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Dips, pull-ups, pushups, stuff like that. everybodys got their own little way of getting tension and aggravation -- this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on parole, hes had a couple of others of his own making. not long after his conviction for burglary and assault, he was participating in a work release program and escaped. >> im working outside. i met a girl. you know? you get to thinking with the wrong head, not t...

Everybodys got their own little way of getting tension and aggravation -- this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on parole, hes had a couple of others of his own making. not long after his conviction for burglary and assault, he was participating in a work release program and escaped. >> im working outside. i met a girl. you know? you get to thinking with the wrong head, not thinking like you should. remember, now, yo...

Aggravation -- this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on parole, hes had a couple of others of his own making. not long after his conviction for burglary and assault, he was participating in a work release program and escaped. >> im working outside. i met a girl. you know? you get to thinking with the wrong head, not thinking like you should. remember, now, youve got a young kid whose never had serious contact like th...

>> all right. lets get you out of here then. >> diontray, youve got to tell me how youre feeling right now. >> im feeling good -- good to be free. you know, get to go home, see my kids, get some money, you know, make love. yes! yeah, i mean, its hot as a mother[bleep] out here. you can tell i got locked up in the wintertime. >> brian voltz is spending more time outdoors, as well, now that hes qualified for the jails work-release program. >> im back to the streets. i got my swag back. i mean, it ...

Laps on the track, some guys get into the basketball. me, im mainly -- i get into pull-ups, push-ups stuff like that. everybodys got their own little way of getting tension and aggravation -- this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on parole, hes had a couple of others of his own making. not long after his conviction for burglary and assault, he was participating in a work release program and escaped. >> im working out...

You see it on everything. ive got lightning bolts on my cub. on the lid of my cup. its a white thing. this is a bad-ass picture. i put a lot of time into that picture. i liked it. he didnt. >> verlanders latest fight comes while he is still waiting to meet with the disciplinary board, who will most likely sanction him for his earlier fight with inmate dimitric gonzales. >> i love jail. i dont know who wouldnt. >> one inmate who clearly does not like jail is jerry sanchez. after four davis of bei...

Murder. he was being transferred to a lower security work release program as a precursor to his parole. >> my good-byes are said. its over with. change into this right here, and youll never see me in khaki again after this. >> paul was incarcerated 26 years. the day he was released for the work release center, and he seemed a little bit nervous but more excited than anything else. >> i feel like a human being to finally wear clothes. >> he dressed up in a suit. he was trying to normalize himself...

People come by and stick their hand in and pet it. thats pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest things they have to families. paul komyatti hasnt seen his family since he first came to prison 26 years ago. hes soon to be transferred to a work release program, a transitional step to freedom. but theres a snag. >> lets go over to the office and well sit down and talk about the status of whats going on. >> anything bad or -- >> no, no, nothing bad. nothing great either. we...

All transpired -- >> in the context that it was said, you know, im not going to -- im not stupid enough to threaten anybody or anything like that. >> right. but the thing was, watch what you say. work on your case or your stuff instead of you worrying about other people. lets channel your energy with you. >> i was still in high school -- in my senior year of high school when i got locked up. i was 17 then. i didnt have any gray hair then. im 43 now. ive spent all my adult life in prison. ive nev...

A major crackdown on contraband, specifically cell phones, has left some indiana state prison inmates in a precarious position. for others, the future looks considerably brighter. after 26 years in prison, today is paul komyattis last day at indiana state. authorities have approved his transfer to a minimum security facility with a work release program in nearby south bend. >> hes going to be going through a nine-month process of getting a job, of getting his drivers license and getting a car, t...