he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders >> reporter: the pretty house with the wraparound porch in oregon is now in the catt's rear view mirror. their new home where we met them two years ago is the big house, behind the bars of the fort bend county jail in texas. the family has been held in separate cell blocks.

>>> 20/20 continues with all in the family. >> announcer: matt gutman continues with more of 20/20. >> reporter: they'd committed the crime, now came the punishment. the serial bank robber who disturbingly recruited his own son and daughter to help him during a string of holdups has learned his fate. >> how do you plea to the offense? >> guilty. >> reporter: scott catt's 15 minutes of infamy would stretch into 24 years of prison. >> i mean i'm 51 years old, so -- to me -- that is life. >> reporter: texas penitentiaries, are some of the toughest in the world. where prisoners have allegedly

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manipulation of his kids that he's decided to help 19 year old abby. instead of shipping her off to prison for five years he's decided to keep her here at the jail -- where we found her stitching patches onto police uniforms. >> i just feel that she's more of a victim in this, so my goal is to try to educate her, get here where she can get her ged and try to teach her some type of a skills set here to when she gets out can lead a productive life.