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the pressures of creating the most popular dish. >> if you screw up on the cakes, they'll know who did it. >> the cake is the only part that is good. >> and a female inmate pleads guilty top stealing thousands of dollars from her retired parents but says she did it for the love of another inmate. >> he had a lot of girls before me, and i just felt insecure. >> do i trust her? not as far as can i throw her. >> now -- >> hi, daddy. it's me. elijah, your little boy. you seem to have forgotten about me and mommy. >> the incarcerated lovers might have another mouth to feed. >> either she's telling the truth about the kid or she's completely psychotic. or both. ♪
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>> in stable communities, but on any given day, about 1 240us others face very ub certain futures. >> get ready. make sure you shut your doors and come out. make sure you -- >> she they ride behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls at the kent county jail. most of the inmates here are accused of crimes that are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. they trade street clothes for jail uniforms and leave personal possessions, including crash and jewelry in sealed bags that will be stored until their release. a minor exception was made for brian. >> the guy at the front when he was doing patdowns, hey, we had a long discussion about it. he told me my tongue ring has to come out. i'm, like, it doesn't come out.
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>> if they go to cut it, they'll end up cutting my tongue because it's a short barbell. never mind. we're going to leave it be. >> he was allowed to keep one other piece considered too embedded to safely remove. >> it doesn't harm anybody, and it stays up my nose. the guard said just keep it up in my nose. i did that and put it back in, and leave it be. >> he is serving a six-month sentence at kent county for aggravated domestic violence. it's the second time he has been convicted and served time for assaulting his girlfriend. >> i could be doing a hell of a lot longer for what i did. the night that i assaulted my girlfriend, i got so messed up that night, and i mixed pills with my liquor. all i remember i thought she was choking me. i could have been dreaming for all i know. i woke up, and i threw her across the room by her throat, and that's all i remember. i don't remember nothing else. she's, like, you gave me an hour long ass beating. i'm, like, i don't remember this. ♪ >> the tot outside world he is a
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rapper known as krak rock, and violence is a big part of his act. >> i write very violately, and i write about murder, and i write about killing things. i really think the reason i write violent lyrics is because i want to act out a lot of the the things that i do, but i know it's a bad idea to, so it's kind of like an outlet. ♪ no one would ever find you >> you see me on stage with my face painted and there's blood dripping off sxishgs look like i'm in pain because i'm pissed, that's krak rock. he is full of anger and doesn't give a [ bleep ] who he destroys. nothing is going to get in his way. that's who krak rock is. ♪ body bags swinging ♪ i got that body bag swag ♪ i got that body bag swag ♪ i'm infact waited with blood ♪ i got that body bag swag >> that's what i do on the outside. it's pretty fun. >> that's what you do all day? >> that's what you do.
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>> his cell mate at kent county is ricky mchaskell. >> my bunky is definitely a very different individual. >> no. >> he is definitely not someone that i would start kicking it with or hang out with in the world. ♪ >> cool, bro. i don't think it's something that i can just like -- i couldn't get geeked off of it and go [ bleep ] some girls. >> he can tell that i have sfwlekt intellectual value or i'm a pretty smart guy. he all the time asks me what do i think he should do about certain things when he gets out or how i have dealt with it before or what i have done and he always has a lot of the questions. every day he has different questions. >> let me get this straight, u.s. treasury you have, like, an amount of money that's set aside when your birth certificate is sold to the government.
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>> you got a treasury trust account. when you were born, your birth certificate is worth $600,000, and it goes up $100,000 every year that you're alive. >> 30 years old. i'm rich. >> i'm rich bitch. >> mchaskell might not be the best source for financial advice or on how to stay out of trouble. >> since i was 10 years old, i've probably been arrested 25 times at least. i have, like, 18 offenses on my juvenile record, and as an adult, i have, like, six felonies and, like, 12 merchandise. >> mchaskell is currently charged with second degree home invasion to which he has pled not guilty. >> the evidence they have against me is a lot, actually. they have a lot of evidence against me. >> at the time of his alleged home invasions, mchaskell was not only on parole, but required to wear a gps tracking device that informed authorities of his whereabouts 24-7. it placed him at the scenes of his alleged home invasions. >> so they actually have gps satellite still photos of where
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i was at they say. >> were you at those homes? >> i mean, i -- no. >> as mchaskell awaits trial, he has discovered that celling with abendroth. >> got something for this poem. all right, all right? >> he has asked abendroth to help him compose a love people to his girlfriend. >> give me the last two, and i'll -- i'll enter it. >> so the only true love i have comes from my father in heaven. >> with angel wings to make me fly -- >> talking about love, bro. >> i am. i got you. >> in my heart is a place that we call home. >> what do you got for after we -- while we love birds roam? >> love blossoms like a flower, my sorrow and pain has run dry, and inside of my heart is a place we call home. >> i'm going to send that to my girl tonight.
