges like those

presented by joe leija can take longer to resolve than others. >> joe leija doesn't come across as a dangerous guy. he's respectful to the officers but it's not one of those guys i would trust. he's definitely a dangerous individual, especially on the street, and within his gang world. you wouldn't want to turn your back on him. >> leija was recently confined to the segregation unit where he's locked in a single-man cell 23 hours per day. jail surveillance footage shows why. >> mr. leija's down here, and his accomplice is kind of just walking around in the day room there. and there was some form of disrespect the night before. and they were kind of just waiting for this inmate to come out of his cell. and as soon as he comes out, the two of them begin an assault on him. the one inmate just throws a couple of punches, but mr. leija is definitely the aggressor. an officer who was actually doing a block check at the time uses his oc spray to get them to

separate and orders them to get on the ground. >> leija, an admitted gang member, has proven to be more violent on the streets. originally charged with first degree murder, he eventually pled guilty to second degree murder in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence. he is eligible for 75 years in prison. >> i shot a man six times in the face. no matter how much of a gangster i am, what i think i am, i struggle with that say when i first got here. like i struggled with that for real. if i could go back, change some things, i still would have shot him. but i wouldn't have hit him in the face and i wouldn't have killed him. >> according to prosecutors, leija and his co-defendant met a 43-year-old man at the home of a mutual female friend in order to

sell him five pounds of marijuana. instead, leija drew a gun and attempted to rob the man. >> he reached for it, boom, grabbed it, went off two times, one, two, hit him in his chest. by that time, i wasn't thinking. i feel like -- it just -- snapped. shouldn't have done what i did, but i did and he was done when i shot him two times. when he went down, i stood over him and shot him six times in the face. the aftermath of the scene, it was -- it was bad. and i'm not proud of it in any way. but i know because i was there, i did it. he barely had a face when i was done with him. >> leija has been at the kent county jail since his arrest 26 months earlier. even though he has pled guilty to second degree murder, he has yet to be sentenced. his judge cannot hand down the sentence until his co-defendant's trial is complete. and that has been dragging on for two years. >> is there anything that you look forward to?

>> some fresh air. i haven't been outside in 26 months and three days. i have not been outside and breathed the air. this is the air i'm breathing, from these vents. >> as an adult, leija has had prior convictions for possession of marijuana and assault and battery. before that, he had numerous stays in the county's juvenile facility. >> i already had my hands on a gun at a very young age. like i grew up too fast, man. running is streets, smoking weed, stealing cars. a lot of people said my mom wasn't a good mom, my dad wasn't a good father. that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying i wasn't the best kid, you know. >> roll, salad, cake. same thing we get every day. >> that's why we're fat. >> we are. we're the fat group. >> over in the women's wing of the jail, vicki groth admits she hasn't always been the ideal good kid either.

while her crime didn't physically injure anyone, it might have still been painful for her young victims. >> i feel bad for what i did, not for what i did, who i did it to. i took kids' christmas presents. that's what i did. i'm not very proud of myself for what i did. at all. >> all set? >> yes. >> groth's christmas caper began while she was staying at a friend's house. >> they left, i was still there. i don't know. i just started rummaging through stuff, i guess. i found the receipts. i was like, well, where's the presents? so i started looking. i went into their closet and i found a justin bieber doll and some baby toys and i gathered them up, put them in a bag, had the receipts in my pocket, then i rode my bike up to toys "r" us. >> how much money did you get? >> $72. >> groth eventually pled guilty to larceny and was sentenced to six months in jail.

she says stealing has been a compulsion for as long as she can remember. >> i've been stealing stuff since i was like 5. i don't know how to keep my hands off stuff that's not mine. >> what about it do you like? >> the part you almost get caught, if you do get caught, you get to see if you can run and get away. >> groth describes herself as a kleptomaniac. >> i do it for the thrill of it. i can go into a store with money to buy anything i want, i take it and get away with it, it's a rush. i make out like a bandit. i am pretty good at what i do. >> groth has also been good at getting caught. she has six prior theft-related convictions, as well as convictions for drug possession and assault. >> is there treatment for kleptomania? >> you know, i don't know. i should probably check that out. >> how are you going to stop stealing? >> keep my hands in my pockets. that's the only thing i can think of. coming up -- >> hey. >> hi. >> how you doing? >> vicki groth gets a visit from her family. >> it's just weird for me,

having like a family member who i can't like trust, you know? >> joe leija goes to court and gets an earful. >> you shot my son. rot in hell because that's where you deserve to be. >> i was deputy sheriff at kent county for about five years. i worked in training, i worked as a corrections officer. >> he once patrolled these housing units. now he stands accused of a heinous crime. all clear! lookin' good! close it up! got it. ... and then, santa's helpers boarded the train, and off they went. and that's how we got it. wowww ... you guys must've been really good this year. the magic of the season is here, at the lexus december to remember sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection.

