Complex sentence: He reaches out to a prisoner named Yates (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced West Point graduate who is incarcerated because he smuggled drugs while serving as a helicopter pilot, hoping Yates will inform on Irwin in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Split into simpler sentences: He reaches out to a prisoner named Yates (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced West Point graduate who is incarcerated after smuggling drugs while serving as a helicopter pilot. Winter hopes Yates will inform on Irwin in exchange for a reduced sentence.