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this is my fiance. she's currently upstairs. i miss you, baby. >> we're actually engaged pretty much married almost. >> i started having sex at a young age, and i was always drawn towards older women. >> he is going to be 26. he is a few years younger than me. 15 years younger than me. >> because the both of us had been in prison and we both spent time and we had similar criminal backgrounds it wasn't like a sick bond, but it was a bond where we could relate to each other. >> heather pratt has pled guilty to identity theft and other charges related to credit card fraud and is awaiting sentencing. she has numerous prior convictions for check and credit card fraud and has served two prison terms as a result. her now retired parents have been her primary victims. >> over the years of me stealing
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from my mom and dad, i have probably taken upwards of over $100,000. >> pratt says she's an addict and used some of the money on drugs. she also enjoyed spending on her young children. >> we spent a couple of days at the mall and just went crazy. we went to so many different stores and bought shoes and clothes and hats. >> pratt says she also spent money on her boyfriend, ricky mchaskell. >> he is a very good-looking man, very attractive. he had, you know, a lot of girls before me, and i just felt insecure that he wouldn't love me just for me. he got very, very angry with me when i toeltd told him how i was getting money to support him. he said wropt any part of that. >> heather has been in trouble a few times and been to prison before, and she's been in trouble for the same thing that she's in trouble for now. i didn't realize that she was as
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bad of a person as she is. lying and cheating. >> coming up, a new development for heather pratt and ricky mchaskell. >> right now i believe that i am pregnant. >> and -- >> we don't comhere because of the food. we all keep saying if they don't change the accommodations, we're not even coming back. >> an insider's look at the kent county jail's kitchen. the way i see it, it's the next guy's problem. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance in just 15 minutes? [ chuckles ] [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote is crazy. with esurance, 7½ minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allste. click or call.
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>> inside the kitchen of the kent county jail, teams of inmate and civilian workers prepare more than 3,000 meals a day. >> looks like biscuits and stuff like that getting ready to be made for lunch, and they're setting it up. back here we got our big tubs where they cook mass i amounts of food. obviously today it looks like
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some kind of soup. ♪ i'm stirring this soup for free ♪ >> the day of kent county jail meals -- as a result, many inmates gain weight during stays here. one of the most high calorie and popular items are the small cakes served with each meal. >> the cake is the only part that's good. >> how many cakes baked? i don't know.
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a few thousand. >> as bakers we don't get a lot of complaints about the food. i mean, and everyone, like i said, it's so routine in here. it's the same thing every day. they expect, you know, not so good of a meal. we don't come here because of the food. you know, we all keep saying if they don't change the accommodations, we're not even coming back. >> orlo and fellow baker herbie are serving three months on an assault charge and both are near the end of their sentences. so they can get away with it, they say they take liberties with the recipes. >> let's say i make banana cake. i'm onsupposed to put 30 bananas in it, and last week i think i put about 150 bananas in there. i realize, wow, that cake was so good. i don't know why. now he goes home tomorrow. i go home next week, and we don't really care anymore, to be honest with you. we stopped caring. next bakers can care.