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♪ ♪ as a 25-year veteran of the kent county sheriff's department and the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the jail, captain randy demery has seen a lot. he says one thing in particular might come as a surprise to the public. >> one of the secrets of the corrections world is how many inmates actually admire the

deputies that work in the housing unit. when you have a corrections officer that the people who are in jail look up to and highly regard and respect -- >> how are things going overall for you since you've been here? >> it's been going pretty good. >> -- and that corrections officer is modeling the kind of behavior that we desire -- >> stay out of trouble. do what you got to do while you're down here. >> -- then that really honestly does have a pretty profound impact on how inmates behave. >> and this deputy says he's bought into that philosophy. >> guys, come on. chow time. come out and eat. >> i use my life experience to school these kids. i talk down, yeah, i am from africa. i took a bag, put it on my shoulder, came here. here i am, you know. why you think you going to trust somebody from a third world country to work within the security system? it's because of education. back home, in liberia where i am from, i worked ten years as a police officer. i want you guys to take my experience and use it, that you

can better yourself. >> the deputy is convinced he's reached some inmates. but daniel levesee has been a work in progress for 15 years now. sutu was assigned to the juvenile facility when he first came in as a young teen. >> i've been going to juvenile a long time. gus, he used to work there. he was from africa, had a strong accent. we made fun of him sometimes, mess with him. always in good humor. >> people know you're a good guy. thing is you get caught up with peer pressure. you see? being around the wrong people. you got to make a future for your little daughter and the one on the way, too. so there's two kids that are going to depend on you as a parent, as a father for tomorrow. so now you languish in prison. what standard have you set for those kids that are going to go back -- >> i'm doing the same thing that my parents did to me by not being there. got to change something.

>> levesee was recently sentenced to three years for breaking and entering and is awaiting transfer to prison for the third time. >> i got a job at a factory. >> how come you lost that? is it because of your charge? >> no, i got in a fight, broke my hand. >> you still get into fights? >> yeah. >> you got to change, man, you getting old. i personally think there's a chance for anybody. and there's always a way you can improve yourself. levesee is working toward that but he needs to make a drastic change. >> you can't be a father to your kids in prison. you can't. you got to create a bond between you and your kids. you got to be a man to support your kids. >> while they say the deputy upholds the values they strive for, steven sutherland did not. 20 years ago he was a kent county sheriff's deputy assigned to managing inmates in this very jail. >> i was a deputy sheriff here at kent county for about five years. i worked in training, i worked

as a corrections officer, and i was a search and rescue diver. and i was just getting into working as a crisis management officer when i left. still a lot of the old hands around here that know me and some of the newer ones know who i am. and it's embarrassing. >> good afternoon. >> how are you doing, sarge? >> good. how are you? >> good, sir. >> i did work during the time he was employed. i think there was maybe 20 to 30 deputies get hired at the same time. and within the same group. we are both in that group. it's really unfortunate to see a co-worker on the other side. >> in the 20 years that have passed since he's worked here, sutherland has had numerous criminal convictions and has served time in prison. now he faces especially serious

charges, possession of child pornography and criminal sexual conduct of a minor, in this case, a young boy. >> i'm pleading not guilty. i have lots of reasons for that. i didn't do it. >> but this isn't the first time sutherland has been charged with a sex crime against a minor. >> i had a misdemeanor charge 16 years ago for inappropriate touching, a girl, minor. and i pled guilty to that. >> to my knowledge i've never seen anything that he'd be capable of any charges that he's being charged with right now, so it's pretty shocking. >> deputy perdue also knew sutherland when he worked here. >> you're dealing with a deputy, a professional, somebody you worked with every day, did a good job. >> all right. >> i was a very pro-active deputy, but i was also a very sincere deputy. if i told an inmate i was going

to do something, i'd do it. i was fairly strict but fair. i tried to show compassion. i guess i treated the inmates how i would want to be treated. after i worked here for four years or so, i had discovered that i was going to the bar more and more often after work to, as we called it, debrief. i knew something was wrong. i didn't know what to call it. i had started drinking to self-medicate, and i discovered that worked real well. inside of a year, i was drinking well over a fifth a day. by the end, i was drinking over half gallon a day. from there the alcohol just stripped away all the other emotion and life became unmanageable. >> along with his prior criminal sexual conduct conviction, sutherland has had several other convictions. ranging from driving under the influence to home invasion and breaking and entering.

