>> well, eventually, it did, lea lisa. remember that day in august, 2005, being homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol, unemployed and the only thing i owned were the clothes on my back. i stood in front of the railroad tracks in south florida waiting on a train to come. as i was standing there, i knew that my mother didn't raise me to be in that position, but there i was. and i didn't see any hope of even going any further. and i just wanted to end it all that day. >> nicole, is there a typical scenario of priorities and challenges that people face within the first six months when they are released from prison? >> sure. lisa, the same kind of challenges that any of us would face when we are just getting out on our own, you have to find housing. you have to figure out how you are going to pay the bills. so you have to get a job. you want to do all of the things that you normally do in order to just exercise your normal citizenship rights. you register to vote. all of those things that we all do. but for individuals who we