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>> while jail food may not be to everyone's liking, officials say the meals are designed to provide a nutritionally sound diet, and that's important to heather pratt because she's feeding for two now. >> right now i believe that i am pregnant. ricky also believes that we're having a baby together. we've shared that together. >> pratt says she took a home pregnancy test just prior to her arrest a month earlier and believes the father is ricky mchaskell. >> do i know for sure if she's telling the truth about her pregnancy? no. she could be just saying she's pregnant. she could be using that as a way to try to keep me as being her man, i guess. >> pratt admits she's actually not 100% sure of her condition. >> my test at home said positive. the test here said negative, so i'm kind of waiting on a blood test. i mean, is it a possibility because of all the stress that i could have, and my age. i could have lost the baby. i don't know. >> i'm kind of distraught because of the simple fact that
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i still have love for her in my heart because i care about her so much, but i don't know. it's not that i don't know what to believe because i know what to believe. i know to believe that she's a liar. >> while mchaskell proclaims his love for pratt, right now she's feeling different emotions. >> i'm angry because i have not heard from him, and i would expect that he would have written me, so this is kind of a letter venting my feelings to him. i said, hey there, remember me? doesn't feel like it. i cannot believe i fell again for someone who can just throw me away so easily. two weeks and nothing from you. >> one problem is that kent county inmates are prohibited from sending letters to each other. >> is out of sight out of mind make it easier for you to forget me? all broken promises and lies. >> inmates often write to friends on the outside and having them remail their letters to another inmate. >> obviously i don't mean a thing to you. i just don't get why you can't be loyal and faithful to me when you want me to be loyal and faithful to you.
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>> pratt acknowledges that one person she's asked to forward her letters to mchaskell might not be so willing to cooperate. >> i have to send my mail to my mother, which is asking a lot because, i mean, they were the ones i did the crime against and my family doesn't really care for him too much. >> pratt estimates that over the last several years she has stolen about $100,000 from her retired parents. she recently pled guilty to fraud lently using their credit cards again and is now awaiting sentencing. >> i did get a card from my youngest daughter, emily, who was very, very upset with me to the point where she had said that i disgust her, and i got a card from my birthday from her that said dear mommy, i miss you, but you made bad choices, and i forgive you for that. i love you. then happy birthday. >> if pratt is struggling with the limitations of incarceration, mchaskell seems to be making the most of them. >> i find it easiest to go into
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meditation by thinking about being on the beach and listening to the waves and trying to be able to smell the water and the sand and the sunshine and everything. >> mchaskell has also taken up tie chi. >> i don't really know everything about thai chi. i have never actually been consistent with doing it. >> more than anything else mchaskell continues finding ways to build up his body, a body he says once earned a lucrative living. >> i'm a male stripping. most of the spots that i have stripped at were, like gay bars and everything, and i'm not gay, and i would make anywhere between $300 to $500 in a couple of hours. >> when he told me he worked at some of the gay bars, i was a little bit more okay with it because i didn't care if he was dancing for men because i knew that he wasn't gay, but i didn't
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want any other females or women touching him or getting near him. >> but pratt doesn't know yet that mchaskell's time in jail has brought one other major change to his life. >> i didn't tell her that i have converted to judaism. >> coming up -- >> the most difficult part of converting to judaism for me so far is eating beans, rice, and carrots every single day. other than that, i love it. >> and -- >> i'm want even done yet because i got to talk about your moms. >> a battle erupts at one of the combatants is prior krac rock. super destinations and do everything under the sun. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. save up to 25% and earn bonus points when you book at wyndhamrewards.com.
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start building your confident retirement today. >> life changes on a daily basis inside grand rapids, kent county jail. new inmates arrive, and others leave due to being acquitted, bonded out, or transferred to state prison. some accident like brian abandroth are permitted to serve shorter sentences at the jail, and his is coming toon end. his life on the outside will be
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considerably different. >> i've lost my girlfriend. i've lost my place to live. it sucks. >> abandroth was sentenced six months on a have a charge of aggravated domestic violence. he says he was high on a mixture of drugs and alcohol. >> i could have been dreaming it or it really happened. i don't know. that's how messed up i was. >> during his stay at kent county, another inmate brutally assaulted a female deputy. she was beaten and choked to the point of unconsciousness. abandroth witnessed part of the attack. >> i seen myself inside that person who was causing that woman harm, and i realized that that's not who i want to be. >> how did i become a monster? i became a monster by drugs and alcohol and making wrong choices and walking down the wrong road. ♪ put your body in a bag and now ♪ >> still, abandroth's life on the outside revolves around his rap group that glorifies murder and mayhem.
