CLEVELAND, Texas (KTRK) -- A nonprofit group is working to keep Texan inmates from reoffending and ending up back in prison.

The Prison Entrepreneurship Program, also known as PEP, is a nonprofit mentoring program that supports inmates, starting with a grueling work-study in prison and continuing for years after release.

ABC13 spoke with Justin Jerman Hernandez, an inmate convicted of murder held at the Bell Unit in Cleveland, who is graduating from PEP.

His family was about to drive six hours to visit him for his graduation.

"They're like, 'Daddy, we're so excited, we can't sleep.' I said, 'I can't sleep, either.' 'I don't even know what to wear, Daddy.' I said, 'Well, I know what I'm going to wear,'" Hernandez laughed.

Johnny Castaneda, another inmate, is also graduating from the p

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