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>> phase two of boot camp is a two month work-release program in which the cadets improve their education or acquire jobs. >> what about schooling? >> sir, this cadet has plans to go to school to become an accountant if possible, sir. >> an accountant. wow. youll making a lot of money. >> i got to study a lot, sir. >> being in phase one is a lot of pressure from sun up to sun down. in phase two, mostly the pressure is about getting your head straight, getting to school if you want to go to schoo...

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 here again after today. >> 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 so quickly that it was important for him ...

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 try to better yourself and g...

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, trying to orient him back into society, slowly. >> its behind me now. a lot of friends there. but nothing else about prison -- other than that, im ready to go...

>> 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...

Around a salt lake city hotel. were getting reports that an escaped prison inmate may have taken a female hostage at that hotel. police say the 45-year-old idaho man escaped from a work release program. being sought in conjunction a w. a robbery of a utah bank. barricaded himself inside the salt lake city hotel. authorities now trying to confirm whether he has a hostage or not or whether thats just a ruiz at this point. we will keep you updated as soon as that story continues to develop and we g...

Arizona police on the hunt for three inmates who have escaped from the arizona state prison. were told the three men escaped last night and are considered dangerous. all three of them have been convicted of murder. they were last seen wearing those infamous orange jump suits. earlier we telling you about a possible hostage situation at a salt lake city hotel in utah where police have cornered an escaped inmate who claims that he has got a female hostage with him. the 45-year-old idaho man escape...

[ female announcer ] multigrain pops with pringles. megyn: "kellys court" is back in session. lindsay lohan settling in behind bars after a couple dui arrested and probation violation. the judge refusion requested for any kind of house arrests for work release program.

Coastal communities. in one case, cops say they picked up three workers who had outstanding warrants while they were working on clean-up crews. steve harrigan is live in grand isle, louisiana. we have been hearing some several of the controversies, steve, about some of these workers. what you can tell us? >> jon, the first controversy about these clean-up workers is that they werent working very hard. some of their schedules had them 20 minutes on, 40 minutes off. the latest controversy involves...

What else is going on, lisa? >> hi, wolf. well, the only man accused of shooting malcolm x has been paroled. 69-year-old thomas hagan has been on a work-release program since 1992, which required him to spend only two days a week in prison. two other men convicted in the killing were paroled in the 1980s, and they have all said they are innocent. two controversial abortion bills are the law in oklahoma. the republican-led senate overrode vetoes by brad henry. one law requires women to have a...