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and i was always drawn towards older women. >> he's going to be 26. so he's a few years younger than me. 15 years younger than me. because the both of us had been in prison and spent time and 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 awaiting sentencing. she has served two prison terms as a result. her now retired parents have been her primary victims.

>> over the years of me stealing from my mom and dad i've 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 mccaskill. >> he's a good looking man, very attractive. he had had a lot of girls before me and i just felt insecure that he wouldn't rove me more me. he got very angry with me when i told him how i was getting money to support him and said, i don't want any part of that. >> heather has been in trouble for the same thing that she's in trouble for now.

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♪ i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ ♪ and i'm stirring this stew for free ♪ >> a day of kent county jail meals contains an average of 2,700 calories. as a result, many inmates gain weight during their 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. >> why does everyone love the cake so much. >> either i'm so good at it or it's the best thing on the tray. >> jesse, serving a five-month sentence for domestic violence, is one of the bakers responsible for the ten pans of sheet cake baked daily. . >> how many cakes i bake? that's a hard number to come up

with. well over -- i don't even know, a few thousand. >> if you get lucky you get a big piece of cake. >> i like when they have brownies. >> as bakers we don't get a lot of complaints about the food. 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. no. we all keep saying if they don't change the accommodations we're not even coming back. >> orlow and fellow baker, herby, serving three months on an assault charge, are both at the end of their sentences. when they get away with it, they say they take liberties with the recipes. >> he's say i make banana cake. i'm only supposed to put 30 bananas in it. last week i think i put 150 bananas in there. everyone was like that cake was so good. i don't know why, you know. >> he goes home tomorrow. i go home next week. and we don't really care anymore, you know? we stopped caring. the next bakers can care.

>> while jail food may not be to everyone's liking, officials say the meals are designed to provide a nutritionally sound diet. that's important to heather pratt, because she says she's eating for two now. >> right now i believe i am pregnant. ricky also believes 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 mckaskle. >> do i know for sure she's telling the truth? 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. >> the test at home said positive. the test here said negative. i'm waiting on a blood test. it's a possibility because of all the stress that i could have, plus my age, i could have lost the baby. i don't know. >> i'm kind of distraught because of the simple fact 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. i know what to believe. i know to believe she's a liar. >> while mckaskle proclaims his love for pratt, right now she's feeling different emotions. >> i'm angry because i have not heard from him. i would expect 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 for someone what con 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. >> all broken promises and lies. >> inmates often get around the rule by writing 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. >> one person 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 fraudulently using their credit cards again and is now awaiting sentence. >> i did get a card from my youngest daughter emily who was very, very upset with me to the point she said i disgust her. and i got a card for 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, mckaskle seems to be making the most of them.

>> i find it easiest to go into meditation by thinking about being on the beach and listening to the waves and trying to be able to smell the water and sand and sunshine and everything. >> mckaskle has also taken up tai chi. >> i don't know everything about tai chi. i've never actually been like consistent with doing it. >> but more than anything else, mckaskle continues finding ways to build up his body, a body he says once earned him a lucrative living. >> i'm a male stripper. most of the spots i stripped at were gay bars and everything and i'm not gay. i would make anywhere between $300 to $500 in a couple 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 he wasn't gay. but i didn't want any other

females or women touching him or getting near him. >> what pratt doesn't know yet is that mckaskle's time in jail has brought one other major change to his life. >> i didn't tell her that i've 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 not done yet because i have to talk about your moms. >> a battle rap erupts and one of the combatants is brian "krak rok" abendroth. [ bleep ] eenie. meenie. miney. go. more adventures await in the seven-passenger lexus gx.

