dionne wilson. >> i really appreciate it.>> let's go now to a few of the stories these inmates have written and performed from inside san quentin. >> hello, ladies and gentlemen. my name is azrael and this is my life of lost speech. i grew in a community in southern california where drugs and crime ruled. by the time i was 21, i could say every one of my friends had been to prison already. it wasn't a place to be a good man. i covered myself in tattoos of hate and violence. it was my suit of armor. 29 years for assault of a firearm. when i entered the state prison system, i felt like i had found a world where i was validated. it was a place i was allowed to hate. i was embraced for hating and being violent. so i walked in this world like a dark knight. i let people know, hey, if you mess with me, i'm going to mess you up. because that's how life is in here or tha what we tell ourselves but then i hear about the shakespeare group. and i'll check it out. and i go in there. and they're like, okay. we're going to pretend to be na