. >> reporter: joe calderon leads the discussion at the here reentry navigator network. the recently released inmates, or lifers, ethical themselves. they meet monthly at the mission street parole office in san francisco. the network provides services and peer support to help each other reenter society and stay out of jail and prison. >> you keeps me humble. keeps me grateful. it puts me at a place where i can actually thrive. >> reporter: every person here has spent decades behind bars. for crimes ranging from aggravated robbery, to murder. >> you from the board of parole hearing that more long-term -- getting out of prison. the want to have a support system available for them. >> reporter: the peer reentry navigator network or prn and is the passion of martin figueroa, or fake as he is known. a san francisco-based parole agent supervisor, who admits, even he had doubts about whether or not it would work when he was put in charge of rolling it out nine years ago. >> i was one of those guys that never believe in redemption. >> reporter: parolees heather doubts, too. >> t

>> reporter: joe calderon leads the discussion at the pier entryway navigator worker network. these are recent and meet or lifers who meet monthly at the mission street parole office in san francisco. the network provide services and peer support to help each other reenter society and stay out of jail and prison. >> keeps me humble, it keeps me grateful and it puts me at a place where i can actually thrive. >> reporter: every person here has been to decades behind bars. for crimes ranging from aggravated robbery to murdew t parole hearings that they are getting out of prison and they wanted to have a support system available for them. >> reporter: the pier reentry navigator network is the passion of martin figaro or fig as he is known. a san francisco parole agent supervisor who admits he had doubts whether or not it would work. he was put in chant charge of rolling it out nine years ago. >> i was one of those guys who never believed in redemption. >> reporter: parolees had their doubts too. >> they cannot believe we were trying to rehabilitate them to really really help them