>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ ♪ >> stay in your cell! make sure your lockers are unlocked! >> a massive search for contraband turns up the heat on two inmates. >> a convict prompts an evacuation when he floods his housing unit. >> it was done accidentally.

>> a serial bank robber recount his criminal exploits. >> you have yourself. >> in prison they tend to prey on the weak. a >> i have to walk around with a chip on my shoulder, 24/7. i can't show no weakness. >> with the personal cameras, we provide them, inmates give us intimate views of their lives in prison. >> it doesn't get any better than this, right? this is my playground.ç >> this is the life that i have chosen for myself. among the many things i could have been, i could have done it, this is what it is.

>> i try not am am here physica. >> yeah, these poor guys they finally get to go to canteen. they haven't been able to in a few days. and it begins to rain. bad luck, huh? >> sudden tropical gulf storms are nothing unusual at the santa rosa correctional institution. a maximum security prison located on the florida panhandle. but today, is a downpour inside c dorm. and it has nothing to do with the weather. >> well that inmate break the sprinkler head on the cell in 12, 10, i believe. we'll shut off the water to the

cell to minimize the damage. have the inmate submit to restraints. and then we'll deal with the issue from there. >> the water is flowing from the cell of inmate troy wagner, serving 20 years for aggravated assault and sexual battery. wagner says he broke the sprinkler head by çaccident, i all stemmed from an incident earlier in the day. >> when i get upset, angry, i end up doing things like that. >> like that? you have done that before? >> yes, ma'am. >> really? how does that help? >> it don't. it don't help me at all. it just puts me in more worse and worse and worse -- spots. >> wagner had spread feces all around his cell including the sprinkler head and he said he was only trying to clean it up. >> i ain't got nothing to clean it up with. i tried to clean it.

and i didn't realize, when i was digging in there, in the hole, and it was going to pop like that. >> you have to tamper with it for it to go off. you got to actually break a piece off for it to activate in mat manner. that's what they do is manipulate it, break it. he has to try to do it. it doesn't happen on accident. >> we are going to use our staff presence and hatch the orderlies clean out the cells. there is a lot of water on the top tier. right now we will start evacuating the inmates on the top tier. it is always a danger when you have a mass unit of inmates. they will all be restrained when they cup oome out of the cells. the way we do it it minimizes the risk to staff and inmates as well. ♪ >> while the inmates are take tine outdoor recreation

enclosures, wagnerç is moved t another housing unit. where he will be placed in a special tamper-proof cell. >> the difference between a normal cell and this cell, this cell right here has a reinforced light fixture. some inmates will break the light fixture out and grab a lightbulb. this one they can't do it. this is metal. so they can't go there. and then the sprinkler head is actually protected to where -- an inmate, like inmate wagner broke the sprinkler head activating it. this one they can't get to it. >> for now, wagner will live under the prison's most restructive conditi restructive -- restrictive conditions. that is no guarantee high is under control. >> wagner has a history with disciplinary, close to 50 charges. sex acts, several counts. destruction of state property, disorderly conduct, disobeying

regulations, mail violations, disrespect to officials, refusing to work, fighting, television violations, tampering with safety devices, participating in disturbances, assault, or attempted assault on staff, yes, ma'am, troy wagner has quite a lengthy disciplinary history. >> wagner says his latest outburst wasgç prompted by his desire to be moved to another housing unit. he says other inmates were harassing him because he is a sex offender. >> the best thing is to keep it to yourself and not tell people what you are in prison for. you tell people what you're in prison for. they tell çinmates. other inmates running their mother to you. they want to fight you. >> like wagner, jeffrey flanders, serving a life sentence for murder has also felt vulnerable around other inmates. but for a completely different reason. he stands 4'6" tall. >> prison is a place they tend

to prey on the weak. i carry myself in a way, a person would know if they came anywhere in my space, and trying to take something from me or cause me any physical harm that they will be dealt with. >> nobody going to come and take nothing from me. even if they won the battle it it would be a battle they would win this day it will be an ongoing battle. >> flanders small stature is a result of a disorder called rickets and stunted his growth and caused his legs to arc outwards. on the streets he was known as bow legs. >> it's something that was prevalent back in, like the '80s. a lot of kids had it. lack of strvitamin c and d to t bone marrow, caused the legs to be bowed. i got to walk around with a chip on my shoulder 24/7.

