but victor cartagena turned out to be one of the lucky ones. his plea deal which will allow him to serve three years at a residential facility for young people instead of 70 years in a state prison, came down to the wire. >> we got victor cartagena out of here right before midnight to comply with the judge's order. two weeks later we had a representative from our jail go over and check on him, and he's doing really good. there's five other guys that got released from here that he's getting along with. he is in plain clothes. in two weeks he has a probationary period where he gets approved if he can go to college or not. >> i got some very good fate in him that he's going to stay out of this place, stay out of trouble in the future i've seen kids go out and never come back. i've bumped into people at stores. "oh, you remember me? i was in youth program. i got a job now, i'm getting married." i hear some good stories. unfortunately i've seen some excellent people leave here and come right back. would i be shocked? no. would i be upset? yes. >> an