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his stage name is krak rok. >> krak rok is the way that i spell it. i don't want to spell it as the drug terminology, but i want it to sound. that way it intrigues you. ♪ we turn around >> kids love it. parents hate it. controversy sells. it always will. >> today a toned down version of krak rok will be allowed it emerge missed the jail. he and another inmate are about to stage a battle rap. >> there are two different kinds of scenarios of battle rap. i've seen people mess this up every time. you have one where you go in and disthe person to the fullest extent that you can, and then you have ones where you just freestyle. whoever has a better freestyle. >> deputy cane is assigned to the housing unit. >> the more you can occupy their time with different activities, the less they have to think about somebody in here that made a wrong. i would rather have a balgt rap than a physical fight any day. >> deputy king approved the
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battle rap between abadroth and the other inmate. his stage name is ben harper. he says he will be watching -- >> i'll joke around with the guys from time to time. they usually know when i mean business. >> right now we're going to have a three-round battle. all freestyle from top of the dome. anything goes. know what i mean? first round whoever want to take it can take it. who wants to go first? >> you. >> going to go first? go. >> all right. look. ♪ i said you the human body i'm chemo cancer before you start to ask questions i'm already giving answers [ bleep ] coming out the closet they call me young sparks listen, i'm going to get you right they call me ♪ >> oh, bro. ♪ i talk about coming out the close the, odb with frames hold up, dog, and stop for a second and lisp what rok got to say ♪ ♪ i'm more [ bleep ] that these people have seen. i'm so damn sick you could call me gangrene ♪
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♪ i'm only doing it silently, but first i'm going to duct tape your mouth ♪ ♪ all the and put a little bit of coffee over the corps up all the funk ♪ snoe. >> as the battle rap continues, officers keep a close eye to make sure things don't escalate. >> everybody round three, right now, man. come on. ♪ i say i'm a hard money lover i stack cash longer than dread ♪ >> i was standing at the desk and basically observing whether their rap was going to elevate to some level of violence. ♪ now i'm not even done yet because i got to talk about your moms ♪ >> i don't take too kind to mother jokes, so i just -- i wanted to slaughter and get the battle over as fast as i could. ♪ welcome to the industry because i'm about to end it ♪ ♪ [ bleep ] you should have never been born ♪ ♪ we're going to pretend it >>. ♪ want a fair fight i get it fast no promo ♪ ♪ make love money like fogo ♪ this is a clown like bozo ♪ i hit him with a 20 round extendo ♪ ♪ shots from a trio
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♪ >> pico? >> i think we need to have another one. >> no. you're not going to call me no pico. >> right here, man. >> hey, hey, it sounds to me like ben harper sounds like he is taking the win, man. >> were you impressed? >> of the some lines that they have are halfway decent, but a little fell flat a couple of times, but, you know, they did what they could. i can't say it's something i have ever seen before in my career in corrections. it's definitely interesting. >> coming up -- >> my mom asked me what my job was, and i was, like, oh, i'm a baker, i bake cakes. she's, like, oh, that sounds fun. >> the cake baking partnership
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sfloot thought of losing a job or being sent to prison. the pressure jesse orlo feels is unique. >> the thing about baking and being responsible for all the cakes. if you screw up on the cakes, obviously, they'll know who did it, who screwed them up. you have to make sure they're done right because you don't want to have to redo them. >> for the past four months orlo and fellow inmate herbie have been in charge of the popular cakes served with most meals. >> my mom asked me what my job was. i said i'm a baker. i bake cakes. she's, like, oh, that sounds fun. it's not like baking one cake for thanksgiving down here. it's a whole different situation. i kind of joke around when i first got here maybe i'll be on cupcake wars. this might be my start. cake boss maybe, you know? whatever. >> who knows where this could
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take us? >> but now orlo has a new challenge. pavetto has been released, and orlo must break in a rookie. >> there's two bakers. there's me and cody over here. he is my partner. he just started today. i'm training him at the same time. i go home next week, so someone is going to have to take my place. >> they're not like the best, thickest cakes, but obviously ipts a money thing. sometimes i come up a little short, and i only do nine pans a cake. just throw them in the oven. cody, you want to do the honors of throwing them in the oven? >> change is an inevitable part of jail, and brian abandroth has noticed a significant change in his cell mate, ricky mchaskell.
