- Would people beat you up in your sleep?
- Put a blanket over you, one guy got one blanket,
this guy got this blanket, take your socks off,
put like some soap in there, or a lock and just go crazy.
You know?
- Hello.
- My name's Kenny, what was your name?
- Natalie.
My name's Kenny, what's your name?
- I'm Tea.
- Tea and Natalie.
How do you guys know each other?
- [Natalie and Tea in Chorus] We're sisters.
- Who's older?
- Me.
- I think you prolly the troublemaker, so you prolly
get in trouble a lot, huh?
- No.
- No?
- I'm the troublemaker.
- She is the troublemaker.
- You're the troublemaker? So you always in time out?
- More room, yeah, in my room.
- Go to your room!
(laughs)
- What about you?
- I used to get in trouble a lot.
- Like what?
- Like what kind of trouble?
Ummm, uhhhh.
Going to jail, going to prison.
- What did you go to jail for?
- Um, possession of a gun.
- Did you ever use your gun?
- Um, I might have used it to persuade a individual,
not to take it to the next level.
Did you guys ever feel you need to protect yourself,
going to school or walking home?
- Um, not really, because people are super nice to us
at school.
- Oh, they are super nice?
- Yeah.
- So you guys are like the cool girls, the cool sisters.
- Everyone is nice to everyone at my school.
- Yeah?
I gotta go visit that area.
- How long have you had to go to jail for?
- I was in prison for two years.
- Two years.
- Do you think me carrying a gun, I should have
went to prison?
- It's dangerous, but two years is a long time.
(laughs)
- You guys are fair, I like that.
- Where did you sleep?
- They have two different type of settings.
So they take a whole gym and put a lot of bunk beds,
just stacks of bunk beds, so they'll cram you in there,
or you might go to like a cell.
You only have a bed in there, you have a sink,
that's about it.
- Was there anybody else in the
- The cell?
- Yeah.
- You might have a cellmate, or depending what type
of individual you are, if you're an angry person,
they'll put you by yourself.
- Is there windows?
- Not many, and if they are, they black them out.
- What was the worst thing in prison?
- When I go to sleep, I remember really being thankful
that I woke up and my neck wasn't slashed or I didn't
get beat up.
That was probably the worst thing.
- Would people beat you up in your sleep?
- Different times, I remember put a blanket over you,
one guy got one blanket, this guy got this blanket,
take your socks off, put like some soap in there, or a lock,
and you know, just go crazy, you know?
- Once you got out of jail, I'm guessing it would be really
hard to find another job, because people would be like
because of your criminal record.
- There you go.
- So
- Do you work at like
- A restaurant?
- Maybe washing dishes.
- A bank?
- Ha, they'll laugh at me.
- Could you work at a police station?
- Police station?
Zero, zero, zero chance.
- That's hard.
- And basically, after seven to ten years, I can get
the felony reduced or took off my record.
As the years go by, it's a lot more places that think
how you guys think, let's give this person a second chance.
- If you weren't a felon, what would you want to do?
- I probably would want to be like a private security
for somebody, like a body guard or something, to protect
someone, and I would love to do that type of job.
- That's nice.
- Yeah.
- [Woman] When you guys met Kenny today, before you
knew he was a felon, what did you think about him?
- We didn't know any details at all.
- Yeah (giggles).
I was kind of a little nervous, I guess, because he's been
to jail and stuff
- So you, okay, so
- I didn't know what crimes it was, it could have been
like a murder, I don't know.
- Do you think I'm a bad guy?
- No. - No.
- Even though I've been to prison?
- Yeah.
- Even though I have a felony?
- Yeah.
- High five!
(laughs)
I wish the rest of the world would think how you guys think,
man, it would be a whole lot better place.
You guys just keep on the road you goin', making mom and dad
proud, don't take a short cut, don't be a follower.
Just be your own person, and your sister, you gotta
keep her close to you, because if she has your back,
you can't lose, you know?
Keep that goin'.