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>> i've lost my girlfriend, i've lost my place to live. and it sucks. >> abendroth was sentenced to six months on a charge of aggravated domestic violence after assaulting his girlfriend. 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 abendroth's stay at kent county, another inmate brutally assaulted a female deputy. she was beaten and choked to the point of unconsciousness. abendroth witnessed part of the attack. >> i see 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, making wrong choices and walking down the wrong road ♪ stuff the body in a bag ♪ now the chloes are blood soaked ♪ >> still his life on the outside revolves around his rap group.

his music glorifies murder and mayhem. his stage name is krak rok. >> it's k-r-a-k r-o-k. i don't want to spell it like the drug terminology, but i want it to sound like the drug terminology. that way it intrigues. parents hate it, kids love it. controversy sells. it always will. >> today a toned-down version of krak rok will be allowed to emerge inside the jail. they are about to stage a battle rap. >> i've done see people mess this up every time. you have one where you go in and diss the person to the fullest extent you can. you have ones where you freestyle. whoever has a better freestyle. >> deputy king is assigned to abendroth's housing unit. >> the more you can occupy their time with different activities, the less time they have to think about someone in here that did them wrong. i'd rather have a battle rap than a physical fight any day. >> deputy king approved the

battle rap between the two prisoners. but he said he'll be watching closely to make sure things don't get out of hand. >> i'll joke around with the guys from time to time but they usually know when i mean business. >> right now, a three-round battle. all freestyle from the top of the dome. anything goes. you know what i mean? first round, whoever wants to take it, can take it. who wants to go first? >> you. >> you can go first. >> go. ♪ you the human body i'm chemo cancer ♪ ♪ before you start to ask questions i'm already giving answers ♪ ♪ [ bleep ] coming out the closet ♪ ♪ i'm gonna get you right. they call me ♪ >> we want to talk about coming out the closet? ♪ hold up dog let's stop for a second ♪ ♪ listen to what rok got to say ♪ ♪ i'm more [ bleep ] up more than most of these people have

ever seen ♪ ♪ it doesn't matter because i'm so damn sick you can call me gang green ♪ ♪ i'm creeping through your mind i'll take you out ♪ ♪ i'm doing it silently ♪ put coffee over it to cover up all the funk ♪ >> as the battle rap continues, officers keep a close eye to make sure that things don't escalate. >> round three right now, man. come on. ♪ i'm a hard money lover ♪ i stack cash >> during the battle rap i was standing at the desk and observing whether there rap was going to elevate to violence. >> i'm not done yet because i have to talk about your mom. >> i don't take too kind to mother jokes. so i wanted to slaughter him and get the battle over as fast as i could. ♪ welcome to the industry i'm about to end it ♪ ♪ [ bleep ] you should have never been born ♪ ♪ we're just going to pretend it ♪ ♪ this is not a fair fight. ♪ i get it fast, no promo ♪ this is a clown like bozo ♪ i hit him with a 20-round extendo ♪ ♪ that will make me reload,

shots from a free lo ♪ ♪ call that marino ♪ 13 shots in your brand new peacoat ♪ >> i don't wear a peacoat. >> i think we need to have another one. >> oh, man. no. >> because you're not going to go with no peacoat. [ bleep ] [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, hey, hey. it sounds to me like ben harper has taken the win, man. >> are you impressed? >> some of the lines they had were halfway decent. fell flat a couple times. they did what they could. i can't say it's something i've ever seen before in my career in corrections. it's definitely interesting. coming up -- >> my mom asked me what my job was. i'm a baker. i bake cakes. oh, that sounds fun. >> the cake baking partnership comes to an end.

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1,000 or so inmates incarcerated at the kent county jail in grand rapids feels pressure. it could be the pain of being separated from family, the thought of losing a job or being sent to prison. but the pressure jesse orlow feels is unique. >> the thing about baking is you're responsible for all the cakes. if you screw up on the cakes then, you know, obviously they're going to know 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, orlow and his fellow inmate baker 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 different situation.