i got to walk around with a complex. i can't show no weakness. i exhibit those traits where i won't be played with. 24/7. all day, every day. indeed the problems with the police, because the police see you and be luike man, you think you're tough. i take it seriously. that's not theç person i am. being in the situation i got to adapt. the exclusive in the cross word puzzle is prison sentence. >> prison sentence. >> four letters. >> that's easy. i already know what they're talking about, my life. >> flanders says he has been involved in numerous prison fights. he knows there is one person with whom he has no choice but to get along. >> only person i have to deal with is my roommate. that's it. everybody else i can walk away from. so, most of the time, i'm having a relationship on the friendly level it is with my roommate. >> there is one thing about being in prison. you got to learn to get along with people. you got so many different personalities. so you got to learn how to adapt

to being in the room with somebody. awe ultimately, flanders says he trusts no one. >> i am more of a loner. not saying that i can't communicate with others, because i can. but i try to stay away from stupidity. and weep surroundwe surrounded . you can imagine how many friends i got here. none. >> coming up -- >> it was not a male prostitute or female prostitute. they was living a double life. >> the bizarre crime that sent jeffrey flanders to prison. >> the only person that knows truth. >> santa rosa calls out the dogs to search for contraband. >> bullets? >> no, sir. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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i try not to violate any of the rules and regulations which is really hard to do some of the minor things, like talking in line, or talking in chow, sometimes you say something

before you think about. it is just easier just obey and do what they say and not askç questions. ♪ >> at the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison located on the florida panhandle, nothing is left to chance. there is seemingly inmates do. including the manner in which they walk from one location to another. >> you have to walk on the right side of the line. now they want us to walk on the line. they just want to us loon up straighup -- line up straight. their rules. wait they do it. >> hey, come here, you. why are you steady talking. go to chow. plus you hung up on the gate. you went back. go to chow. right? isn't that what we do? >> yes, sir. >> so get in line like you are

supposed to do walk back against -- give me the pen. i will give tight yit to you la. they're not here to write letters. i don't want any body getting stabbed in the eye. then they'll leave prison with a patch. he knows not to bring this. i'll talk to him later. okay. go to chow. >> a lot of the rules are just to show you they run it. some of them, majority of them have a reason. not all of them. they run the place. it's their prison. we just pass through. >> one of the most striking ways correctional staff maintain order is through surprise random cell searches for weapons, drugs or other contraband. and today, the surprise is considerablyç bigger. periodically, the prison calls in officers from other agencies for cell inspections that are more intensive than usual. >> want to welcome everyone to santa rosa. appreciate you guys coming. want to recognize we have over

50 people dedicate ford this mission today. it's good to see everybody coming together, working towards a common goal. what we are doing this morning, mass search. our goal is to identify, locate, remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> today's search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons and the inspector general's canine unit drugs and cell phones. >> we have six different search teams. they want to caution y'all. everybody remain professional during the search today. i want to leave the bunks in the areas as close as we can to the way we found them. in the event it becomes necessary to use force. i want you to utilize the minimum amount of force necessary in accordance with the procedure. >> get in your boxers. get in your boxers. shower slides only. unlock your lockers.

stay in your cell. >> make sure your locker is open. >> we're about to open your door. stay in your cells. >> just unlock your locker, all right. >> make sure your lockers are unlocked. >> let's go! >> what they do is we put out the cell first. try not to let staff go in and contaminate the cell.ç want the dogs to go in. get the inmates out for our safety. we get them in their boxers and their shower slides only. we do a cursory search. and we are wanding them with the metal detector as they come out of the cell. >> any metal on your body? >> no. >> huh? >> no, sir. >> bullets. >> we will have canine come through and see if they can alert on anything in the cells at that time. >> do they ever find anything when they duo this? >> sometimes.

>> we have a lot of restrictions. a lot of shackdownke downs. kind of hard place to do time in. >> when one team continues searches cell, another team has moved into n-dorm. right now the dorm is completely empty making for an easier search. >> this dormitory houses inmates that work outside the fence that if have more opportunities to bring in contraband from the community. the canines, any contraband they have in this station, this dormitory will have it. >> most of the n-dorm inmates work on a construct, crew. building a new low security housing unit on a plot of land adjacent to santa rosa. the dogs are trained to suddenly sit still when they detect the scent of whatever contraband they're searching for.

