. >> abbey's cellmate jimmy torres can tell him all about life in prison. >> i spent all my 30s inside. i got out when i was 41. they don't mess around. when they hammer you, they hammer you good. >> 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 another federal penitentiary. >> the yankee bandit, my cellmate at one time, a world famous bank robber, he holds a record at 72 banks robbed. and i'm like, come on, man, i was just getting warmed up at 72. throughout the years i've probably robbed more than 100 and no more than 150. put it that way. >> 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 an ice cream when i was a kid, and that used to bother me because all the other kids had money, and i got caught stealing one time, you know, from the neighborhood guy, and i remember i just finished seeing