a former inmate just got his degree at cal state eas bay after spending 20 years in prison. as john ramos reports, it is all things to a program called project rebound. >> reporter: family members too their seats and the graduates lined up for the procession. at the head of that line, was forrest jones. but, as the university president welcome to the graduates, she might have been speaking to forest directly. >> i am sure it was hard for yo to imagine this day would come, but here it is. >> reporter: forrest was convicted of stealing a vcr. but, under the three strikes la was sentenced to life in prison while in san quentin, he joined the prison newspaper and began writing about the inequities of that law. in 2012, the people voted to change the law to appl it to only violent offenders, and in 2018, klein was released after spending ba got back that noi am on e road that i ld have be ago. >> welcome to cal state east bay under a project called cal state rebound which offer support and housing for the formerly incarcerated. now, m,e rrest was the first to get his diploma. >>