>> that's a good girl. that's a good girl. she as it lettering to it. it is narcotics. good girl. yes. that's her reward. she gets the ball. good girl. good girl. >> we had both dogs alert on this particular box, so there is evidence that drugs have been in this facility. or here at this bunk. we have determined the two inmates assigned to this bunk work on the construction work site. we are pulling them in. they will be drug tested. >> when they show interest or change in behavior we follow with a good nur row sthorough s. to make sure we are not missing any narcotics. that's our main foe muss. >> do you want to check those? >> the search turns up plastic wrapped bundles. but they are not drugs. >> some of the times you will see them take drugs and hide garlic powder, trying to mask the smell. a lot of times you find stuff. and indicator that you are hiding it or had it in here.

if they have suspected we're cupping or they know we are here they can eat small amounts of marijuana or hide it in other places. not finding it in the property, was that he probably went ahead and ingested it. marijuana stays for a long time in a lock box like that. there is a chance he already used it.?;ii we'll have that inmate perform a urinalysis. >> the bunk and lock boxes belong to dante and kevin. >> i think that they thing that we are getting high. >> what do you think?ç >> i think we will find out. >> coming up. >> right over there on the piece of paper. >> they're put to the test. >> this is a dip test, testing for four different drugs today. cocaine, amphetamines, thc, and barbiturates. >> later, troy wagner seeksa.

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that's a good girl, penny. she is a lettering to it, is it narcotics? >> we had both dogs alert on this particular box. there is evidence that drugdz ha drugs have been in this facility. we are pulling them in. they will be drug tested. >> during a search of n-dorm at santa rosa correctional institution, a drug dog has picked up the scent of narcotics at the bunk of dante francis and kevin houk. though no drugdz were found, both inmates are required to drug test. >> we give them the first glass of water at one particular time and a half-hour from that point they get another glass of water. right now we are at the one hour time limit where they need to give us a sample to test or they go to confinement. inmate, francis, supply your sample. let's do this. come on out. >> what happens itch they test positive for these drugs?

>> they will be placed in disciplinary confinement, and do a full investigation, see if they are getting it dropped off there, coming in on the work site, if it is staff, other inmates, family. >> a positive test for howk could bring more serious consequences. he is due to be released from prison in 30 days but lose some of the time he had deducted froç his sentence for good behavior and having a job. >> howk, you ready? >> go ahead. wash your hands. dry them real good. all right. at least 30 mil. when you get it full. put the cap back on. i will have you walk it back up. right over there on the piece of paper. yeah. this is a dip test, testing for four different drugs today.

we submerge it into the sample for 15 seconds. as you can see here, we have, we are looking for two different lines in each window. if you look at each one of these windows, cocaine, thc, amphetamines, barbiturate. both of the lines, both cases were negative. >> how did your test go? >> perfect. >> both men pass their tests. but it was drugs that brought howk to prison. he is serving two years for possession of a controlled substance and grand theft. >> hey, fritz. let me use your pen. >> now with his release date rapidly approaching, howk's biggest worry is that he just might miss the place. >> there is no responsibility in here. no bills. no worries about anything. the only thing i worry about its

that's no big deal. i can borrow some. i have a bunch of friend in here it's like not even being in prison. >> all right, check this out, man. now, i got adhd. adhd. add. i got one of them. i might have both. [ bleep ]. >> he has the best time in prison i have seen any body have. i don't know how he can be happy all the time. >> if i need to be serious, i will. what, if i don't need to. just laugh, joke. everybody can latugh with me. it's pretty cool. >> houck's time its made easier, not only by his attitude but his job on the inmate construction you u crew where he works with one of his best friend, chris, who he refers to as uncle. >> i dated his aunt for three years.

he lived with us for a little while. and had god times with him. he is a character as you can tell. first day i met him. his aunt told me to go to the store, get some beer. pulled up the store. the cashier, pissed him off, he took a beer bottle. threw it on the parking lot. thought he would have me locked up. first day i met hip. after that we hit it off like brothers. >> houck and burkett both have mixed feelings about houck's release whether his temper and impulsive behavior will lead him back to prison. >> hopefullyç he won't come ba. i don't know. one day, he will do good. and girls and, i think he will be all right. he is still young enough. he'll be all right. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i'll be all right. >> coming up -- >> anybody out there listening, haven't done what i have done, then they already know the