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>> rick where i is thirsty for a spiritual enlightening is what i believe. people who find a lot of different types of things when they find religion. i know people that when they found god their lives have completely changed. i also know people that when they found god, haez smacked the crap out of them and knocked them down. >> mchaskell says he feels is he on the right track with his newfound religion. >> i have decided convert to judaism because i heard that jesus was a jew, and i heard that god was a jew. if the jewish people are the chosen ones, then i want to be one of them. >> how do you become jew? >> you start living like the jewish people live, and you consider yourself as a jew. i don't know. i was wondering the same thing. am i actually a jew? but i think one of the main things about becoming jewish is you have to be circumsised, i guess. >> so you've got that covered?
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>> i'm definitely circumcized. so maybe it was meant for me to be jewish. >> some inmates have been known to -- they must first go through a transition period to assure they're serious. that case going kosher means going sparse. >> the most difficult part of converting to judaism for me so far is eating beans, rice, and carrots and bread for lunch and dinner every single day. other than that, i love it. >> whoever made this tray should be put in jail. >> but it's all right. i accept it for what it is. it's god's will, and i guess that's what i'm supposed to eat. >> though mchaskell has been writing to his girlfriend, heather pratt, who is currently incarcerated in the women's wing of the jail, he hasn't shared news of his conversion yet. >> i plan on it.
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i don't think she'll really have any problem with it. i mean, there's nothing that she's really going to be able to say about it other than accept it, you know? i mean, wron. maybe she won't. who knows? maybe that -- maybe that will push her away from me that i'm a jew now. never thought of that. >> pratt recently sent mchaskell an angry letter accusing him of not writing to her. but since inmates are prohibited from writing to each other and must send their letters to a third party on the outside, mail is often delayed. >> i did write her letters. she told me she would send them to her, and i guess she never got them. either the lady didn't send them to her or heather is getting the letters and she is just, like, trying to play like a big, you know, mind game. >> just before her arrival at
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kent county pratt contacted mchaskell to inform him she was pregnant by him. now after not hearing from mchaskell she has written again, but this time channelling their unborn son. >> this gives me confirmation that either she's telling the truth about the kid or she's completely psychotic or both. hi, daddy it's me elijah joe, your little boy. you seem to have forgotten about me and mommy. why are you hurting mommy so much? is it my fault you don't want us anymore? why do you not love us anymore? please don't be so mean to mommy. she cries a lot. especially at night. she wakes up in the middle of the night so sad wondering and waiting for a letter from you. daddies are so special, and mommy thinks you threw her away. why would you do that, daddy? she said we were going to visit you in prison and become a real family, and she was so excited about marrying you and spending forever with you. i know you're scared, daddy.
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mommy is too, but daddies are supposed to be strong for mommies and little guys like me. i want to meet you so bad, but you aren't being a very strong daddy. you're making mommy very, very, very sad, scared, lonely, and doesn't know why you won't love her anymore. please write soon, and make mommy smile again. love you. mommy said she wanted to get a tattoo on the inside of her ring finger with your initials. guess i should tell her not to since you don't want us anymore. you miss mommy's b day today. >> i did right her letters. >> 24 hours later -- >> heather. >> yes. >> mail for you. >> mchaskell's letters, though delayed, have finally arrived. >> oh, my baby. holy crap. letters from ricky that i have been waiting for forever. there's like a handful of them. poor guy got that one that i sent him that was really not very nice, but i didn't know.
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i mean, he disappeared off the face of the earth. oh, my gosh. i am, like -- heather, hey, beautiful, what's up, my lovely lady? i miss you a lot, baby, and i would give anything right now to be able to see you for one minute or to be able to kiss you one time. if you are pregnant, that's wonderful. if not, then don't be thinking that i won't want to be with you. you're my endless love. sincerely, your man. >> while the couple's relationship appears to be intact, their future family is not to be. pratt has recently found out she is not pregnant. she's yet to share the news with mchaskell. >> my last pregnancy test came back negative, so there's a possibility that i did have a miscarriage because i've had some signs of that. part of me has already accepted the fact that i probably did, but all things happen for a reason. >> coming up -- >> an awesome day because it's the countdown to 13 hours and i'm out of this hell hole.