he says his mug shots tell a story. >> if you look at the very first photo of me, you'll see a man that was very much in control of his life, physically in shape. and as you go through to the next booking, alcohol had started to play a bigger factor. facial features have changed. and then you get into the last few years, i think i looked like i aged 20 years, and the fire went out. right now at the stage of my life, i'm almost relieved to be in here right now. coming up -- >> there's at least one inmate in here that knows i was a deputy. >> steven sutherland tries to avoid the predators who target ex-cops. later, his own actions are called into question. >> about two seconds later i see his hand come out of the shower, i was like, this dude is an actual predator. and -- >> i should have killed the lady and her son, her son was 18 years old, he was my age.

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♪ inside the kent county jail, joel leija has had more than two years to find ways to pass time. he has pled guilty to second degree murder and will eventually transfer to state prison. >> i still want to come home young. so i'm hoping to get at least 20. 18 would be nice. i could do that. i got a mindset on that. but i want to know for sure. once i know for sure, i think i'll be more at ease, i'll be more at peace. >> leija's sentencing has been delayed while his co-defendant's trial drags on. so he does what he can with what little he has. >> i take the little teeth out of these combs. the seasoning package that comes with seasoning for the noodles. i'll take that and make them in two. i take the staple and i make a hole.

could just easy put them in there. then i could just easy put it in my ear. just like that. it makes me feel like sort of free in a way, even though i'm not free. gives me a better feeling about being here. >> leija says one thing he isn't feeling better about is leaving witnesses behind the night he murdered another man. >> some other gang bangers, man. >> real cool! >> according to prosecutors, leija met the man at the home of a mutual female friend to sell him drugs but attempted to rob him instead. >> i should have killed the lady and her son. her son was 18 years old, he was my age. but i didn't. i just left. so when i got booked they were calling me a ruthless killer, i had no remorse, and this -- if i didn't have no remorse and i was a ruthless killer, i would have killed that bitch, and i would have killed her son.

>> do you regret not killing them? >> absolutely. i wouldn't have been here if nobody pointed me out. >> now housed in a single-man segregation cell because of a fight he was involved in, leija has plenty of time to ponder past decisions. >> man, i got some good letters, too. >> steven sutherland, however, is housed in a general population unit where he's around other inmates. and for him, that carries a risk. >> for anyone to know that i used to be a deputy here potentially could be dangerous for me. i'm in a medium-high security area, where these inmates are potentially going to prison for 15 years to life. if it was ever perceived i was part of the system, somebody may take advantage of that. >> 20 years earlier sutherland was a kent county sheriff's deputy and was even assigned to the jail in which he's now housed. he tries to keep that a secret,

because when ex-law enforcement officers go to jail, they're often targets for attack. >> there's at least one inmate in here that knows i was a deputy. we have talked and he understands that needs to be kept private. and i made it really clear to him. because later, he was telling another deputy that i used to be a deputy. i says, when i told you not to say anything to anybody, i meant anybody. because deputies will talk, too. >> to make matters worse, sutherland is charged with criminal sexual conduct against a minor, which is another reason other inmates would target him for violence if they found out. >> so i try to just keep a low profile. i have to be on guard. it could be stressful at times, but i've gotten so used to it, it becomes natural for me to put on a different persona. to act out the charade, i guess.

>> while some jails immediately isolate inmates like sutherland in single-person cells where they have virtually no contact with other inmates, that's not the policy at kent county. >> sex offenders are housed on an individual basis, they're interviewed and then determining how our classification officers feel about how they would do in certain areas, we would put them there. basically they go into general population. there's no specific housing area that segregates them. >> we're going to set expectations to the other inmates out there, you're going to live with this guy, and you are not going to torment him and you are not going to make life difficult for that person. if you do, we will deal with you. and this guy's going to stay and you're the one that's going to end up in segregation. >> and now there has been an incident involving sutherland and another inmate. but in this case, southerland is not the victim. coming up, steven sutherland is accused of harassing another inmate in the showers. >> i didn't know what to do. i was like, dude, what the heck's going on?

and he's like, dude, it's not gay, it's just jailing. >> and vicki groth's mother on life with a self-proclaimed kleptomaniac. >> last year i bought an air conditioner for $300 and she turned around and stole that.

