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Now, this is what i call better-than-homemade, too. >> i feel like im a bum. but a lot of people like helping me out, the homeless guy out, and seeing people looking passed me and shaking their head and going, no, not today. youre just going to go drink it up with it. >> chris laforce says he has been chronically homeless for the past 20 years. >> and theres a lot of people that drive by and say jesus loves you, chris. its kind of cool. i like that part. it makes me feel good. just talking to th...

>> 20 miles to the north at the countys main jail in downtown sacramento, chris la force is about to make a transition as well. one he has made a thousand times before. >> once i start being a kind of person a guy wants me to be, its going to change my life a little better. >> the day has arrived for his release. surveillance cameras capture la force in his changeout cell. and later making his way off the grounds of the jail. la force says his goal is to reconnect with his mother. but 36 hours l...

And i really love her a lot. and hopefully shell take me back in, which im sure she will. shell help me out with just about everything she can. i want to get out and see if my money will get me a lawnmower so i can start mowing lawns again, feeling good about myself, not feeling like im a bum or nothing like that. feel good. feel like a new me. im going to get out. maybe ill just get a lawnmower. try to be a different person. not too bad, gentlemen, i kind of like it. coming up, chris la force...

Safety. once theyve sobered up enough, theyre moved out of this cell to move on. >> four hours later, the sober cell was occupied by a man who probably spent more time in it than anyone else over the past 20 years. chris la force was arrested for public intoxication. his latest probation violation on top of dozens of prior convictions related to drugs or alcohol. >> hes arrested well over a thousand times. hes very vocal, very loud, very intoxicated. he knows most of us by name. >> he is very co...

I was getting high. now, this is what i call better-than-homemade, too. >> i feel like im a bum. but a lot of people like helping me out, the homeless guy out, and seeing people looking passed me and shaking their head and say no, not today. youre just going to go drink it out with it. >> chris la force says he has been chronically homeless for the past 20 years. >> and theres a lot of people that drive by and say jesus loves you, chris. its kind of cool. i just love that part. it makes me feel ...

>> we went up there and squashed it all. >> he can be overwhelming, you know, especially for somebody who is having a hard time here. nobody is happy about being here. but being la force, he likes to live it. he likes to enjoy it. theres people who like being here and theyre sad and depressed about it and can cause an issue. >> coming up -- >> 1,100 and how many? >> 1,187. >> thats a lot of wrong choices. >> chris la force runs into an old friend with a unique distinction of his own. >> when i w...

I had food. i had friends. and if society looks at me and says its not right, i apologize to you, society. sacramento, you know i dont mean no harm. but so what. im still going to be me. thats like what i mean. chris going to do him. >> thank you, clayton. >> of course. >> my partner. no judging. society, you know, is wrong. youre just out there, you know. taking up space. but hes not. hes not taking up space, he is out there because he chose to be out there. our community is just like any other...

>> its going to be a real big emotional cry right there to see my mom. and i really love her a lot. and hopefully shell take me back in, which im sure she will. shell help me out with just about everything she can. i want to get out and see if my money will get me a lawnmower so i can start mowing lawns again, feeling good about myself, not feeling like im a bum or nothing like that. feel good. feel like a new me. im going to get out. maybe ill just get a lawnmower. try to be a different person....

Definitely not gang banging. but i wish all my buddies and friends luck. >> 20 miles to the north at the countys main jail in downtown sacramento, chris la force is about to make a transition as well. one he has made a thousand times before. >> once i start being a kind of person a guy wants me to be, its going to change my life a little better. >> the day has arrived for his release. surveillance cameras capture la force in his changeout cell. and later making his way off the grounds of the jai...

Front of me. before it was dark. i understand what my responsibilities are as a man. definitely not gang banging. but i wish all my buddies and friends luck. >> 20 miles to the north at the countys main jail in downtown sacramento, chris la force is about to make a transition as well. one he has made a thousand times before. >> once i start being a kind of person a guy wants me to be, its going to change my life a little better. >> the day has arrived for his release. surveillance cameras captur...