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advised. >> the skull with his brains bashed in. thereer misery. this will showç you how old i . a guns n roses tattoo. can you believe that? i still do love guns n roses they were [ bleep ]. there is no denying that. there is a lot of roles in prison. you can be who ever you want to be. ♪ >> serving a 20-year sentence for armed robbery hasn't stopped him from being a future entrepreneur at the santa rosa correctional institution in

florida. >> what is in your hand there? let me see. come on. okay. i'm going to have them in black, brown, green, red, all tropical colors. you'll know they're real because of the number. can't get the fake ones. this is, a sneak preview. that's enough right there. that was a sneak preview of how the gn is going to look. >> these gangster nerds they will be in stores near you. i will be rocking these on the streets. >> let's go there. >> lee even has a name for his cellmates glasses. say, hi, chris. lock he blushing. he blushing. look at him. >> what do you want to call those glasses? >> pretty boy swaggers. pretty boy swaggers there. >> that's what you call it i

guess. >> he turnedç like a per -- pepper. he blushed. >> he is serving 55 years for six bank robberies. >> when you are faced with the type of time i am faced with. i can't speak for everybody. i can speak for myself. your whole perspective towards life changes. ♪ >> talking about a bank robbery. anybody out there that has ever done what i have done then they know the intense rush. and that became very addictive. >> these days walker only gets a rush from working out and writing poetry. it is a far cry from his bank robbery dwha yy days when he sa never use aid weapon. >> you got yourself. if somebody fries to stop you. you got these. and that's it.

i went in there. i had a hat pulled down. and i'm talking on the phone looking at the ground. so the cameras aren't going to get me. you walk up to the tellers, and nine times out of tint isen it woman. some times strike up a conversation, how you doing today, susan? yeah. it looks really nice. whatever. just small talk. it is hot outside whatever. and kind of like just throws them off-guard. what can i help you with today? well i am here to make a withdrawal. is that savings, checking? coming out withdraw, please give me the money and i >> are you serious? >> yes, ma'am. i am serious. >> and i walk calmly out of the bank. walk about 20,30 yards. talk off running and i d-- takef running and i disappear. >> while this isn't walker's

first prison term it is his longest. bringing special meanings to the five tears he has had tattooed on his face. >> got these nine, ten years ago. ten years ago. they were for each member of my family that i will never see in the free world again. my son, my mother, father, two sisters. >> walker has been in prison for ten years and has at least another 20 before he is eligible for parole. troy wagner has been struggling with the 20 years he is serving for aggravated assault and sexual battery. he recently spread his own feces throughout his cell and flooded his housing unit after breaking the sprinkler head. >> i didn't do it on purpose. it was done accidentally when i was cleaning the feces out of the sprinkler. i had tried to break it a few days before that happened. but when i did break it, it wasn't on purpose. it was by accident. but i was kind of glad that i

did barack reak it, it got me m. >> wagner says he wanted to be moved because other inmates were harassing him over being a sex offender. he is now in a single person confinement cell and says heç on a search for ans tirwers to problems. >> i ordered these books here, got some clippings right here. one of the books i ordered was prayers that bring healing and activate blessings. another one i had ordered was prayers that ground demons and break curses. another one is called the bait of satan. strong men say, what's his name, what's his game? and another one, the bondage breaker. and then one here, the wounded heart, hope for adult victim of childhood sexual abuse. i figured i would read that.

find out if it is interesting. >> what's up with the demons? >> i figure maybe, i got a demon in me. maybe i get this demon up out of me that is causing me to do, do the things i do, you know, every time, all the time. so here we go. if i got this demon in me. i get the demon out of me. i can be free from him and be able to go along with my life. you snow -- you snow. >> while wagner hopes for an epiphany from his books, jeffrey flanders clings to the hope that someday his sentence for murder will be overturned. >> one of the jurors went to school with me. that was an error in the court. she wasn't supposed to be on the jury, swept from the jury, because she could have had a personal vendetta against me. anything. >>ç flanders also says that wh happened the night of the murder is different from what was reported in the media and presented to his jury. >> i was going to a club, and

seeing this guy. and we exchanged fighters with one another. shooting each other. an innocent bystander got hit. when the innocent bystander got hit, the media as well as detective on the case, just manipulated everything surrounding the case and charged me with robbery and --an make m crime like a hate crime. >> the victim was a transgender prostitute, known on the streets as deja. and flanders whose nickname its bow leg was convicted of shooting her as he attempted to rob her during a sexual act. according to police, flanders confessed to the crime. but later said, the victim was shot by accident and was the innocent bystander in ape sho et between flanders and some one else. >> it was not a male prostitute. or a female prostitute. it was living a double life. >> transgender all. they try to say i didn't like

