friends. >> while kirkpatrick still had challenges ahead of him inside san quentin, the biggest challenge he faced was outside the prison. it involved his relationship with his third family. >> every time that they're smiling, i'm not seeing it. i shouldn't have to have a picture of them to make up for time that i'm not there. >> he has two young sons, and his only hope is that they will take the advice he once rejected. >> see, people don't -- some people don't realize when you [ bleep ] up, yeah, you're doing your time, you're doing the time for the dirt that you did, but it's not you that just hurts. you know what i'm saying? your kids hurt. your family hurts. i don't want to hurt nobody in my family, but i definitely don't want to hurt my kids or my mom. and my mom, man, if i were to lose my mom, like i said, i'd let up. i would know that ain't nobody going to be there to step to the plate for my kids. >> coming up, one inmate finds companionship takes the form of