. >> after serving time in san quinton, frank turned his life around, 18 years ago, and has not looked back. >> my past is my purpose, my past and the reason why i do what i do today. frank found the purpose. he's a director. senior ex-offenders programme, or a sop a pipeline. temporary housing therapist, job counsellors. what challenges do seniors face after incarceration. >> the shame they get from society. you know, you need some help. you shouldn't be wrong. those are your consequences. >> what specifically does your programme do. >> we do alcohol and drug counselling, we bring in mental health providers. we inspire and motivate them. >> they have helped 60 inmates achieve self sufficiency so far. it doesn't work for everyone, but for some, it gives them a confidence they have never felt before. >> i graduated from the programme a month ago. they help me, steer me to a clean plate. all my felonies were down to misdemeanours, he helped with bank acts and helped in therapy. >> what do they help you with, with therapy. why is it significant? >> i never graduated anything in my life. a

. >> reporter: while the debate over sentencing reform continues outside the walls of s san quinton, he can't help but think what would have been if he just served time for the crime. >> i know my time will come. i know god will open these doors. >> last year senator hancock authored legislation that would require parole hearings to consider releasing offenders who committed certain crimes when they were under the age of 23. senator hancock says she will continue to push for more prison reform in sacramento. reform is also now high on governor jerry brown's agenda. we have much more on this including extended interviews on the website go nbcbayarea.com. >> thank you. >>> if you have a tip regarding this story or any other story, call us at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail directly to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. >>> the big launch for the mini phone, apple is shrinking the iphone and tonight we know when the public will finally get a look at the new smaller device. >>> a record-breaking birth here in the bay area. 17 is the lucky number tonight for a mom in napa. apple reportedly just w

the man inside this car said he had just gotten out of sanguineton and had no place -- san quinton and had no place to go. he drove right towards them. they're looking for the white toyota camry. the manager is still in the hospital. her son was treated and released. >>> the body of a muscling ski -- missing ski instructor has been found in sugar bowl. a four-day search turned up no sign of him. well, today, a nordic search and rescue team returned to the spot where may's cellphone last pinged. they found his body under five feet of snow. >>> a federal fine with how workers were treated. they say ridge vineyards just north of hillsburg has provided shabby housing conditions. kpix 5's joe vazquez has details on just how bad those conditions were. >> reporter: the landscape is luscious, but the department of labor says workers here at the ridge vineyard and hillsburg were living in, quote, deplorable housing conditions. they found ten farm workers lived on the property con tending with exposed electrical wiring in the living room. and insect infestation as well a floor that had a sharp,

quinton avenue and west berry street. it was separate from a blaze that scourged 45 acres near san filippo drive yesterday. four homes were damaged then. >> it jumped over here and i'm like, oh, my gosh. all i could do was watch. it was full of brush. >> on eyewitness news at 6:00 the extraordinary measures taken to prevent problems. >>> a woman faced a judge. clar garyson was arrest ed last night in ocala for georgia. >> we were trying to talk to her family to see, you know, get clues where she was and she deputies. >> dcf took the children. we're still trying to get de details about this investigation and how one of her children died. right now she's behind bars. >>> brevard county deputies made contact with a father who kidnapped his kids. >> he told them he wouldn't return back to brevard county. patrick scott, junior ran off with his two kids. he said he was heading to texas. investigators are still considering this an abduction. they believe he's driving a 2015 ford fusion with a texas license plate. >>> covering orange county now, today a man who was shot in the middle of downtown orlando told us a