. >> to thomps's cellmate and some time mentor, wasting such potential is the real crime.see not happen to his own children. he moved his family from california to arizona to help them avoid a future of gang-banging. >> i've seen my son getting ready to start when he was only 14. so, i hurried up and got him out of there. that's another reason i moved out here. when we moved out here, i said, you can be whatever you want to be. you know what i mean? now he's straight-as. he hasn't got a "b" in, like, three years. he's straight-as. he's on the football team. star football player. so, he's on his way to do something. you know what i mean? >> thompson also has three children. but their future seems less certain. >> i had a son. he go bang what daddy bang. >> really, is that what you want for him? >> he'll have the same life. but if he choose the other way, hey, go ahead. >> for you it's not a negative for him to spend a lot of time in prison, for your son? it's not a negative for you? >> nah. >> in another context, in another environment, it might be a parent saying to their