>> i was joking around when i first got here, maybe i might be on cupcake wars. this might be my start. "cake boss" or whatever, who knows. >> orlow has a new challenge. he has to break in a rookie. >> there's two bakers, me and cody over here. he's my partner. he started today. i'm training him at the same time. i go home next week and someone will have to take my place, too. >> take the paddle off so it doesn't go all over the floor. per bag we get ten. ten cakes. they're not the best, thickest cakes, but obviously it's a money thing. sometimes i come up a little short and i only do nine pans of cake. after the pouring process you throw them in the oven. cody, do you want to do the honor of throwing them in the oven? >> why not. >> change is an inevitable part of jail. brian abendroth has noticed a

significant change in his cell mate, ricky mckaskle. >> ricky is thirsty for a spiritual enlightenment, is what i believe. people will find a lot of different things when they find religion. i know people when they found god their life has changed. other people, he's smacked the crap out of them, knocked them down a few notches. >> mckaskle says he feels he's on the right track with his new-found religion. >> i decided to convert to judaism because i heard jesus was a jew. and i heard god was a jew. if they are the chosen ones, i want to be one of them. >> how do you become jewish? >> you start living like the jewish people live and consider yourself as a jew. i was wondering the same thing, am i actually a jew. but i think one of the main things is you have to be circumcised, i guess.

>> so you've got that covered? >> i'm definitely circumcised, yes. maybe it was meant for me to be jewish. >> some inmates have been known to convert to judaism on the belief they will eat better on a kosher meal plan. but they must first go through a transition period to make sure they're serious. in 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. i guess that's what i'm supposed to eat. >> though mckaskle 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. i don't think she'll have a problem with it. there's nothing she's going to be able to say about it other than accept it, you know. i mean, i don't know. maybe she won't. who knows. maybe that will push her away from me. that i'm a jew now. never thought of that. >> pratt recently sent mckaskle 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 through a third party on the outside, mail is often delayed. >> i did write her letters. i sent the letters to the person that she told me 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's just like trying to play like a big, you know, mind game.

>> just before her arrival at kent county, pratt contacted mckaskle to inform him she was pregnant by him. now, after not hearing from mckaskle, she has written again. this time channeling their unborn son. >> it 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. she was excited about marrying you and spending forever with you. i know you're scared, daddy,

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 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. and you missed mommy's b-day today." i did write her letters. >> and 24 hours later -- >> heather. >> yes. >> mail for you. >> -- mckaskle's letters, though delayed, have finally arrived. >> oh, my baby. holy crap. letters from ricky that i've been waiting for forever. there's like a handful of them.

poor guy got that one that wasn't nice. i didn't know. 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 kiss you one time. if you are pregnant, that's wonderful. if not, don't think i wouldn'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's not pregnant. she's yet to share the news with mckaskle. >> my last pregnancy test came back negative. there's a possibility i did have a miscarriage because i've had some signs of that. >> part of me accepted the fact that i probably did. all things happen for a reason. coming up --

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abendroth 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. he has another chance to make it on the outside. >> ow! come on, man, that's my nuts. >> it's an awesome day because 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'm going to miss krak rok. you know what i'm saying. >> can't smack nobody. >> no more red necks. >> like this ozzy. >> i'm going on tour literally the day after i get out. the only thing i'm worried about is if my p.o. want today's drug test me or -- ♪ >> on the streets, abendroth is

a rapper known as krak rok. even though he's blamed drugs for his numerous troubles with the law, he says they're part of his job. >> i'm a musician. you know how music and drugs go hand in hand. that's the truth. if i'm nervous i'm going to smoke pot. if i feel too jittery before i get onstage, i'm going to drink. it goes hand in hand. >> good luck on your tour. >> i won't forget about you. >> the following day, abendroth 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 -- see my homies. i'm going to smoke a cigarette. definitely have to see my p.o. today. i think i'm definitely going to go smoke some weed, for sure. oh, man, i can see outside.

it's all sunny and [ bleep ]. >> i'm not going to miss these bob barker classics on my feet. i'm getting the hell out of here. [ bleep ] >> what's up, dog? what's good? abendroth is met by friends, leaves behind his cell mate, ricky mckaskle. >> i hope the pest for him out there. personally, i don't think he's going to make it that long. he's on probation and he's already talking about smoking and drinking. hopefully he does the right thing. i don't know. >> freedom! free at last! free at last! you're free! can't pull me down, i'm free! >> mckaskle has recently begun a journey of his own. >> how is the conversion going? are you still on track? are you jewish yet?

