As the Reception Center for 17 counties in the state of california. Each week, the prison releases 150 prisoners. And welcomes 350 new inmates. San quentin was built to hold about 3,000 people. It currently houses more than 5,000. Unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. In the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. You know, i made it. Im in state prison now. With repeat offenders clogging up the works, the officers struggle to keep the inmates under control. Control, be advised we have an alarm in south block. I can only speculate and the only thing i can think of is we have a missing inmate. Thats probably the number one thing. Step on the tiers and conduct a count, submit it to patrol immediately. 5west45, hernandez. I dont know where he is. His name is skanvinsky hymes. My prison number is e04448. Ive had this prison number since i was 18 years old. I just turned 37 on february 15th. Ill be discharged from the prison system in a matter of about four days.
San quentin state prison served as the Reception Center for 17 counties in the state of california. Each week, the prison releases 150 prisoners. And welcomes 350 new inmates. San quentin was built to hold about 3,000 people. It currently houses more than 5,000. Unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. In the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. You know, i made it. Im in state prison now. With repeat offenders clogging up the works, the officers struggle to keep the inmates under control. Control, be advised we have an alarm in south block. I can only speculate and the only thing i can think of is we have a missing inmate. Thats probably the number one thing. Step on the tiers and conduct a count, submit it to patrol immediately. 5west45, hernandez. I dont know where he is. His name is skanvinsky hymes. My prison number is e04448. Ive had this prison number since i was 18 years old. I just turned 37 on february 15th. Ill be discharged from the prison system
they ll be all right. they ll make it eventually. they ll get tired of doing this, get too old. he even said himself, yeah, i m tired of coming to prison. okay. we ll see. want to climb up? you want to climb up? i didn t think so. we are in vallejo city park. it s nice, sunny day, just taking my goddaughter and her sister to the park and watch them play. much better than me sitting in prison. know what i mean? can t even compare it. after spending 19 of his 37 years behind bars, due mostly to violent crimes inside prison walls, scanvinski hymes is finally a free man. i really appreciate the ability to just walk out the door and walk down the street to the store. the little things that i do out here mean so much to me. you can t do it in prison. i gotcha! you want to go back home? you want to go back home? i m more of a mellow type out
scanvinski hymes is no stranger to lockup. our producers first met him seven years ago inside pelican bay, california s toughest maximum security prison. i don t care if you the peace officer, if you are the governor, if you are the president, if you do something to me, it s on. he s bucking right now, he s struggling. hymes is a career inmate with 19 of his 37 years spent behind bars. turn around. turn around. nope. you all use that force on me. officers in several california prisons have gotten plenty of opportunities to document his bad behavior on videotape. while most inmates try to deal with prison life the best they can, hymes has fought the system all the way. ha, ha, ha. going to be like starting a whole new life. i can go anywhere. i can get a passport. i can do anything, you know, if i want to. i m not under supervision of law enforcement at all times like i have been.
i m keeping you like this. you can go back there now. ow, ow, ow, ow. [ bleep ] hold it. hold it. come on, [ bleep ] come on, [ bleep ] i can do this 24/7. hymes is back, right now, on a parole violation. he s been violated on parole numerous times. with him, i think it s entertainment. it s a game. he is a master at pushing people s buttons. he knows what reactions he wants to get and he s very, very good at doing it. with scanvinski hymes reaching the end of his sentence in just a few days, he will have to find ways to entertain himself in the outside world. for most inmates, release