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i'm not real good with a camera. this ain't all i need, but it's all i'm going to get. so take care. >> some inmates like to say there is no crying in prison. but with a 55-year sentence for bank robbery, christopher walker would disagree. >> those are permanent tears. i used to be, because of my, i was frustrated about my freedom. now not so much about my freedom anymore. it's about my family. my family has grown older and slowly deteriorating right before my eyes. and i can dupe noo nothing to h alleviate their pain or distress. my father is 70 years old. he can't do that anymore. cry for my son. cry for my family. i get lonely. and some times i get lonely,

man. itk [ bleep ] gets overwhelming. i use to be embarrassed to admit that i cry. i am a man, i am not supposed to cry. i'm supposed to be this -- tough, convict, kind of person. in prison. not suppose to cry. you would beç surprised. some of the biggest baddest people in here cry. you can step behind these doors, for a few years, and you tend to forget about you. yeah, i cry. >> walker also expresses his pain. through poetry. >> i got boot prints smashed on my soul. even though i am smiling, that has taken its toll. the sky is the limit. they're saying the boundaries. and trying to figure out who is real around me. trying to keep my sanity is like playing dodge ball i hope and i dream and i dream and i hope. and they still slip through my grasp like smoke. how much more can i take.

i mean, i got this [ bleep ] boot prints smashed on my soul. even though i may soul, this battle, this battle has taken its toll. >> turn around. cough. >> santa rosa takes a toll on most inmates. for some like those who work on the construction crew, every day involves a strip search prior to returning to the prison. >> every day. buck naked every day. whether you luke it or not. kevin houck, however, seems to have come through the experience not only unscathed but having had a pretty good time. he even has fun during strip searches. >> i'm going to take this off. you going to check it. my pants off. pull my boxers off. rize my hand. look under my arm fits. going to go like this. under my tongue.

lift my sack. lift in up. separate it, uh. check that out. drop it. boom. turn around. i don't have, you didn't have to grab your cheeks, you know what i mean. i do. it says open wide. i do it like this right here. and they can seep it. then i squat. bam. then i just say, ah-ha. or some times i scare them and go. ah-ah. >> that's about it. >> while houck can laugh in prison he has more serious, use to deal with on the streets. now after two years, this is his last night at santa rosa. >> i haven't had a bad time since i have been here. laughing as much as i can. joking. whatever i can make the best out of. i do it ooh. don't think about outside streets. don't think about my mom, daughter. real easy to live in prison. seriously. i don't, outside, though it is real tough out there. >> houck's 5-year-old daughter is currently in the custody of

arried and will not permit visits. he will see the rest of his family in 12 hours when they pick him up. >> mom, kids. brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, everybody is going to be down here from alabama to pick me up in the parking lot. i mean i hope they are. >> last couple days. >> i ain't ate nothing all day. gave all his food away. never gave his food away. >> guess i am feeling nervous. >> about what? >> maybe big change in environment, you know what i mean. i don't çknow, really. i just, i think, should have thought about this a long time ago then maybe it wouldn't all come into you at one time you. know what i mean? >> hey, yeah. yeah. >> now his buddies have gathered to give him a santa rosa send-off with a cake made from honey buns, crushed peanut butter cookies, mixed with milk and chocolate covered peanuts and topped with a sprinkling of cocoa powder.

>> got to put the dust. last ingredient. santa rosa touch. chain gang secrets. we have to do it. what you have on the streets. we make it happen. right here, santa rosa. awe call on, jr. kristen it, last day, you know. >> whole life ahead of him. behave out there. you know what i am saying? >> uh-huh. >> and the sad part is, that he is leaving some good friends behind. but if he gets his butt in trouble again. he is going to come back and get that little behind kicked. >> ah. >> oh! >> yeah! >> man! >> tomorrow. i don't know what is going to happen the i hope i am sleeping when they call me. you know what i mean. get up and go. have a cup of coffee.

