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Lets get you out of here then. >> diontray, 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. >> narrator: 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 just makes you feel l...

I was a teenager then. but a lot of the c.o.s will tell you ive done calmed down a whole lot, so ive been the inmate before with the buck-wild mentality, with the not caring for nothing and not knowing the code. you know what im saying? ive been that dude. >> narrator: now at age 33, voltz says he would like to begin a new chapter. he will soon be eligible for a work-release program, where hell spend his nights in jail, but can spend days in preapproved locations, such as the louisville tattoo s...

Has their way of getting rid of tension and aggravation, this is your stress relief here. >> hill spent the last 35 years in prison. not long after his conviction for bugulary and assault, he was participating in a work release program. he escaped. i met a girl. she said, i love you, i dont want you to leave. okay, lets go. we didnt come back that was my big escape. wasnt it? i got caught that night down the road. crash dummy. >> a year later, back on work release. met another girl, hit the road...

Need for a sitter arrives. >> this is a cat bed. because they love to get up high. people come by and stick their hand in and pet it. thats pretty much it. >> for some inmates at isp, cats are the closest thing 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 what...

-- 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 never paid a bill out there. a lot of things ive never done at all. >> you should t...

>> 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. well talk about the status real quick. >> all right. >> komyatti, who helpe...

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...

Sweat, you get tired, but youve still got to move. theres no giving up in boot camp. >> a lot of these kids have never really had anybody to talk to. youll find that their parents are incarcerated. theyve been arrested. we have children that are coming from foster care. so to some of these cadets, were the only parents that they have. >> were making you a better person, right? >> sir, yes, sir. >> phase two of boot camp is a two month work-release program in which the cadets improve their educat...

Without a schedule, okay? >> okay. >> you got any questions? >> mnh-mnh. >> all right. lets get you out of here then. >> 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. >> narrator: 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 sw...

Aggravation. this is your stress release right here. >> hill has spent most of the past 35 years in prison. besides a few releases on role, 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. and you get thinking with the wrong head, youre not thinking like you should. remember, now, youve got a young kid here whos never had really no serious contact ...