. >> abbey's cellmate, jimmy torres, can tell him about life in prison. >> i spent all my 30s inside. got out when i was 41. the federal government don't mess around. when they hammer you, they hammer you good, you know. >> torres is at orange county, appealing his conviction for an armed bank robbery he claims he didn't commit. but he does take credit for dozens of other bank robberies, some of which landed him a prior 11-year sentence at longpote federal penitentiary. >> the yankee bandit, my cellmate in '91, he was a world-famous bank robber. he holds the record of 72 banks robbed. come on, i was just getting warmed up at 72. throughout the years, i probably robbed more than -- no more than 150, put it that way. >> narrator: torres says the inspiration to become a bank robber occurred when he was a young boy growing up in a tough part of orange county. >> i never had money in my pocket to buy ice cream as a kid. that used to bother me because all the other kids had money. i got stealing one time from the neighborhood guy. i remember, i just finished seeing that bonnie and clyde mov