i probably won't sleep at all. >> coming up. >> you ready to go? >> sure. >> is that him? >> kevin houck takes the walk tt little reception going on. >> yeah. >> and -- jeffrey flanders ponders a life sentence in prison. >> i've don't see myself being here that long. if i can't get out the right way, i'll get out the wrong way. they'll have to kill me in here. and the education that i had. they're just part of who i am. she convinced me that there was no limit to what we could learn. i don't think i'd be here today had i not had a wonderful science teacher. a teacher can make a huge difference in a child's life. he would never give up on any of us. thank you dr. newfield. you had a big impact on me. ♪

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>> transition book here. as you can see. it's got a bunch of, neat little stuff in it. where you can work on, changing your behaviors and such. it says here, chapter 2 t. the change process. and trying to change your way of thinking so you don't keep coming back unhein here like i .

it onto work only works if you work. >> a lot depends -- love for my family. hate for my enemies. [ inaudible ] >> everybody deserves a second chance at life. i feel like -- i know, i don't feel like, i know for a fact that i haven't reached my full potential yet. you know, that's my neighbor jeff. >> jeff year flanders is farey

life sentence, but his road at santa rosa could be tougher than many others due primarily to his size. at 4'6", he mustç always be rey to defend himself against inmates who believe they can take advantage of him. >> even if i knock this door down, you know, i am always going to have a problem here. so if a dude bring a problem to me. i am not going to handle it in hand-to-hand combat. i am going to try to hurt somebody. going to try to physically hurt them because he trying to do me harm. whenever you go into a war with a man and you fight, there is no guarantee that i am going to come out alive. >> flanders says if he is unable to have his sentence overturned he doesn't plan on coming out of prison alive. >> if i can't get out the right way, i will get out the wrong way. they will have to kill me here. i won't do the rest of my life in here. and i feel, that's something that i feel very strongly on. i won't live here for the rest of my life. i won't.

>> in a couple of more hours, kevin houck will leave santa rosa the right way. >> i am getting out today. sometime soon though. yeah, i am pretty nervous actually the i thought i was pretty nervous. feel luke i am leaving one dimension and going into another. this is like a whole another world right here. it's like i'm going to take off. i'm going to, like a regular human word, you know? >> houck's mother has arrived to pick him up, she is joined by three of houck's sisters, two young nieces and a stepbrother. >> say here we go! >> we're finally picking kevin up after aboutç a year. spend some time together. and, you know -- just enjoy being around kevin. because he is in his right mind, he is wonderful. >> i'm glad he's going home.

depressed people going home. but still, it shows the us, the rest of us going home, you know what i mean. >> bittersweet. >> [ bleep ] yeah. as long as he don't come back before i get out. we'll be all right. ain't coming back, are you? >> no. >> no matter what he does he is still my child. but, i hope we can move on if's time for him to grow up. and, you know, he has a little girl he needs to get everything right so he can see her. >> inmate houck. >> yes, ma'am. >> i need to see your id. >> what is your number? you ready to go? >> yes, ma'am. >> you have any property? >> just this. >> okay. i will transfer you. >> all right. >> keep yourself out of trouble. >> i see him. wave. is that him?óó >> sign your first and last name on the top line.

this shows today's date. you are being released. you are going to receive $50 when i get you outside with your family. that's what you are signing for. print your name here. sign your name there. >> he is probably like in there primping, making sure he looks just right, you know? i got cologne in the car, deodorant. he wants to smell good. look good. take you through the çgate. they'll need to see your id as well at the window. after that, you are free. when you get out in front when we get with your family. >> yeah! >> oh, my! >> i don't know. >> wow you, have a nice little reception going on, houck. >> yeah. >> hey, mama. >> thank god. i miss you'd so much. i miss you'd. i'm glad you're out here.

>> your ears are code. >> i'm sorry. we have been waiting a long time. >> thank you. >> this day has been one that i have been looking forward to so much. but i also have been so, so scared. because i don't want him to come back, i don't want him to come back. and he always thinks that, it won't happen again. but, you know, all of us are getting older. we never know how long we have. and i just want him to be around to enjoy all of us. and for us to enjoy him. because the he is, a really good person and has a great heart. but, nobody knows it. all they know him is prisoner houck. you know? he is just a prisoner to them. but he is my child. he is a good person. >> i missed you so much. >> i missed you. >> i see a couple different futures. i mean i see myself back in prison again. and then i see myself -- out regular normal human living normal life.