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♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does that story spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ oer the land of the free ♪ and the and the home of the brave ♪ [ applause ] >> inside grand rapids kent county jail, the captain is near an end of a 25-year career. he said much of what influenced him came from his own job. >> this isn't what i went to school for, actually, having a theology degree. i had a couple churches in south dakota when i first got out of

college. kind of got involved in the jail business there. i figured out i was more temperamentally suited for corrections work than the ministry. i still see this as my life's work. it's not just a job for me. it never has been. it's not natural to keep human beings in cages, and it's not natural to be the human being that's keeping somebody else in the cage. there's somebody about that unnatural environment that causes people who are the keepers of the cage to take some steps to make that easier on them, to where you don't see them as humans at all. so i tried to fight against that tend eaency and hopefully i modelled that for other people. it's possible to not treat inmates like dirt and trash, but to have compassion and sympathy and understanding for what the families go through. >> and families usually go through a lot. >> hi, we're here to see

victoria groth. >> can i check your i.d.? >> sure. >> i'm carol groth, i'm here with my daughter jessica, we're here to see my other daughter victoria who has been in jail for a couple months. we come to see her and she seems to be doing okay. >> vicki groth is back in jail for larsseny, in this case, for stealing christmas gifts from a friend and returning them to the store for the cash. >> previous to this, she had stolen from jessica, stolen from me, stolen from her older brother's also. so hopefully here will make a difference and keep her out of trouble when she gets out. >> groth describes herself as a kleptomaniac, but has labelled herself something else. >> i got this tattoo when i was 17 years old and it says loser. >> do you feel like a loser?

>> no. >> why did you do? >> i'm famous for it, put it that way. >> obviously, no, i'm not a loser. a graduated high school with a gpa of 3.5. i'm not dumb, but i'm still in jail, so -- >> i guess i resent life. i got treated different by my sister's dad because i'm half black and they're all white. so i wasn't really his kid. so i just dealt with that. and i used to get teased at school. >> what effect did that have on you? >> i cried. a cried a lot. >> hey. >> hi. >> how you doing? >> good. >> you're looking good. >> thank you. i'm tired upon i slept all day today. >> what you do that for? >> i'm tired. >> you're going to be out soon, you need to get your sleep the right way. >> she same in here, she was having issues with family and everybody just not getting

along. >> i'm hoping to get out on monday. >> that would be cool. i have to work monday, though. >> if you would ask her to get something out of your purse, it would be in her pocket later. >> she has done it ever since she was this tall. so it was something that started when she was a kid. >> i got the ceiling painted today. it's done. >> did you? is she helping too? >> no, she sleeps all day, so she's not in my way. >> it put me in a bind last year, when i bought an air conditioner for $300 and she turned around and stole that. so i had to use rent money for that month and buy another air conditioner. >> it's just weird for me having a family member who i can't, like, trust, you know. >> i just read a thing in the paper, says that just remember, when you don't take a shower before you go to bed, everything you got in contact with is going to bed with you. >> the reason we don't talk about her stealing from family

for the visit, because i don't want to go back to her cell depressed and not having anybody to talk to. >> i read like 30 cards before i got that one. >> did you? >> i had to get one to give you a laugh. >> it did. i brought it to breakfast to show people. >> she wanted to know if i would consider her moving back in with us so she would have a stable place to live. i told her at that time, i would have to think about it. i'm concerned she'll go back to what she was doing before, stealing stuff and then i'll be screwed. love you. >> love you too. >> see you soon. >> all right, bye. >> that's it. >> i hate where i'm at right now. the choices i made, pretty much stupid choices. everything could have been prevented. like if you have two choices, nine times out of ten, i pick the one that's the worst, and wrong. >> why? >> i don't know.

