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Can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. and thats the way i live my life. and i wasnt going hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasnt considered a liar like somebody who is hiding it. thats the distrust there. its all about trust being in prison. its an open house. >> thank you. >> but honestly alone wasnt always enough. >> ive had to fight quite a few times. im not going to have anything taken from me. not material things, i mean sexual bodily function thin...

The convict code but was also open about being gay, and thats a combination you rarely find in prison. >> hi. all the men in there. hey! kenneth morgan is serving nine years for forgery and drug trafficking when we met him during our extended stay shoot at the penitentiary of new mexico. >> i told him i had more legs than a bucket of chicken. i do, i tell you. >> he was known to most of the prison by his nickname, peaches. >> you going to get a tattoo on your back? >> it says peaches all the way...

Because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is put to the test by the convic...

Shortly after our shoot at maricopa she was sentenced to four years in prison and was transferred from the maricopa county jail to the arizona state prison system. coming up -- >> my dads an emotional subject. he done what was right. >> a young inmate goes home to the father who turned him in. but on the way, one of our producers has her hands full. >> any time dogs and kids are around on a normal day shooting "lockup" its kind of a good day. ♪ hold on for one more day really? hey, i know ther...

Change of environment would do you good. >> watch your step there. >> peaches was very disappointed to find out his transfer was going to be to another penitentiary and not the one he hoped for. but in prison you have so little control of your own lives that most of these guys become very accepting of their fate. they know they only have so much leeway and once a decision is made, they have to go with it. >> i knew it was coming. i knew it was coming. how do i feel? sad. theres not much i can sa...

>> i am still learning life because i didnt know life. im 30 years old, just learning how to drive. but you know what, im doing it. im learning it. theres a lot of girls in here that dont know how. and im going to school, and i have dreams now, and i can help people. thats what i want to do. >> coming up. >> hi, boys. >> peaches was one of those inmates that stands out in your mind years after you leave a prison. hes very flamboyant. very forthright. very honest. >> one inmates independence is p...

And gate two at this time. clear. >> when jones finally exited the prisons main gate, our camera teams met up and we said good-bye to jones and his family. >> see you later! >> but it wouldnt be the last we saw of him. we asked jones if we could follow up with him after he was settled back home. five days after his release, he was appreciating even the smallest perks of freedom. >> you dont have to sit there and ask to get your door rolled. you can walk in and out any time you want. you dont hav...

Too hot for me. caliente. >> morgan also earned the respect of other inmates as well as compensation in the form of commissary goods by providing skilled services not often found in prison. among other things, hes a tailor. >> now stand up here on the chair. i aint getting on my knees, honey. you got me twisted. im not getting on my knees. >> you do it any other time. >> [ bleep ] >> none of the straight inmates were embarrassed to be seen with peaches. and that was also unusual in a general pop...

Welcome, and ive given you several chances, and i think a change of environment would do you good. >> peaches was very disappointed to find out his transfer was going to be to another penitentiary and not the one he hoped for. but in prison you have so little control of your own lives, that most of these guys become very accepting of their fate. they know they only have so much leeway and once a decision is made, they have to go with it. >> i knew it was coming. i knew it was coming. how do i fe...

Honesty has served him well in an environment where homophobia can run rampant. >> i was 100% open that i was gay. i wasnt going to hide it. people took more of a liking to me, a trust to me. i wasnt considered a liar like somebody who is hiding it. its all about trust being in prison. its an open house. thank you. >> but honestly alone wasnt always enough. >> ive had to fight quite a few times. im not going to have anything taken from me. not material things, i mean sexual bodily function thing...