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>> brian's release day arrives, and heather pratt races for a nerve racking court appearance. >> my parents are going to be there. it's going to be hard to see my mom and dad there today. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good about the future of our company. ♪
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and better endings. grand gestures, happier happy hours. so let's gro something greater with miracle-gro. what will you grow? >> nearly 80% of the inmates housed at the kent county jail have at least one prior conviction on their records. brian abandroth is among them. >> if you google my name, you're going to see all my mugshots. i got corn rows in my hair. they're red and black. then you're going to see my franklin county picture, had it looks like a calvin klein model pose. you'll see my picture with red mohawk and beat the [ bleep ] up, and you're also going to see my famous koolio pose, which is really funny. >> it has been six months since
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abandroth was convicted for assaulting his girlfriend. he says he was high and drunk at the time and remembers little, if anything, about what happened. but now his sentence is nearly complete, and he has another chance to make it on the outside. >> ow. come on now. that's my -- hey, that's my nuts. >> it's an awesome day because it's the countdown to 13 hours and i'm out of this hell hole. i will no longer be in kent county. i will be free like a bird. >> i will miss krak rok. i can't make fun of nobody. >> can't slap nobody on the head no more. >> no more red necks like this. >> i'm going on tour literally the day after i get out. the only thing i'm worried about is if my p.o. wants to try to drug test me or violate me. ♪ ain't nobody heard of this >> on the streets abandroth is a rapper known as krak rok, and he
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says they are part of his job. >> i'm a new significance. you know how drugs and music go hand in hand. if i'm nervous, i will smoke pot. if i feel ultra jittery, i'm going to drink. it's hand in hand. >> we should you the best and love on your tour. >> oh, yeah. sfwroo don't forget about ama and stuff -- >> i won't forget about you. >> the following day abandroth begins the departure process. >> this is a good day. this is better than being born. i'm thinking i'm about to go out and see my homeys, smoke a great. i'm going to definitely probably have to go see my p.o. today, and then i think i'm definitely going to go smoke some weed. for sure. >> what's up?
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oh, man. can i see outside. it's all sunny [ bleep ]. >> i'm not going to miss any of this. i'm not going to miss these bob barker classic on my feet. i'm getting the hell out of here. >> what's up, dog? what's good? >> abandroth is met by friends and leaves behind his cell mate rick where i mchaskell. >> i hope the best for him out there. personally i don't think he is going to make it that long because he is on probation, and he is already talking about drinking and smoking and, you know, so hopefully, you know, sde the right thing, but i don't know. >> freedom! free! can't [ bleep ] me down. i'm free! >> mchaskell has recently begun a journey of his own. >> how is the conversion going
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to judaism? are you still on tack track? >> i'm jewish. i pray every day. i read everything i can that i get that the rabbi brings me. i spoke to him today on the phone. >> have you learned any hebrew? >> i know shabat means saturday, and shalom is personal greeting. yarmulke, the little hat that they wear. >> mchaskell has even bigger news about his charges. he has just reached a plea deal with prosecutors. >> i went to my status conference today and pled guilty to second degree home invasion and forty offense habitual offender. that means for me that i'm going back to prison. >> even with the plea deal, mchaskell could face serious prison time due to several prior convictions. he says his sentence could run anywhere from four to 16 years. that will be up to the judge.
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mchaskell will remain in jail until his sentencing but that day has already arrived for mchaskell's girlfriend, heather pratt. >> i am a barrel of nerves. fear, anxiety, peace. i got a little bit of everything. >> got the butterflies. >> pratt has pled guilty to identity theft and other charges related to her fraud lent use of credit cards. she has prior convictions for credit card fraud and forging checks as well, and her victims have most often been her elderly parents. >> my parents are going to be there. it breaks my heart. it's going to be hard to see my mom and dad there today. >> a letter was read to me by my attorney a little while ago that was from my father, and he feels that i have absolutely no remorse, no regret per se, and i just wish there was a way i could express to him how much remorse i truly do have.