>> i'm jewish. i pray every day. i read everything i can that the rabbi brings me. i spoke to him today on the phone. >> have you learned any hebrew. >> i know chabot means saturday and shalom is a personal greeting. yarmulke, the hat the jewish wear. >> mckaskle has even bigger news about his charges. he's just reached a plea deal with prosecutors. >> i went to my status conference today and pled guilty to second degree home invasion for a habitual offender. that means for me i'm going back to prison. >> even with a plea deal, mckaskle can face lengthy prison time during to prior convictions. his sentence can run anywhere from 4 to 16 years. that will be up to the judge.

mckaskle will remain in jail until his sentencing. but that day has already arrived for mckaskle's girlfriend, heather pratt. >> i'm a barrel of nerves. fear, anxiety, peace. i have a little bit of everything. butterflies. >> pratt has pled guilty to identity theft and other charges related to her fraudulent 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. >> pratt says she committed these latest offenses in order

to maintain her relationship with her boyfriend, ricky mckaskle. but she also admits to going on shopping sprees for her children and spending money on her drug addiction. which, you know, it had been almost seven years since i had been in any trouble. >> because of prior con vicks 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 not receive the maximum. and other inmates have told her her judge might be lenient. >> this is the case of the people of the state of michigan versus heather lynn pratt. i'd like to advise the court that the -- coming up -- >> taking your parents at their word, this is the fourth time you've victimized them

financially? >> yes. >> heather pratt's past plays out in the courtroom. moderate to severe crohn's disease is tough, but i've managed. ♪ i got to be pretty good at managing my symptoms, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. ♪ when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. ♪ he said humira is for adults like me who've tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease.

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heather pratt admits to having victimized her elderly parents out of tens of thousands of dollars through credit card fraud and check forgery. though we've requested we not show their faces they are in court today. pratt must not only face them but the judge who has to sentence her. >> first and foremost, i 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 minutes finishing her statement and answering questions from the

judge. >> and taking your parents at their word, apparently this is the fourth time that you've victimized them financially? >> yes. >> 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 sentence. >> miss pratt, i know you 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 sentence of not less than 23 months and no more than 5 years.

on the other offense, 17 months and no more than 4 years. on the first case with identity theft and financial transaction offense, restitution will be ordered as a condition of parole. that's in the $40,000 to $50,000 range. i'll advise you, miss pratt, each one of these is a final sentence or judgment of the court. you are entitled to file an application for leave to appeal in each one of these cases. >> thank you. >> pratt is sentenced to between 23 months and 5 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

the intercom in her cell. >> start packing up. you'll be riding out today. >> will tell you me what that was? >> what that was? them telling me i'm leaving today. i'm going to need some time. i have to brush my teeth. i have to get a bag. oh, this sucks. >> for security reasons, inmates are never told when their transfer to prison will occur until the transport van is ready to take them. for pratt, that time is now. >> i'm packing up things that i'm having sent to me. my mom will pick them up, pick them up and she'll mail them to me. paperwork, letters, numbers, pictures. that picture is definitely coming with me. >> miss pratt, you all set? >> yes. >> nervous?

>> yes and no. the journey's started. just wasn't ready yet. >> prior to her sentencing hearing, pratt wrote another letter to ricky mckaskle. he just received it. >> i found out through a letter that heather had a miscarriage. i found out through a letter she sent to me. i lost our sweet baby elijah joe. it was probably 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're an amazing man and will be an amazing daddy someday. if it's true, it's kind of devastating, you know what i'm saying? i kind of feel like it's a lie. you know what i'm saying?

she was probably using it as a crutch to try to keep me from leaving her like she said in the letter, please don't leave me. >> do you trust her? >> do i trust her? about as far as i can throw her. >> mckaskle facing the possibility of even more time in prison 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.

due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. i was diagnosed with this thing called o.d.d. oppositional defiance disorder. which is basically like [ bleep ] the man. >> a young inmate with a big personality and a long record now faces another problem. >> a gambling problem but we're trying to work on that. >> and -- >> 26 plus years on the bench. this is one of the worst cases that i've seen. >> four other inmates are in