. >> scott randolph is serving a one-year sentence for parole violation. >> you have some officers thatre really willing to help you. they really -- they don't care, you know, what crime you did. they'll treat you here. you've been sentenced. you're doing your time. you stay out of their way, they'll stay out of your way. then there are officers they they make their day on giving you a hard time, like the sentence the judge imposed wasn't severe enough. but a lot of them on the way out the door, "see you next time you come back. thanks for coming back. thanks for putting my kids through college. thanks for, whatever, the job security." whatever, on and on and on. >> tell them to get ready for chow. >> you treat them like you want to be treated. treat them like men. you respect them, and by the same token you have to set your goals, you got to set your rules and you got to follow d.o.c. rules. >> correctional officer cesar molina, a 12-year veteran police officer, has been on the job at rikers for one year. >> the inmates can be good. very good right now. but they're inmates. and you nev

. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release.t him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i just spiraled out of control as far as criminality goes. i've been back and forth a few times, mostly for drug activity. trying to make money hustling in the street. >> but randolph took advantage of the jail's writing program and had hopes of becoming a journalist. >> we publish the "rikers review" which is published by inmates for inmates. it was extremely helpful. it gave me a lot of computer skills, marketable skills. so i'm looking forward to trying to utilize that when i get out. >> the prison journal included one of his poems. >> can we read a little bit of your poem? >> all right. this someone called hold this. hold this. grip these words as if your embrace alone will help me save my life so that i might live to give my tomorrows as pavement for yesterday's debts. >> randolph says the poem is his vision for a new life. >> the future conceals hopes and happiness yet to feel. with this you present a fresh f