w.k. kellogg foundation and the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. (birds chirping) >> narrator: for a year and a half, we followed four people in connecticut as they left prison and were put on parole. >> i've been incarcerated for a little over eight-and-a-half years. the judge gave me ten years, i thought it was the end of the world, and here i am, ten days i'm going to be walking out the door. starting my life over. >> narrator: the state is trying to use parole as part of an effort to reduce its prison population. >> when i get out, you know, hopefully i get out of here and stay out of here. i've been here before, so it's easier said than done. >> narrator: it is now giving parole to more of its prisoners than ever before. >> what are you going to do differently to stay out? >> is abide by all the rules. (laughs) >> always good, all right, good luck. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> narrator: the challenge is how to keep them from returning to prison. >> i'm proud to be graduating the prison drug program today because i d

w.k. kellogg foundation. and that foundation today is the fourth largest foundation in the world. and i'm also very pleased to tell you that the current ceo of the kellogg foundation lejeune montgomery tavrin, a native of detroit, my hometown, also we went to the same high school, she is the current ceo. she is the first female and the first african-american to run the kellogg foundation. now, again, i work for the kellogg company, but the foundation owns 21% of our company last count. so we all work for her in a matter of fact. so when the fellows came to visit us for two days, it was my privilege to put together a program for them so we can learn from them, and they can learn a little bit from us. but mostly it was the reverse. we took time to walk over to the kellogg foundation for lunch so they can see what the foundation is doing. and we talked about racial equity at that luncheon. some of the things that dr. lejeune is doing here locally, i mean in the united states because we give throughout the country, she is donated -- well, the foundation has donated $24 million in grant