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>> are you going to make it this time staying out? >> yeah, i believe im going to make it, no doubt. >> roy is optimistic about his future, and so were we. back at lyman, his brother ray was serving a 15-year sentence for assault but was only days away from being released on parole. we looked forward to covering their first reunion in more than ten years. but then ray got bad news. roy was headed back to prison. >> my mom told me that ray was went to the parole office drunk. honestly, i guess he...

Seems bright, clear, lots of color and full of life. and it starts off for me with my wife and us eating off nice china. >> while roy proudly displays his china, his reminders from prison, photos, letters, and cards are all contained in a cardboard box. >> what do you think of that when you look at that? >> not too happy. i made bad decisions in my youth and my karmic debt that i had to wise up and be thankful for what i had, don try and live outside my means. i went to prison for robbery. you k...

>> just ten months after ronnies release from prison, the couple separated and then divorced a short time later. >> when you get with a man in prison, you got to make sure its a very sincere thing because its a game in there. men find women to take advantage of them. >> but jodie believed ronnie was not one of those men and that the love she shared with him was genuine. ronnie, however, tells a different story. >> no, that was a front. i loved her money. if i wouldnt have married her, the money ...

Komyatti found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. he and a friend had gone to a casino and was seen by an off-duty correctional officer the same night three inmates got away. komyatti was picked up for facilitating the escape and was eventually cleared of any involvement. but because he had violated his parole by driving a car with only a learners permit, he was sent back to prison. less than a year later, he was a free man once again. but within 30 days of being released, komyatti wo...

>> mr. bill, are you ready for your picture? >> yep. >> all right. >> when we met paul komyatti at indiana state prison in 2008, he had an inmate job as the visitor room photographer. >> it keeps me occupied. it keeps me from counting the 36 weeks and 8 months i have left. however you want to break it down. >> right from the start, he was good natured and full of optimism for the future. despite being incarcerated for the past 26 years. komyatti entered prison at age 17 for his role in a bizarre...

>> roys awesome. i actually worked with him half a dozen times. anytime i need a hand, hes there. if i need a muscle, hes there. hes a great guy. i wish we had more. i never seen him on "lockup" until after he started working here. hes aggressive. but in a great way. anytime you get someone who wants to come to work and wants to work, my god. >> and still, reminders of prison sometimes show up unexpectedly. >> this prison bus from the department of corrections came in. me being my nosy self-i ha...

>> im really excited. >> roys brother ray was just as hopeful when he left prison. during our extended stay shoot at the lyman correctional facility we followed him to the small trailer home where he was going to restart his life. >> yeah, this is nice. >> i love it. >> come on in. all right. this is a castle to me. >> rays release from prison did not go as he had hoped. we met him again a year and a half later. >> went home and moved into that trailer, and it became home. before i knew it, i wa...

Got this dallas cheerleader almost. thats what i call her. youre like a dallas cheerleader. i had to pinch myself a couple of times. im like, is this happening? shes helping me with structure. she helps with structure. happily ever after, huh? >> uh-huh. >> during roys long and well documented time in prison, he earned a reputation for being like a bull in a china shop. nowadays, he and his wife collect china. >> this is a royal dalton set. this goes along with this, bone china, very, very nice....

And it starts off for me with my wife and us eating off nice china. >> while roy proudly displays his china, his reminders from prison, photos, letters, and cards are all contained in a cardboard box. >> what do you think of that when you look at that? >> not too happy. i made bad decisions in my youth and my karmic debt that i had to wise up and be thankful for what i had, don try and live outside my means. i went to prison for robbery. you know, i got excited and thought things are going to be...

Shes in love not with ronnie tye but with kenny tye. >> im in love with his brother. what else can i say? sorry. its the truth. i know its history repeating itself and it kind of feels that way, but theres a difference between them. >> one reason it might feel like history repeating itself is because kenny tye, like his brother before him, is temporarily detained. >> hes in prison. i know that sounds horrible. i met kenny out here. i know kenny for who kenny is. i think thats the difference. so ...