if i had the answer to that, i wouldn't do it. >> steven sutherland also acknowledges making bad choices. once a deputy at the kent county jail, he's now an inmate with numerous convictions. criminal sexual conduct with a minor. but now he faces new troubles after staffers received some notes some inmates. >> we received two regarding inmate sutherland, it was that inmate sutherland was making inappropriate comments to the inmates. >> 20-year-old zach is one of the inmates who reported sutherland. i was in the shower, had my back faced and i felt something hit my back. i turned around, it was a huge thing of soap. about two seconds later, i feel

his hand come around and he threw a bunch of soap at me. at first, i was confused, like i didn't know what to do. and i was like, dude, what the heck's going on? he goes, that's not gay, it's just jailing. >> i said we could save water. it's just jailing. and he wrote saying i made him feel uncomfortable. i was so angry, because they were joking before i got up there, about oops he dropped the soap and all that, before i even got up there. it's just the horse play that goes on when you're in an all-male facility in an area like that. >> the second time he came up, he's like, we're in the shower together again and he started to talking about the jail wants us to save money, the jail wants to shower together and we should use the same soap and the same

towel. at that point i was like, this is ridiculous, this dude is an actual predator. >> did you make a comment? >> in gest. we all did. it was going on before i went up there. it's something that the guys, they had -- jail is a lot like a men's locker room. there's comments constantly. >> i used to play scrabble with him all the time. i quit playing scrabble with him. he's make jokes all the time about other guys. at first, it was a joke. then i found out what he was in here for, and i put things together. >> it got more serious to us, once he kept going on and on. it's like, this dude's serious about what he's saying. >> sutherland has temporarily been moved to another unit until staff can determine if disciplinary action is rnt warranted. >> the policy is to assign the

investigation to the floor officer where it originated. that's what i did. >> in the meantime, all he can do is wait and try to amuse himself. >> this is what i had up on my cell upstairs. it goes on here like this. it gets boring. you got to have a little fun. coming up -- >> yesterday when we came back from court, i was eating dinner and he told me through the door, it's over. >> joel hears from his co-defendant and the news clears the way for his long awaited sentencing. and -- >> inmate sutherland knows me and i think he was trying to play on that during our hearing, bringing me back to the days where we worked together. tried to work on my feelings. >> an officer hands down a decision on his former colleague, and soon after, so does the judge. to come togethern we're apart

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♪ ♪ even though joel pled guilty to second-degree murder for shooting a man six times in the face, he has been in a state of limbo at the kent county jail. his judge cannot issue a final sentence and send him to prison until his co-defendant's case is resolved. it's dragged on for more than two years, until now. >> he just lost trial yesterday, which is sad news. real sad news. i couldn't even really enjoy my meal yesterday when he came back from court, i was eating dinner, and he told me through the door, it's over. he's just letting me know. but he's at peace. it happened. he's at peace in his heart. he wants to follow god. people come to jail and they find god. my faith ain't that strong.

i'm always going to be a mobster and i don't regret it because i had a good time. >> leija is now clear to be sentenced and it's likely to be soon. >> steven sutherland, 20 years earlier was a deputy at the jail, and awaits trial on his charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. he's now charged with allegedly making inappropriate comments to another male inmate in the showers. sergeant powers who worked with him when he worked here, was assigned to investigate the allegations. he got notes from two inmates. >> inmate sutherland knows me, i think he was trying to play on that, calling me by my first name, kind of bringing me back to the days when we worked together. trying to work on my feelings. i recognized what he was trying to do. >> if an officer was to say that i'm using my connections to get

special treatment, i would say, you know, look at where i'm at. this is my second time to the hole. it hasn't worked out so well if that's the case. >> i did question him on the specifics of his involvement, and i found consistency in his statements with what was written in the kites. i found him guilty of category 2 violation of making inappropriate comments to other inmates. with a 2, there's a ten-day cell restriction, where the inmate is moved from the general housing area where he was, to our disciplined segregation unit. >> i'm angry because they know, all the guys around them know, the deputy that did the investigation knows, it just wasn't true. but the sergeant who likes to write paper, got excited about it and he had made up his mind

that i was guilty before he came down, based on words, not intent. and that was my biggest thing, was, you know, when people joke and say things, that doesn't make their -- that intent. >> one week later, sutherland would be dealing with something far more serious than horse play. bringing his case to a close. he reached a deal with prosecutors to plead no contest to first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. sutherland was sentenced from 9 to 15 years in prison. >> it's tough. it's someone that you've worked with, hung out with, talked with in the locker room. and then, years later, you're opposite sides of the fence. >> deputy perdue was a rookie at the jail when sutherland worked there as a training officer. >> it ain't going to be easy.