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>> pratt says she committed the latest offenses medical record to maintain her relationship with her boyfriend, ricky mchaskell. she also admits to going on shopping sprees for her children and spending money on her drug addiction. >> my family my family thought done with that old lifestyle of drugs and using and stealing which, you know, it had been almost seven years since i had been in any trouble. >> because of prior convictions in which she also financially victimized her parents, pratt could have been eligible for at least 20 years in prison. her guilty plea guarantees she will will not receive the maximum and other inmates have told her that her judge might be lenient. >> this is the case of the people of the state of michigan versus heather lynn pratt. i would like to advise the court that the victim's parents are pressen in the courtroom however they do not want to give any additional statement at this time. >> coming up -- >> taking your parents at their
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liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ ♪ heather pratt admits to having victimized her elderly parents out of tens of thousands of dollars through credit card fraud and check forgery. though they have requested we not show their faces they are in court today and pratt must not only face them, but also the judge who is to sentence her. >> first and foremost i do take full responsibility for my actions. i want to apologize to my family for destroying their life, for the things i've done. i can't change those things, but all i can do is work harder to try to find out what is going on in me and heal. >> pratt spends the next 20
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minutes finishing her statement and answering questions from the judge. >> and taking your parents at their word, apparently this is the fourth time you've victimized them financially? >> yes, your honor. >> and i'm assuming at this point while you've been incarcerated they've been taking care of your children? >> yes, sir. >> finally, the judge is ready to hand down a sentence and ms. pratt, i know you are are able to maintain periods of sobriety and i don't doubt that there are programs locally that can help you, but again, you have multiple felonies. you've victimized your parents yet another time so on identity theft it's the sentence of this court that you be committed to the michigan department of corrections for a term not less than 23 months or more than five
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years. on the financial transaction device offense, a sentence of not less than 17 months or more than four years and then on the first case of identity theft and financial transaction offense, restitution will be ordered as a condition of parole. it's in the $40,000 to $50,000 range, and i advise you, ms. pratt that each one of these is a final sentence and the judgment of the court, you are entitled to file an application of appeal in each one of these cases. >> thank you. >> pratt is sentenced to between 23 months and five years in state prison, more than she was expecting. >> he went completely opposite of what every single person that told me about this judge. i felt like i was going to collapse. i felt like i was going to throw up. i wanted to scream. >> one week later, pratt receives an ominous message over
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the intercom in her cell. >> pratt, packing up and you'll be riding out today. >> what that was, them telling me that i'm leaving today and that i'll need some time. i have to brush my teeth and i have to get a bag. it sucks. >> for security reasons inmates are never told when their transfer to prison will occur until the the transport van is ready to take them and for pratt that time is now. >> i'm packing up things that i'm having sent to me. i'm going to put them in my property and have my mom pick them up and then she'll mail them to me. it's paperwork, different bible studies, phone numbers, letters, pictures. that picture is coming with me.
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>> ms. pratt, are you all set? ♪ ♪ >> nervous? >> no. the journey has started. . i just wasn't ready this quick. >> prior to her sentencing hearing, pratt wrote yet another letter to ricky mccaskill. he's just received it. >> i just found out heather had a miscarriage and i found out through a letter that she sent to me, but here it goes. i lost our sweet baby. it was proudly not a viable pregnancy, plus with my age and so many other factors, can't pinpoint to specific cause. at least now you know the truth so you can hate me if you want. you are an amazing man and will be an amazing daddy some day. if it's true, it's kind of devastating, you know what i'm saying? but i kind of feel like -- i feel like it's a lie, you know what i'm saying?
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she was probably using it it as a crutch to try to keep me from leaving her. she even said in the letter please don't leave me. >> do you trust hether? >> do i trust her? about as far as i can throw her. >> with mccaskill facing the possibility of even more time in prin than pratt, the letter goes on to suggest one way they could have a baby sooner than later. >> send home some sperm in plastic. i'll implant inside me. the inmates in prison in different states have done that and it worked. would love to try it when i get out. what do you think? i love you, always and forever your girl, heather, xoxo. ♪ ♪ ♪
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