not going to happen overnight, but sooner or later, you can maybe get your life back to where it was before all this happened. >> yeah. if not back where it was, at least as i finish out this life, with some normalcy. >> yeah, definitely. >> within the next week or so, a transport van will take sutherland to a state prison to serve his time. >> there's a time, to do the time, don't let the time do you. it's just a statement of, go with the flow. you read, you play cards, you make the most of it. you're here, deal with it. sometimes that's hard, but until you do, you know, life is really tough. and for me, with all the issues that i was having personally, i could be maybe in a different program. it would be nicer than this.

but this is probably still better than me being on my own right now. i hate to say that, but -- >> sutherland's upcoming transfer to state prison is fine with at least one inmate -- zach. >> honestly, i just don't want him to get out in the world again, or even with someone else in the jail. that just ain't right. yeah, it was nice -- obviously i can shower in peace now, and not have to worry about him coming up every time i'm trying to shower. >> coming up -- >> i'm very proud that i came to this jail in a time where the corrections industry in general was moving away from a culture of violence. >> a retiring captain reflects on 25 years of change. and the gang member finds out what his future holds. >> mr. leija, anything further you'd like to say before i impose sentence?

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♪ captain randy demery says he's seen a lot of change over the course of his 25 years at the kent county jail in grand rapids. >> i'm very proud i came to this jail in a time where the corrections industry in general, but even this jail in particular, was moving away from a culture of violence and a culture that demeaned the inmate population and a culture that treats everybody with dignity and respect and humanely and understanding that the inmates have their own set of problems that they present us with, but they're all humans and they all need to be cared for as human beings. >> jail officials say one way they do that is to be responsive to reports harassment. >> zach is one who wrote a note against inmate sutherland. he's still in the same unit. just wanted to let him know that

we're there if he has any questions or problems. >> good. just want to make sure you're doing okay. are you having any other issues? >> no. it's been quiet since then. >> okay, good. >> yeah, good. >> as far as how it was handled, did we handle it quick enough for you? >> yeah, i think an hour and a half after i wrote the kite, he was out of here. yeah, i was pretty surprised how fast that happened. >> the kite that you wrote got our attention immediately. with the new standards that the correctional facilities have to abide by, any suggestions of inappropriate conduct we look at real serious, and that's the main reason why we took action as quick as we did and looked into it and interviewed you at least once or twice. okay, thank you very much, guys. a different sort of drama

now plays out for joel lei jampt a. >> i'm going to get sentenced today. i'm ready to get it over with. i don't have to apologize to the victim's family, but i am going to. i think it looks better. it shows that i'm sorry. made me realize the damage i've done to this family. i have a lot of regrets. this is one of the biggest ones i have, is to kill somebody, you know. >> i'm going to have a lot of family in the courtroom. my parents are going to be there, my mom, my dad, my aunt and uncle, brothers and sisters. >> as the proceedings get under way, the victim's mother takes the podium and reads her statement to the court. >> i still don't understand why you had to pump six bullets into my son. it just goes to show what a cold-blooded killer you really are. now i wonder how many other lives you may have ten with no

remorse. you didn't just shoot a person. you shot my son. you took a very big part of my life away and that piece of the puzzle will always be missing. i hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life. even that would be too good for you. brad died a violent and lonely death. no one should have to die that way. rot in hell because that's exactly where you deserve to be. you need to be off the streets so you can't hurt anybody else. i pray the court agrees with me and you get life in prison. >> when the victim's mother has finished with her statement, leija has an opportunity to read his apology. >> mr. leija, anything further you'd like to say before i impose sentence. >> no, your honor. >> so mr. leija mandatorily here on felony firearm. it's the sentence of this court,

two years. on second-degree murder, you'll be sentenced to the michigan department of corrections for a term of not less than 22, no more than 75 years. i'll advise you, mr. leija this is the final sentence and judgment of the court. you are entitled to file an application for leave to appeal. >> before i was working on an apology, youbut i didn't apprece what he said. he read it out loud to all those people. definitely not going to give you an apology now, because you was out of line. i'm not going to tell you sorry now. i was planning on t but it ain't going to happen no more.

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ i got that body bag swag ♪ throw him in the trunk >> i write very violently and i write about murder and killing things. >> an inmate that writes and raps on stage is in jail for assaulting his girlfriend. and he's with to return to the